The Parador Guest House
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Intervarsities
This weekend, I went to Belfast for volleyball intervarsities, a tournament for all the college teams in Ireland. The first day was actually Thursday, but I missed this since I was in Dublin for the Naughton's Thanksgiving dinner. We went 1-5 in our pool play this day so we went to the lowest bracket for the tourney. On Friday, we had a pool play with 4 teams to determine the seeds for the actual playoff style ...
Broken Belfast
... the murals - which are steeped in political history - is to take a Black Taxi Tour. The black taxis have been operating for thirty years, mostly neutral in the Troubles, but they basically operated a shuttle service, crossing the warzone as it were. Most of their passengers over time had been Catholic, so the Protestants had deemed the taxi drivers as valid targets in the war and in total three of the drivers were shot by Protestant soldiers.
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Titanic experience
Today after taking the ferry from Scotland to Northern Ireland, we stopped for a few hours at the new Titanic Experience. Go on line and take a look at the building. They call that building the iceberg! It just opened in April I think and it's amazing. There is so much to see - blueprints, drawings, old photographs, actual registers showing payroll for the ...
Up The Antrim Coast
... and touch anything you want. Now, understand this castle is in ruins, so there isn't a roof or any furnishings, but it is a fantastic piece of history that allows you to imagine yourself in the 1600's. There was even a narrow stairway that twisted and let up to a second floor. I had to use the stairs to take the picture in the window opening. Everything from the walls that surround the castle to the ...
Arrival In Ireland...Thanks United!!!
... the rain. I have my first derby practice in a couple of hours and after that I will get a full night of sleep. I have been asked to take a wee little group at derby and teach them transitions and backwards skating. I love that I get a "wee" little group to work with. I will begin posting pictures soon, so everyone has a chance to experience this with me. Thank You United Airlines for taking my skates from me, and then giving them back to me as ...
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