Rathdune House
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Intervarsities
... Also, they had the Olympic court and net from the London 2012 Olympics set up, but we unfortunately didn't get to play on this court.
Aside from volleyball, we had a lot of fun in Belfast. We went to a Christmas market one night for a little while, and went to a 70s-themed club full of middle aged people the first night. The night of the conclusion of the tournament, there was an awards dinner and ...
Tea w/Lord Mayor, Cooking & Meeting with ex-IRA,
... was fascinating listening to his experiences and political views.
Then we had to go back to Downpatrick to meet up with the Priest and the Anglican Minister to place our peace rocks in the peace garden. While we were waiting at the bus stop our bus zoomed past us so we went back downtown. Basil came to pick us up. He received word that there was political demonstrations at a problematic interface where communities ...
The Greatest Night with the Greatest Friends
... and I met with Maynard and Mike Nesbitt. Mike Nesbitt was a famous news reporter in Northern Ireland who moved his career path to politics representing the Ulster Unionist Party. He spoke of the troubles and the hard times and situations he had to be a part of by interviewing victims and their families. It was very in-depth and educational. I greatly enjoyed learning about his journalism career.
It was then time ...
3 More Great Days!
... I attended a Peace and Reconciliation conference with the First and Deputy First Ministers and afterwards I had a pint of Guinness with Jaimie (one of Basils staff). I bought the round (Intended to at least but caught myself a pound short) because he has been so awesome to pick us up at the Europe bus station every day to drive us up to Stormont. Jamie is an example of how the YAP creates lasting friendships. He is coming to Milwaukee this summer ...
Day 4
... still, Basil is good friends with him. It is fascinating how the Assembly of N. Ireland works so that politicians get to actually know the humanity of people, whereas trends from my American Political Values class at the U of M had evidence that politicians in America are interacting less and less with people they do not agree with. I also was informed of these trends while I interned for the US Senate just over two years ago.
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