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Intervarsities
... was some good fun. After that, thought, I had to rush back to the hostel to watch the Fightin' Irish take on the Trojans to complete our undefeated season and win a spot in Miami for the BCS National Championship. I can't believe we're going to the championship!!! Nobody on the volleyball team understood my excitement about American football, especially the French guys who heard the American pronunciation of Notre ...
Confused
... our first day we went to the 100th Protestant March which commemorates the Orange Covenant....bands and marchers take to the streets to commemorate the 1912 Protestant declaration that they would not join an Irish Republic and they would remain part of the United Kingdom....loyal to the English monarchy. They estimated that 35000 people packed the streets....there were 135 bands and many marching groups...it is hard to describe how I felt...we fell into a mass on ...
A brief visit to Ireland
... an interest born of a love for Leo Di Caprio or an acceptable historical interest?) it was one of the best museums I've been to.
Getting outside of the city I went on a coach tour of the beautiful Antrim coast, through Carrickfergus, Carnloch, up to the Giant's Causeway, making a brief visit to the Bushmills distillery and dunluce castle. I was also very brave and crossed the Carrick-o-Rede rope bridge - 100ft high!! The whole trip was constant amazing scenery and who knew you ...
Belfast Central LIbrary
... uncommon for a university library to have, say, Parliamentary proceedings from 1798 onward, but the material would usually only be available for students or faculty to access. In Belfast, any resident can come in and access the print copy of a newspaper from 1773. Also in the collection is the Belfast Street Directory dating back to 1819. Think of it like a phone book, but before phones. These and other resources are ...
Arrival In Ireland...Thanks United!!!
My long travel day finally came to an end with my arrival at Belfast International. The flight was very bumpy, which prevented almost all sleep. This flight too was totally booked, and very crowded. It is a really weird feeling to be chasing time across the planet. When I left Newark it was 9:30pm and after 6 hours of travel I landed at 9 am, so now I am really trying to get my feet under me. I have a feeling it will be a couple of days before I ...
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