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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
Rubbish...or is it?
Sinn Fein
Peace Wall


Northern Ireland is a pretty crazy place. It's Ireland but its not part of the Republic of Ireland but the people are Irish but but butbut... Yea, it's weird. I walked around all the different previously impoverished areas where people were regularily shot and took pictures like I was taking pictures of the Pantheon. Everyone says "The Troubles" are over now but I felt really uncomfortable walking around these areas. You just know the history behind it all and its very creepy. And some of the murals are just completely ridiculous. I was just in a pub and there was a sticker that read "don't support Israel". I think it was a subtle (or not so subtle?) way of saying who and what they believed in. I'm headed to Belfast tomorrow. I'll get to see even ... read more
Free Derry
Bloody Sunday
Memorial


There once was a girl named Kim who forgot how to write a Limerick Then she went to Limerick And still didn't know how to write a Limerick Who rhymes Limerick with Limerick three times? Yep, I'm in Limerick. It's not too special. I was in Dingle yesterday and Dingle was very much special. We rode around the Dingle Peninsula for two days on bike. It was beautiful and blissful. The combination of the green country hills, the steep cliffs, the spring air, and the Atlantic ocean was almost too much. The town of Dingle is also really adorable. Before Dingle we were in Killarney. It was a pretty nice town too, but the best part of about Killarney was the National park. We rode around the national park and it was really breathtaking. The whole ... read more
Killarney National Park
Gap of Dunloe
Riding around

Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland April 17th 2006

So i have just returned from an absolutely lovely week in Northern Ireland! We travelled it EXTENSIVELY... I dont even know if I can remember what we did every day. We got home from Glasgow on... Wed. night okay so on Thursday we went over to newcastle by the sea and drove through the mourn mountains. That night I believe we just rented what turned out to be a rubbish film called "alot like love" seriously, dont bother, waste of time! On friday all of us (well, except poor peter) did the grand tour. We went to the Giants causeway and looked at the cliffs, then off to Dunluce castle and a little rope bridge place. It was an absolutely GORGOUS weather day and we just had a fantastic time. That night we went to ... read more
The McNeices home
Giants Causeway
Dunluce Castle


Follow link to map to see our updated route around the world! We are having such a ball in SE Asia that we are staying here an extra month :)... read more


4 Days to go and it looks as though we'll not be ready to go on this big adventure!... 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
CHEERS
SMOKER


I love that i've been in italy so long that once i got into belfast friday i felt like i was home. clearly there are a thousand differences between northern ireland and new jersey, but compared to the differences between new jersey and rome.. downtown belfast might as well have been my backyard. ok everyone. so i got into belfast international on friday and by some wonderful luck found my hostel and checked in with no hiccups at all. i immediately set out again for some good ole fashion wandering so that i could see the city before it got dark and buy some groceries. i ended up in a mall, at a starbucks. not exactly culture i was getting. but in my defense, everything in the city seemed to be leading to this massive shopping ... read more
mountains!
city hall
castle court


I found some information about the professor I am working with in Donegal on the archaeology dig in Glenveagh. To view this information go here: http://www.ilstu.edu/~ceorser/... read more


Last night I went to Yesterday Once More, a tribute show to the Carpenters. It took place at the Belltable Arts Centre, which is right down the street from me and one of my favorite places for cuture and arts, foreign films and in this case, music. I also have a picture of my roommate, Grainne and I in our apartment. This evening I am staying in to pack for the Connemara trip, which leaves tomorrow morning at 900.... read more




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