Belfast

  We started our day in Belfast by getting a tour of the city and learning about the different demographics and important facts about Belfast. We first went to their parliament building, which was very beautiful and surrounded by trees. I have never been to the UK so I was very excited to learn more about how their government works being under the monarchy. I also think that while they are under the British monarchy rule, it felt different than being in England and still felt like the relationship they had was unique to Northern Ireland. I got to ask some questions about the royal family and the government in Belfast and it was able to give me a better view of how they work under British rule. The rest of our tour we got to walk and drive around different parts of the city. Something that was very interesting was we got to see the peace walls. The peace walls are walls that they had to put up in response to the only way to keep peace between the two neighborhoods. They now are also surrounded by a lot of political art and paintings, representing the different views of the different sides. It was very interesting to see that walls were needed to go up, just to keep peace. After that we got to have lunch and explore more of Belfast. We got to go to this outdoor market and have some amazing chocolate covered strawberries. Then we headed to the titanic museum, which was one of my favorite parts of this trip. 



a stop on our tour talking about the parliament building










amazing chocolate strawberries!

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