6/11/11 wee bit of crack and lots of greenery

IRELAND! oh yeaaahhh haha I was so excited to be in ireland even though we were warned it would be wet and cold the entire time. And guess what it wasnt! Only for bits. We arrived and got off the plane from the stair steps onto the pavement which was cool cuz i have never been on a flight that small that usually does that. We then got our bus to the hotel and took a quick tour of the Belfast area. They say wee alot and use crack as a word for laughing so when our guide told us which pubs had a wee bit of crack we were soo confused and laughing haha After that was pub time for dinner, then I was exhausted and went to bed.



While we waited to get checked into the hotel we had lunch at the weekend marketplace. It was so cool, and they had yummy food everywhere. This giant jar of nutella made me smile :)




This is our hotel :) pretty close to the river



On our bus tour they took us to the Peace Line which is a gate put up during the troubles and bombings they had in the 90's it was put up to separate two neighborhoods and gates at each end to control who went through.




The peace line in soo long and covered in graffiti, messages, and murals.



This metal art peice was amazing, and it was sad to see the r.i.p. messages all around.




They colors there were so fun and beautiful. The people their turned something bad into a way to leave a positive message and it also brought tourists into the city.




The Parliment Building with 365 windows, one for each day in the year. Our guide told us to unite and try to work through thinks some ex terrorists and bombers served in the parliment... scary to think about.




The Titanic visitors center thats under construction. i just love the design! And the location is where the Titanic was built.




This is where the Titanic sat, the metal beams at the bottom are the original ones it used to sit on. In the center more near the back is a speck. Thats a human manican to give you a sense of the size. They filled this with water, and the pumps were so strong they could empty 100 million gallons in 100 minutes!




The locals call this the thing with the ring, pretty sure they said it represents peace and thanksgiving.




My room, and way comfy bed :)





At the mall these kids had weird music on and were dancing and chillin on this sculpture thing. This kid was the weirdest haha i cant even start to explain the weird moves he was doing. not to mention his creepy mask and duct tape decorated pants.





The center of the Victoria Square Mall, very cool




Dinner at the pub, It was all very delish!



We shared a few of the desserts but this was the best, it was banoffee, a banana toffeeish delight haha