We started Wednesday at Victoria College in Belfast. This is actually a school which is pre -K through year 14--a college prep all girls school.
We met the head mistress and several girls who took us around for a tour and told us all about schooling in Ireland. Some of the girls were taking their A exams (college entrance) so we had to be extra quiet in some areas. The high school years are very different-so please ask your son/daughter to explain this to you! Erica A and John L spoke about how our education system works in the USA and Francoise sang the National Anthem for the Irish students.
This afternoon we rode up to the coast of nor then Ireland and saw two amazing places--
(on the way our bus was slowed down to wait for the sheep to get out of the way)
Giants Causeway--which has been named the 4th most amazing wonder in the UK.
Carrick-a-rede bridge was really fun--it is a small bridge with a drop of 23 meters. It started raining just when we got there, so it was an authentic Irish summer day. On the other side of the bridge was a view of a beautiful cave and gorgeous shoreline. We got back on the bus soaking wet and headed back to our hotel. We will be up early for a 6 hour ride to Killarney.
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