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This weekend I took a break from London and headed for the coast of Northern Ireland.
Photo by Carly Keen.
At the moment my boyfriend is visiting me, so we are doing a bit of traveling while he is here. Our flight from London Stansted left at 7 a.m., so we had a bit of a sleepy day.
During our cab ride to Coleraine, Northern Ireland, we discussed the solar eclipse, which we could not see due to heavy cloud cover.
Photo by Carly Keen.
To our luck, the rest of the weekend was sunny. According to locals, it was the first time the sun came out in months.
We spent our first night in Portrush, which is right on the northern coast, something I have missed dearly about home; although, my coast is Lake Michigan and their coast is the Atlantic Ocean.
During our second day in Ireland, we visited the breathtaking scene of Giant’s Causeway. Since the sky was so clear and the weather was perfect, Scotland could be seen in the distance.
Because of odd shaped stones and their arrangement, Giant’s Causeway is the eighth wonder of the world.
The legend says the Irish giant Finn McCool had a Scottish rival called Benadonner.
When Finn finally challenged Benandonner to a fight, he decided to build a causeway of enormous stepping stones across the sea to Scotland. Upon seeing Benadonner coming toward him, Finn ran home which is why the stones do not extend all the way to Scotland. There is still a sister causeway on Scotland’s coastline where Finn did not make it across.
Our last day was beautiful as well. We stayed in Derry Londonderry which has an extensive history and is the only remaining fully-walled city in Ireland.
Though I absolutely love living in London, getting out into the country was a breath of fresh air. Seeing fields and sheep and smelling something other than exhaust was pleasant. I missed small city life.
Carly Keen
Managing Editor
ckeen607@uwsp.edu
