Saturday, May 23, 2009


Wow, the past few days have been so amazing!! On Thursday we went to shipyard that the Titanic was built. It's not a shipbuilding port anymore but they still have the pit in which the the Titanic was built and now they are working on putting up a massive living/shopping/leisure center there that they are calling the Titanic Quarter. We met with one of the main guys behind the project and learned about his vision for the place. It was really interesting to see how the developers are trying to combine profit and growth with the dealing with leftover tensions from the conflict. That night we went to the Irish Culture Center here in Belfast and ate some traditonal Irish food, heard a live Irish band play some tradtional Gaelic songs, and then we got to do some Irish dancing! After that we went to a pub and finished off our night of Irish culture with a few Guinnesses. :) It was probably the most fun night we've had so far. Then yesterday we went to up the North Antrim Coast to see some amazing sites such as the Ropebridge and the Giant's Causeway. I have honestly never seen such beautiful places in my life. I was in awe the whole day. Today has been a free day and I've been packing on working on some schoolwork. Tonight we're going to the Belfast Wheel which is a huge ferris wheel that gives us a view of the whole city. We're going to Derry tomorrow and I'm going to be sad to leave Belfast but I'm sure our last week here will have more awesome things in store!

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