We finally found a self service launderette in Belfast so the first couple of hours of the day was spent washing, drying and folding clothes. The more unfabulous side of traveling. The one thing I wanted to do in Belfast is learn about the whole IRA/ English conflict that took place in the early 70's and lasted until 4 years ago. The best way to...

Well, Northern Ireland to be totally correct. On returning to the UK, I found out that there was a three month contract avaliable working in an Orthopedic hospital in Belfast. I snapped that up and started working there in December. That was an experience! It was basically organising patients going in for a hip or knee replacement, then organisi...

Belfast is a much more beautiful city than i expected it to be. There are lost of pubs(of course) and cool old buildings. I had a few bass and guiness in a pub...delicious. On my way to Dublin soon. Till then...

We arrived in Belfast yesterday afternoon. It was raining which was a huge surprise! Hahaha!! Not really! We caught the local airport bus into the city and were dropped at the bus station on Victoria Street. The walk to our hotel was six minutes, so we trucked over. We were pretty excited b/c as a treat for Jeremy's birthday we decided to stay a...

Could there be any more innocuous way to decribe religious violence than "The Troubles?" I am finlly catching up to write these final three entries, and this is the last one I have photos for, because my camera was destroyed at Tomatina, losing my photos from Ibiza and Valencia/Bunol. These won't be great, but I did want to somewhat memorialize ...

Who would have tought a few years ago, that you can go to Northern Ireland on your vacation? Thank goodness you can go these days to Northern Ireland without any danger. We drove through the Glens of Antrim in the morning. Unfortunately, it was misty and we couldn't see much of the beautyful countryside. Our guide was quite happy, that she could...

The next three days were given over to my conference, but we did manage to walk into 'the town' to have a look around. The City Hall dominates the streetscape, but in some ways, it's also almost invisible. It sits on a block next to the bus station, with traffic swarming around it. The building sits almost serenely as people, cars, taxis, buses ...