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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 ...
Wick - Thessaloniki (by bike) to Newtownards - UAE
... time as I stubbornly followed my original planned road; but this character building experience was a satisfying challenge to have overcome. Albania was one of the friendliest countries I cycled through and I would recommend the stunning "off the beaten track" mountains to any adventurous cyclists. One day I encountered three massive climbs to over 1000 metres, each taking one hour from bottom to top. Again I was rewarded with the best descents on good ...
Inn ire land ...
... spoons... ok ...nuth inn X cepp shun ull tho ..
went on torr of the city - sea sum of the sites !
oh kay ...
Day 4/Government Day in Stromont
... learned a great deal about traditions and about their government.
When we were done with the day we then ate dinner and drank some wine at one of Basil's events which supported the Chemists and Sciences in Ireland. The people there were brillant, but it was not exactly what we were looking for. I think everyone including our advisor might have ...
A long way to go for a rugby game.....
... is on a definite lean, apparently it was build on unstable ground and has gradually sunk to one side. We had lunch then went to City Hall where we thought there was a Titanic exhibition but it was just a few picture boards. What we did find was a small exhibition about the development of Belfast through the years with photos and information about all the industries that had contributed such as linen and cotton milling, baking, ...