Last week was midterm break at Calderstones Secondary School, so Lindsay and I packed a change of clothes and flew 30 minutes to Belfast, Northern Ireland. Last summer, I went to Dublin, Ireland. I found Belfast to be a very different experience. While Dublin was a bit of a tourist trap, Belfast was authentic and filled with recent history. The city is known for its terrorist activity during “The Troubles” from the 1960s into the 1990s. Once a dangerous city to walk around in, I could sense the city is beginning to breathe freely once more. Within an hour of arriving, Lindsay and I ran into two tour guides of the city who greeted us saying “Welcome to Belfast, it’s the home of the friendliest terrorists!” I was unsure if I was supposed to laugh or
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