Braeside Country House
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Intervarsities
... following day. We won all 6 games we played, which were against all the possible teams we could play the next day. The 4-seed ended up forfeiting so we had an auto-bid to the championship game for the Plate. When we played in this game, we simply were outplayed by the other team, who we had beaten twice the previous day, and we lost in two. I had a lot of fun playing a lot of volleyball, though, I've missed playing ...
Day Cuig Deag - Exploring Belfast
... B&B. On the way back I stopped of at Maggie Mays again for dinner. Where I had a delicious dinner of fish and chips with hot fudge cake, ice cream, and a pot of tea for dessert. I was back in my room around 19:00. Since I have seen everything I wanted to in Belfast I checked to see if there was an earlier flight to Liverpool. There are two earlier flights and I am planning to head to the airport early and see ...
Bridge over troubled waters
... Tara in Slane today, an ancient Celtic burial ground with massive stone crosses. Belfast, on the other hand, is unique. I have been to cities where there have been religious and physical barriers between people (namely Berlin) but in Belfast the divisions are alive still today. Certainly there are not the same 'troubles' that existed only five years ago, but the separate lives of Catholics and Protestants are very real. There is a massive wall ...
Belfast, Northern Ireland
... By the time we were exploring the Carrickfergus Castle, it was no longer warm or sunny and was periodically raining – so what was new?
This castle was first built in Norman times and used until mid 1900s. It was in a good position to be defended but did change hands on several occasions. Ruth thinks laying a siege was the ...
A day in Belfast
... for us.
Bill drove us back to our hotel after almost three hours of seeing parts of the city, and learning about its history. We all decided to rest for a while before going out tonight. So we went to our rooms, but after a few minutes, Kaaren decided she wanted to go walk around, so she and I walked over toward the main shopping area in the city center. It was only a few blocks, and of course, it started raining on us once we got over there. We realized that we ...
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