Julia and I had been talking earlier this year of all the places that we each have on our travel bucket list. Well we quickly discovered that we both want to see many of the same places. One place in particular that two geologists would want to see is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Julia did a bit of research and we realized that we could get to Belfast via a non-stop 1 hour and 15 min flight for dirt cheap. So we booked it! We took off on a Friday mid morning flight and arrived in Belfast. Both having worked hard at our jobs the few weeks prior (Julia had been in Bangkok and Angola) we arrived at our hotel the Europa and crashed!
After our much needed naps we headed out to explore Belfast. When we first left the hotel it was overcast, which is typical of the British Isles, but after dinner we returned to exploring Belfast in very beautiful evening light.
Saturday we headed to the northern coast in search of the Giant's Causeway and the beauty that is Northern Ireland. The Giant's Causeway is a rock formation of columnar basalt. For more info:
Giant's_Causeway and
Columnar basalt. We also went to
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge.
Sunday was spent exploring the newly opened
Titanic Museum as it was the 100th Anniversary of the sinking. The museum was quick spectacular and being the Titanic enthusiast that I am I thoroughly enjoyed every minute and exhibit. It was also very surreal to walk over the ground where the Titanic and her sister ships were built.
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| Belfast is much more beautiful than either of us expected |
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| Great evening stroll |
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| Me on top of the Giant's Causeway |
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| Playing with my fish eye lens |
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| Columnar basalt |
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| Stairs to the top? |
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| Beautiful Northern Ireland |
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| Crossing the rope bridge.. it was a bit wobbly |
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| The newly completed Titanic Museum in Belfast |
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| Titanic sign |
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