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Tag: Northern Ireland
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Sunday 20 February 2000 Highlights: Magnificent Murals covering the ‘Troubles’. We spent most of the day in Derry / Londonderry. Early in the morning we again walked the wall, but this time looking murals of the Troubles. In Northern Ireland murals have become significant symbols, depicting the region’s past and present political and religious divisions.…
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Saturday 19 February 2000 Highlights: Thieves in the Night, the Tower Museum During the night someone quietly entered our dorm room and stole my backpack. After searching we reported it to hostel staff and later the police, not a great feeling :(.
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Friday 18 February 2000 Highlights: Queen’s College, Irish pubs We got up early an started the second walking tour. Unfortunately luck was against us and it rained heavily most of the time. We walked past the Europa Hotel, the most bombed building in the world apparently and to a nearby Royal Ulster Constabulary (or police)…
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Thursday 17 February 2000 Highlights: Giant’s Causeway, personal tour of Belfast. We did a Youth Hostel Organised tour to the Giants Causeway. Leaving from a different Belfast Hostel down the other end of town at 9.30 am so we had to get up early. Along the way up we visited a coastal castle, abandoned long…
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Wednesday 16 February 2000 Highlights: Walking tour of Belfast, City Hall, Guinness. Today we went on the Lonely Planet’s first walking tour of Belfast. While this tour had frequent rain luckily for the most part it was while we were undercover. The highlights of the tour included the leaning clock tower in honour of Queen…
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