The Good Old North

Me, Anna and 8 other spanish friends rented a couple cars and explored Northern Ireland for the weekend. The weather was fair (at best) but we still managed to see everything we wanted without getting too wet. On friday night we drove north from dublin, past belfast until we were too tired...so we found a national reserve by the water, pitched tents, partied a bit and when to sleep. The following day we followed the coastal highway around the top of the island visiting all the major sites including the Giant's Causeway and a cool suspension bridge linking the mainland with a smaller island. I had the liberty of driving (on the left hand side of the road, changing gears with my left hand) the whole time...it was 2 days of non-stop windy roads...the kind that make your mouth water if you're into driving. I even had the opportunity to take the car onto a huge beach and since it was raining at the time, it was empty and the sand was packed very hard...lets just say Collen McRae would have been proud. The last day was spent in Derry...a town know for it's Irish/English (or Protestant/Catholic) troubles. This is serious business and although the IRA have recently given up arms...there's lots of hatred in this city and it can be felt everywhere. I found the locals to be very strange...friendly but i never got a good vibe so i always felt on edge (something i've never felt in any other city i've been to). We visited the main catholic and Protestant communities...everything was draped in flags, the curbs and lamp posts painted in the appropriate colors (green/white/orange or red/white/blue). The most interesting (or frightening) to see were huge murals depicting past acts of violence and various other hateful things painted on buildings. This coming wednesday is the anniversary of when an English war ship came and liberated the citizens of Derry from an Irish King who had sieged the city walls for 100 days. Im sure it'll be a gay old time.


I think Megadeth used a similar image to promote their albums


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