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Wednesday Wonders

Nothing feels quite as good as starting the day off early with a long road trip on a bus. While the bus ride was long, it was still very enjoyable, allowing some time for the BCHigh students to socialize or just take a nap. Our first stop of the day was at a small rest stop where we could stretch our legs and buy food at Burger King or Subway for the ride ahead. After getting back on the bus we made our way to Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland.

Once we had arrived in Belfast, we made a few stops to take look at the murals scattered on various walls around the city, and the Belfast Garden of Remembrance. Then, going on both sides, we went to look at one of the peace walls separating the Catholic and Protestant citizens of Belfast, to prevent conflict. The walls are covered in graffiti saying to destroy the wall dividing them, with many people signing their names on it, even as we walked by. Soon after seeing the wall we came to the titanic museum to look around shortly, and every student went directly into the gift shop to browse. The trip to the museum was kept brief however, and we boarded back onto the bus not long after we had arrived.
- Luke Ivanoski


In the second half of the day we went to the Dark Hedges. The Dark Hedges were used in the game of thrones series on tv as a scene. After that we went to the coast line near the cause way and saw the cliffs. We continued on to the Dunluce Castle, where we saw the remains of the Medieval castle. There was not much of the buildings left standing but it was a very interesting sight. 

Dark Hedges

Near Dunluce Castle

Giant's Causeway

We spent a majority of our time at the Giants Causeway at the end of the day. We walked all around the causeway and it was awesome sight and very cool to see. The rocks naturally formed hexagonal shapes so perfectly it’s almost hard to believe. They are made of basalt, which is formed from lava cooling very quickly. After seeing the causeway we ate the Causeway Hotel which was very fancy and almost everyone had a burger made with Irish beef. They tasted amazing and came with big wedge potato fries. We ate for about an hour, had dessert, then headed back for Dublin where we met our host families and went home.
- Andrew McCarthy

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