A very interesting day.

This morning we met John Hume. It was very brief because he had other appointments today and also because he is suffering from a disease much like Alzheimer's, so he had a difficult time communicating. Nevertheless he said some very interesting things. I wrote down a few quotes from him today that I really liked. Here is one:

"The world is becoming a smaller place so our ability to shape the world is becoming greater."

After that we had a lecture by INCORE, which is the International Center of Excellence for the study of Peace and Conflict at the University of Ulster-Magee. After that we visited the civil rights museum or the "Free Derry Museum" as it is called. It is so interesting to see how the Catholics modeled their civil rights movement after the one in America. It was a fascinating museum and some of it was very sad. Our last thing today was visiting the Bogside Artists of Northern Ireland who painted a most of the murals in Derry. One of the artists gave us a tour and it was one of the most interesting things we've done. Here is a link to a picture of the one of the murals called Bernadette (named after Bernadette Devlin): http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/3001924131_877d06dc15.jpg?v=0

Okay now I'm off to work on my project and study for my exam tomorrow!