Giant's Causeway and Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge: 4/10 to 9/10

Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to visit some really breathtaking sites as part of my study abroad program. We took a bus tour up from Belfast and drove the coast north. It was beautiful, but super curvy and jolty (one of my friend's wasn't feeling so well). But on the way up to the Causeway, we stopped at Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrick-a-Rede_Rope_Bridge) for a tour. It was fabulous! So beautiful and it felt like completely unchartered territory, though obviously it was since the bridge has been there for centuries. It was apparently built because the fishing 30 meters below was just awesome. Now it's mostly a tourist site.

Me on the bridge

After that, we headed up to Giant's Causeway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_causeway). This was so stunning! All the rocks were interlocking hexagons, a result of a volcanic eruption. But the myth is that the Irish giant Fionn was building this bridge to make his way to Scotland to fight the Scottish giant Benandonner. Fionn was teasing Ben, telling him that if he's so big, he should just come over and prove it. Only Ben was that big, much bigger than Fionn. Once Fionn realized this, he had to came up with a plan. He had his wife make scones with rocks in them and dress him up like a baby. Once Ben got to Fionn's place, his wife said he wasn't there but he's welcome to stay and wait. So Ben did. He had a scone and couldn't believe how tough Fionn was in order to eat food like that! Then the "baby" started crying and Ben saw how big that baby was and realized that if Fionn ate food like that for breakfast and had a baby that big, there's no way he would be able to fight him so he fled home, never to return.

Me on Fionn's foot

Trying to stay dry!