http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , Northern Ireland , Belfast en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:07:02 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:07:02 +0000 Here are a few pictures from December visit to Belfast.Enjoy http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-464075.html That it's so long since my last blog In that time I have found out more about the novel insurance world of Bulgariareconfirmed the reliability of car and mechanic and found out that a lot of my old friends seem delighted to see me.Whoo eeeFirstly Hallowe'en was fun but not really a going concern yet. Several of the 'family' adults were missing which in itself is a rare occurance but those http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-460556.html What an incredible day I'm soooo glad that we decided to do BOTH tours one each in Scotland and Ireland. it was a long day but very worthwhile. We left about 530 am and had to take a charter bus to Belfast then transfer to our paddywagon tour guide. It was a long ride to our first destination which was the rope bridge in the Causeway area. Warren was the brave one while I snapped pics. Bye the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-450788.html Making use of the double booked Isle Of Man we scored free BMI flights on this trip and flew over on the 21st.Flight in was amusing I would say and horrible is probably Andrew's memory of it. Was pretty bad weather and as we came in the land the plane was going from side to side Andrew was already going green and sweaty so the pilot's sudden and unannounced decision to pull up and head straig http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-450490.html The beginning of the week has been good so far. Teaching class Monday morning was very good I let the kids play 5on5 for the first time and they actually did a great job. The week before I tried to teach them the concept of screening and they had a tough time tackling the idea of it. So i finally got the chance to give homework to the students and it felt great guess what the homework was I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-446766.html Our second game of the season got off to a rough start. As a team we came out a little sluggish and DCU took advantage of that and pulled out to a quick lead. I got in early foul trouble again and got two fouls in the first quarter they wont cut me any slack over here guess I am to physical ha..We cut the lead to about 15 points but never got closer than that. It was a frustrating defeat becau http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-446138.html The entire group of 10 went on a private tour to Giantrsquos Causeway. Along the way we saw some beautiful countryside and lots of sheep. We went through several small villages along the way. One village named Cushendall is the heart of an annual glens festival 1st week in August. They also have ldquohurlingrdquo games here quite frequently. Another village known as Lockarema the vanis http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-445320.html I was just thinking about my recents blogs and I havent given you all a typical week for me over here in Belfast. Obviously I am studying here and getting my master's in Sports Management as well as teaching first year students. I start off my monday's teaching first year students freshman basketball. It is an awesome class because none of the kids have ever played basketball before so I am gett http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-444916.html Wow...what a weekend I had in Dublin...I went to Dublin with another American who is studying here as well and playing volleyball. We headed down Saturday afternoon and took the bus. Crossing the border we got stopped by the immigration patrol..pretty scary. I didnt know I should bring my passport and they asked for everyone to take them out. Thank goodness they didnt ask for mine We were fortun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-444324.html D's Grandfather was born here. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-442384.html Hello Everyone Hope everyone is doing well back at home....this weekend should be a lot of fun. Tonight we have practice from 5 to 630 should be an easy one because of the game on Sunday. After practice the team is heading into Belfast to go watch the Belfast Giants play the Newcastle Eagles. The Belfast Giants are the ice hockey team here and I hear are pretty good. Don't know if they are as g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-441454.html Hello everyone Had a very good weekend. Thursday night was a lot of fun. We celebrated 250 years of Guinness which was a blast. Pretty cool I got to be in Ireland for that day. We had media night before we went out. My coach Ian O'Boyle Gareth and I all had a press conference which went well. You can see the press conference on you tube. If you type in Ulster Elks Media night it should come up. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-440396.html Whats going on everyone I want to apologize again that I have not been ontop of my blog. We are still waiting on internet in our house. We finally just got cable 3 weeks after we moved in but hey we are making progress. Internet should be working in about a week cannot wait. This past weekend we had three scrimmages and they all went well. We won all three of them which is great for us. We wo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-438726.html Still without Internet hope to have it by Thursday so you all can see the pictures I have taken so far. The lifestyle here is somewhat different then over in the states. First off dryers are not normal here majority of people here hang dry their clothes and for me that is a huge change. I did actually hang dry my first set of laundry which was very cool. I actually bought a device that is just ma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-434875.html Sorry everyone it has taken me this long to give an update. This place is great the first two days were very nice weather. it was about 55 degrees with no rain. Today is the first day it has been rainy and windy. My house is amazing when I get the internet at my house I will upload pictures of the house. I have to say I am very spoiled here because the house is huge. We have had two practices so http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-434362.html Today it was time for another long run in my marathon training schedule. I woke up around 730 and was planning on doing the first part of my run with a few chippies I met at the hostel who also were thinking of going for a run. I went they bailed.In total I ran 16 miles and covered pretty much all parts of Belfast. I started out by going through the Botanic Gardens to the River Lagan up along http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-432163.html This morning I departed Dublin by bus and headed to Belfast. Belfast is about 2 hours north of Dublin and it is the capital of Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is located on the same island as the Republic of Ireland but is actually a part of the United Kingdom whereas the Republic is a separate country. This distinction and that of the religious differences the Republic is generally Catholi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-432064.html In all likelihood my final blog entry. I may try and compile some facts and figures about my trip but the longer I wait to do this and especially once I get back to work the less likely that becomes. The final stop of my trip was Toronto while not exactly counting as part of my South American Adventure it would be an incomplete blog of the trip if I didnt write about the 10 days I spent there. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-429218.html Nos kis kesessel de gondoltam roviden beszamolok a belfasti kirandulasomrol ami meg majus vegen tortent.Az otlet tesomtol jott aki par baratjaval kitalalta hogy valami nem tul draga helyen kene tolteni majus utolso hetvegejet ami a hetfoi bank holiday miatt 3 napos es az Expedianak ez itt a reklam helye volt egy kedvezo csomagja repjeggyel es 3os szallassal. En is csatlakoztam a kira http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-428730.html Dias 2 a 4 Sem ter conseguido dormir tranquilamente pois cinco irlandesas bbadas chegaram de um bar s cinco da manh sem qualquer preocupao em no acordar ningum despertei s oito horas para pegar o trem que me levaria a Belfast. Antes porm eu pararia para ver o Giantrsquos Causeway uma formao vulcnica que constitui o nico patrimnio mundial da humanidade da Irlanda. Saltei em u http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/Belfast/blog-428508.html