The North Country: Belfast and the Antrim Coast

Today, we hauled onto the bus and crossed the border between the Republic of Ireland and the Unionist Ireland. We stopped in the Northern capital, Belfast; there we learned about "the troubles", drove down the main streets of the Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods and then we all signed our names on the peace wall that separates them. We also went to the Titanic Museum, on the orginal grounds where the Titanic was built. Then we got back on the bus and drove all the way up to the northernmost part of the Irish island - we saw a lot of the places where Game of Thrones was filmed. Then we went to the Rope Bridge, and walked across that (none of us were scared :)). We finished the day at Giant’s Causeway, and walked all the way to the top of the cliffs. After our hike we had a great dinner at the Causeway Hotel.

--Jack Studley ‘21

Signing the Peace Wall

Mural of Bobby Sands and the other hunger strikers

The Titanic Museum

"The Dark Hedges"-- a famous setting in the Game of Thrones 

The start of the Antrim Coast--The Rope Bridge

The Giant's Causeway--A World Heritage Site

Dinner at the Causeway Hotel--perched on the cliffs over the Giant's Causeway


The perfect place to celebrate our three guys with birthdays--Happy Birthday to Matt, Jack and Matt!

The sun setting over the sea as we board the bus for Dublin--a truly incredible day!