8 february 2011 - derry

firstly, i think a GO PACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is in order :) we had a blast watching the game at the pub surrounded by americans and a few random irish people (one of which was wearing a favre jersey. i don't want to talk about it). but overall it was so much fun to watch the game and know that friends and family were watching from home :)

backtracking to saturday morning, we woke bright and early and hopped in our very small and cramped bus to travel to derry. we stopped along the way to see yeats' grave (overrated) and made our way straight to the walled city for a walking tour. it was incredible to see the divide between the protestants and catholics - the city has a neighborhood for each, and to hear about the violence that has plagued the city for decades. other things of note, on sunday january 30, 1972, 13 unarmed civilians were killed by british paratroopers and the day came to be known as "bloody sunday" (thus the u2 song - shout out to dad).

after an amazing dinner at the hotel and some pub action, we woke up on sunday to go to giant's causeway and the carrick-a-rede bridge. both were a lot of fun although the rope bridge was possibly the most terrifying thing i have every walked across...

hc takes giant's causeway

not a big deal

notice how firmly i am holding those ropes.

it was a nice little weekend trip and i'm so happy that we could take the trip on holy cross' dime since i probably wouldn't have made it to northern ireland otherwise!! hope all of you are doing well! and celebrating like crazy back in wisco! love you all!