Today we continue our travelling, spending our final morning here in Belfast then headed to Derry! It was around an hour before we stopped at the Giant’s Causeway, it was a magnificent scenery, the ocean was just beautiful to see. Although it was a bit foggy and raining slightly, it still was a gorgeous view. We took a lot of photos as a group (pictures down below this paragraph), the cliffs were just stunning, it was stretched far out to the sea and it felt like the perfect temperature to be there. Now I was wondering at first why people would travel to the Giant’s Causeway when I first saw our itinerary schedule, but now I believe I know the reason why. We saw around 300-400 people just in the hour we were there, and when you first look at this tourist site, you might think to yourself “why would anyone go to this place if there is nothing to learn or take a lesson from?” and you’re sort of right, there isn’t such a backstory for this place unless you talk about the geological backstory that this site had, but there are other tour sites such as the Belfast Castle or the Peace Walls that you can get way more of, but the reason why I believe and others believe millions of people come to see the Giant’s Causeway is mainly for the landscape, I think it is a reflection on how beautiful Ireland can be, the cliffs by the water just make this view below a solid 10/10.

After leaving the Giant’s Causeway, we all headed back to the bus travelling to Derry, where we were going to see Derry’s city walls. Unlike the Giant’s Causeway, this has more story to tell than the beautiful-like scenic view. Our tour guide was telling the meaning of these city walls, and I really liked how he described them through the lens of everyday people and not through a fast paced backstory. This tour seemed really impactful and it felt as if I was living through this type of historical event. Now, if I were to ever reframe this story or any other story from every places our group has visited since our arrival here in Ireland, I believe there is no such thing. Yes, we can have our own perspectives, and we all have stories to share in the beneficial or historical way, but sometimes the stories that curators/communities tell are far too superior than what you can learn at some museum. It’s one of my personal reasons why I love actual guides in a city where you can listen and take notes from what the guide is saying from his/her own words, than just some text at a museum that could be outdated. With curators/guides you could ask them questions from all the information they gave you on the tour, whereas museum’s can’t do that exact replica (if you don’t have someone knowledgable by you).