Blogs from Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 32

Hello everyone I know its been a really long time since the last update but after my huge adventure in April i took some time to enjoy Glasgow as well as a week trip to Spain where I lounged on the beach and partyed the whole time! I will now give you all a quick update of my last 2 weeks! Now I am on my 1 month backpacking adventure with Carly and so far we have filled our time quiet well! She came into Glasgow on the same day I finished my exams (which all went well i think) then for the next few days we had the huge task of cleaning out my room, packing everything up, saying goodbyes to everyone, partying for the last times as well as getting her unstuck from my ... read more

Woah. I have finally escaped Belfast (my blog may say I'm in Belfast, but I'm really in Glasgow). Sometimes I get stuck in places for a little longer than I intend to...like Belfast...for a week. When I first got to Belfast I was uneasy about the peace wall and the UDA and IRA grafitti everywhere(it's not really everywhere) and the really bad UFF murals...but after a while it seemed totally normal (no, it really didn't). Yea, I have no point here. Most of my time in Belfast was spent watching Donnie Darko and drinking lots of soup and Carlsberg with my pirate friend Kane-O. However while in Belfast, I was introduced to my new most favorite thing about Europe: the Eurovision Song Contest!!!! Each country in Europe (+Israel for whatever reason) has a song entry by ... read more

Well this weekend was my much anticipated St. Paddy’s weekend in Belfast, Northern Ireland and some Dublin. I left from Limerick on Thursday at 1400 and arrived in Dublin Busarus around 1900. I had to leave from there to catch a bus to the airport. The traffic was slow moving because of the heavy holiday season, but I made it on time. I left the airport with Fabi, Sean and Sean (from Madrid) and Maria (from Lurgan, near Belfast). Maria drove us from Dublin airport to Lurgan, outside Belfast, where she lives with her family. We stopped at a pub called the Courthouse on the way back to have our first official pint together in the North. The next morning, the Lavery’s made the four of us the most wonderful Irish breakfast of rashers, sausages, breads ... read more

Hey everyone! So, this weekend Butler (the organization I came over here with) organized a trip up North to the city of Belfast. We stayed for four nights and had a really good time. I met so many different kids and it gave us a chance to meet other Americans going to other schools in Ireland. The first day there I spent the day venturing around Belfast seeing its sights. I walked around the innercity a bit and then headed up to Queen's University, which is truly a gorgeous campus. I walked around a bit and was lucky to come across a gated park, which enclosed the campus Botanic Gardens. Absolutely brilliant! There was one place called the Palm House which was a giant greenhouse and held some of the most beautiful and interesting plants and ... read more

Thursday morning Megan, Cassie and I got up well before dawn and with a few hours of sleep drug ourselves out to the bus stop to make sure we were on the first one to Termini. The moon was still out and shining behind the clouds. It was very cold out and had rained a lot the night before. Our bus got to Termini and we got on Metro A and settled in for a long ride to the end of the line. We had rediculously good timing waiting only a bit on the bus and 3 minutes on the subway. We got off the subway and found the buses for Ciampino airport - more good timing, the bus was just loading. We got to Ciampino and checked in and bought sandwhiches because by this point ... read more