Belfast, Ireland

Yesterday, Apratim and I woke up at 6 in the morning to catch an early train to Belfast for the day. From there, we caught a coach bus on a tour around the northern part of Northern Ireland. (In case you didn’t know (I didn’t), Ireland is split into two parts: Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, and thus doesn’t work with my awesome Eurail train pass and uses British pounds instead of Euros, and the Republics of Ireland, which is independent of England and uses Euros.

Along the way, we got to see a beautiful view of the Irish countryside:

The first tourist attraction is the Carrick a Rede rope bridge. It’s on the north-eastern coast of North Ireland, and the view from there was stunning:

The next attraction, the real reason we trained up to Belfast in the first place, was the Giant’s Causeway (the word ‘Causeway’ meaning: a raised road or path, as across low or wet ground). It’s this odd natural formation of rocks that look like a huge cobblestone road. See for yourself (I pay the fee and do the travelling, you reap the benefits):

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. The travel was extremely exhausting, though I’m proud of the result, and it gave me time to catch up on my blogging. By the time you read this, I’ll be in Paris. I’ve already been there, but I’m hoping to see and do new things. See you on the other side!