Socks in Ireland

Hello from Ireland. Today I will be telling you about my three favourite things about visiting Ireland. They were the Titanic exhibition, Giant’s Causeway and the Cliffs of Moher. Ireland has a bad reputation for always raining so they made up a saying. “If it isn’t raining now, it will rain later.”

My first favourite thing was the Titanic Exhibit. When we got there I did not know what the Titanic was, so I asked my family. They told me that it was a big ship that transported people all around and that it had hit an iceberg and sunk. As a monkey they never told me about the titanic so I wanted to learn more. On the ship there were places to sleep, called cabins.  There was something about classes for the rooms that I did not understand but Meghan told me that the classes indicated what was in the room and how fancy the room was. On the Titanic ship they transported mail as well. Another interesting thing about the exhibit was that they had a ride that told you step by step how they built the Titanic. The exhibit was very accurate and it seemed like you were getting all the information from the captain himself. The titanic exhibit is a must see in Belfast.

Meghan and Ally outside the exhibit.

The Giants Causeway is a group of hexagonal beams formed by a volcanic eruption. The beams are all different heights making it seem like it is from a book or movie. Being a monkey I had never seen something so extraordinary, formed by nature. We walked on the beams and Mark went to the top and played the bagpipes, that was awesome. There is a myth of how the beams got there. There were two giants on either side of the water, but giants don’t like to get their feet wet. So, one giant put all of the hexagonal beams down so they could meet. The one giant ran across and saw how big the other giant was and got scared, so he ran back to his house where his wife disguised him as their baby. The other giant saw the baby and thought if the baby was that big how big was the dad, and he ran away breaking the causway. Can you find me in this picture? If not the picture underneath will give you a clue.

When we went to the Cliffs of Moher it was so windy, there was 100 km/h winds. I almost blew over a couple of times. Right when we got to the Cliffs of Moher it was foggy, so you could not see the cliffs.  After a couple of minutes it cleared up and I got a good picture on my monkey camera. Did you know that the cliffs are 700 feet tall? From the cliffs you have an absolutely astonishing view.

The Cliffs of Moher

I had an amazing time and cannot wait till when I get older and can bring my monkey family and friends back to Ireland. Well I better go I am going to watch the Titanic movie with my family.

Written by Socks, translated by Meghan