Belfast is one of my favorite cities. Beautiful countrysides, people and memories. A friend of mine (the same one I went farming with over the summer) is currently living and volunteering in Belfast. After my sunny adventure, I came to visit her for 5 days. I got to see and take part in her job in Belfast (playing laser tag in the forest with some high schoolers). We toured up the northern coast, walked the Carrik-A-Rede Rope bridge, climbed giants causeway and heard the tales of the north from our quick witted Scottish bus driver. For some reason I keep coming back to Ireland, one can't visit this island without it creating a special place in your heart for the fresh green scenery and the warm hearted people. Although the weather was contrary to that in the canary islands, the people and experiences made it that much more fuller. Here are the pictures from the trip... enjoy:)
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| Tea... of course |
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| Lindsey's house, a few blocks away from Queens University |
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| Lindsey and I |
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| Capitol of Belast |
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| Taking over the capitol.. |
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| Irish Castle |
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| Trip up the Northern Coast |
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| Pretty dang dangerous... |
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| Half of this house fell into the ocean during a dinner party... Ironically only the kitchen fell in. |
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| Oldest Whiskey Distillery in the World |
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| Giants Cuaseway! |
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| Giants Causeway Legend has it that two giants (one from Scotland and one from Ireland) built a 'causeway' between to the countries to fight, well by a strike of wit on the Irish giants side, the other giant raced back to Scotland with is tail between his legs and destroyed the bridge in between so that he'd never have to fight the other! |
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| Irish Coffee Shop |
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| Black Taxi Tour - Lindsey and I took a political tour through the neighborhood where most of the 'Troubles' occured. It was interesting but sad to learn a little about such a terrible and complicated time in History. |
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| Peace Wall |
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