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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 ...
15 out of 16 is not too bad, or is it?
... Catholics fly Republic of Ireland flags above houses, shops and memorials.
We also visited a number of interesting tourist sites, with the highlight being the Giant’s Causeway. The Causeway (located between Derry and Belfast) is a small area where an underwater volcanic eruption created hexagonal shaped ‘columns’ of rock. The site’s drama is increased by its location being at the meeting ...
'Excuse me, but could I ask you a question?'
... but they were not nearly as awful as I had presumed. I just stood in between two giant plates with my arms overhead (in mid-jumping jack position) and the whole process was over in about 5 seconds. Feeling neither violated nor embarrassed, I rushed off to buy my $16 meal (a sandwich, bottle of water, and Reese's Pieces) and jumped onto my last flight for Dublin.
(I apologize if this sounds like a list of bullet points, but with two days to write ...
The World is my Classroom
... in the news of the terror transpiring here in Belfast, so there was something even more moving about standing on the very streets we'd seen ablaze with conflict in our own lifetime. I actually felt privileged to listen to a first-hand account from our Black Cab Tour Guide, who lived through such a dreadful and defining period of this country's history, and it is something I am definitely ...
A look at the past
... Road Ends village (where Bruce’s family of Hay’s had lived) hoping to find a church or churchyard. However no sign of anything helpful so we set off back to Belfast. The weather was packing it in by now and getting dark even though it was only 3pm. We couldn’t find our way back to the hostel and ended up on the Ring Road in a traffic jam. It was stop-start (mostly stopped) and eventually we got back to the hostel about 7pm!! Apparently ...
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