Today was so long! And it wasn't even the fun kind where you're out doing stuff and interacting with people. All we did for most of the day was listen to people talk. They were relatively interesting, and they talked about different organizations in Northern Ireland dedicated to integrating communities and bringing reconciliation to the people, but if I had to sit still another 10 minutes my brain would have imploded. It was so weird, because normally I like lectures, but apparently not today.
After lectures, me and a few other girls went SHOPPING! The mall we were at was SO amazing. There were no doors to get into the mall, there was just kind of a dead end type thing at the end of the street where a roof started, and if you walked under the roof all of a sudden you were in the mall! Awesome. It was probably not as big as the Mall of America, but it was definitely cooler looking. We had a good time, needless to say!
After the mall, we went back to the hostel where we got a group together to go out for the night. It ended up being me, 4 other girls, and 1 of the guys (poor Ben!), and we just kind of wandered until we found a pub that looked interesting. We ended up at The Basement which had a really great atmosphere and was just really fun. There was a band there, and they were awesome. I finally decided that I loved them when they played "Friday I'm in Love" by The Cure...LOVE that song! AND it was in an Irish accent...absolutely wonderful.
Anywho, tomorrow we have the day off from learning (finally!) and we're free to just roam around the Belfast area. I'm not positive what I'll be doing yet, but I'll keep you posted!
Love,
Amanda
Wow. You had to spend a whole day LEARNING. Must be tough to do that on a SCHOOL trip to Ireland. Poor kid. Life is just kinda tough and unfair sometimes.
ReplyDeleteIt has snowed a couple inches two days in a row here, so the snow is fresh and everything looks beautiful - except for the traffic which is complicated every quarter mile by some stupid mouth-breather who can't bring herself to coax her Prius up past 8 miles per hour because she heard someone might have spotted a snowflake in North Dakota. Plus *GASP* it's getting DARK OUT! Oh the Humanity! And then you have to throw in Billy Bob, slowing down traffic because everyone is watching him scratching his head and standing next to his jacked-up monster truck which is laying wheels-up in the ditch because he thought that in the snow, four wheel drive equals immortality.
Okay, I'm done with the rant. I'm excited to hear how you will spend your day off. Have a blast but stay safe.
HEY!!! do you know who Neil Vance is? One of the girls in stairwell has a brother on the trip and i think his name is neil... her name is Brea.. anyways.... i guess he's nice... let me know if you know him... lol
ReplyDeleteHave a great day off exploring!!!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear what you do with it:-)