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Walking the Giant's Causeway

I am so excited to be here! Like Dunluce, the last time I was here the wind was howling – preventing us from actually seeing the rather odd geologic feature we had come to visit. Today the weather is hot and still, so I have no concerns about getting unexpectedly tossed into the ocean! You are being transferred to the updated version of this post at ExplorationVacation.net

Belfast Black Taxi Tour

Irish history is long, complicated, and pretty tragic. It’s also isn’t really history yet. As an American whose immigrant grandparents mostly left the past behind in the “old country,” history has little hold on me. I’m future oriented and struggle to understand how the events that occurred hundreds of years ago can still matter so much in some cultures. And Ireland is one of those cultures. You are being transferred to the updated version of this post at https://explorationvacation.net/