a different country
on friday, the whole program went to Belfast, Northern Ireland for the day. It was a pretty surreal experience... felt like the same country until we got into the city. Just the layout was a bit different. A guy came on the bus and took us on a tour around the city to look at the murals. The first shots you see are mostly from Nationalist/Republican neighborhoods, the second set (I'm sure you can tell which ones) are from the Unionist/Loyalist sections. We then went to Stormund, the N. Ireland Parliament buildings. The parliament was suspended in 1972 shortly after Bloody Sunday. It then recommenced in 1998, only to be suspended again in 2002. It is easy to tell where the money was going.
Things to look for: In the beginning there's a shot of a building that says Orange Hall... Keep an eye out for those murals, I know some of them are hard to see. Also, towards the end there is a shot of an old police station with huge walls around it. There were groups of houses like that, if they were in the opposition's side of town.
And I apologize ahead of time for the music choice. U2 is not my favorite but out of any Irish music I had, it gave the most accurate representation of the situtation. Bare with it.
Shocking... a shocking, sad... trip.
music by U2
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