Early this morning I went to
Dublin City Center again like the day before for my second trip. Today I went
to Giant’s Causeway! I made new
friends again! Another Katie!! and Clera from Scotland. I’ll get back to them
later.
Let me tell you about Giant
Causeway. While I was strolling and enjoying the scenery, this thought came
suddenly, ‘I wish I could spend my whole life here.’ A statement that even
shocked me. Nature works in a mysterious way, doesn’t
it?
‘Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the
sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are
tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.’ (35:27)
After
the Giant Causeway we went to Ballintoy, where there’s a bridge call
Carrick-a-Rede. I was not really sure how high it was but I heard that some
people simply turned back and refused to cross the bridge.
Even Katie was very
nervous while crossing the bridge. She hated height. But the view while you’re
on the bridge is magnificent. What I love most about Belfast is that you can have
both, mountains and sea at the same place. It’s like a dream comes true.
Our
last stop was The Dark Hedges. It was where the Game of Thrones was filmed.
It’s a simple normal road with unique trees called beech trees that was planted
by the Stuart family in the 18th century. Well that explains the
signboard saying something like...
Beware of the falling branches!
So about Katie and Clera. They
are two lovely ladies in their late 50s.
Well… Katie is very lovely but Clera has a strong character
but yet very friendly. They are nurses and on holiday. They have been friends since high
school. Cool isn’t it!
Every time I conversed with them I felt
like I was featuring in a British Film. With
their accent and their sentences. There was one question from Katie that reminded
me of the sentences in English novels, ‘…
So what do you hope to be?’ I understand the question. But honestly, I was
strucked by the sentence she used just to ask my future plans in life.
Both of them knew how I’d
fallen in love with Belfast. They said I might as well stay in Scotland the
rest of my life too. I guess that’s my next destination, Scotland!
Before we parted Clera told me
about their plans for tomorrow. Unfortunately, I would be on my way to Galway.
So we said our goodbyes. In my heart, I hope we will cross each other’s way
again.
