Today I woke up bright and early. 5:30 AM! Crazy, I know. Took a shower. Called Ryan :) as he was getting off work at that time. Packed a lunch. Left the house at 7. Met the girls at the DART station and arrived at the coaches at 8. Then it was off for the 4 hour drive to Derry in Northern Ireland.
Incase you don’t know...
Northern Ireland is still apart of the UK, which consists of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Ireland, however, is both the name of a country and the whole island. The country of Ireland, officially Éire in Irish also called the Republic of Ireland by the British, is primarily the southern 80% of the island. Ireland/Éire/The Republic of Ireland is not apart of the UK and does not use their monetary system. They are, however, a member of the European Union and are the only English speaking country that uses the euro.
Our first stop was at the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge. It was pretty amazing. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is a rope suspension bridge near Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge links the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island. The site is owned and maintained by the National Trust, spans twenty meters and is thirty meters above the rocks below. The wind was extremely strong that day, which added to the excitement. 
Farther up the cost we stopped at the Giants Causeway. The Giant's Causeway (or Irish: Clochán na bhFómharach) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It was still really windy and cold, so we ran the whole way down to the shore. It was probably half a mile. But we got there before the rest of the group so our photos weren’t spoiled with other people. ;)For more photos go to this link
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2161198&id=39506032&l=6098036fa4
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