Tuesday, 6/22/2010

On our tour we saw Queens university in downtown Belfast. Pictures below represent our first day in Belfast. There was a big difference in the different areas of the city. Most of the troubles were in East Belfast and there have been many people involved in moving the peace process forward.
Off to the northern coast tomorrow!

The murals represent 3o years of troubles and violence in Belfast. The peace treaty was finally signed in 1998 and it has taken over 10 years to encourage tourists back to Belfast. Corporations have pledged 7 billion dollars to restoration in Belfast and tourism is rising.

Sorry this picture is facing the wrong way-I cannot figure out how turn it around.

Anyway, here we are in front of the Irish Parliment in Belfast. We had a guided bus tour around the city of Belfast.

Happy 15th birthday to Nick as we start our day in Northern Ireland.