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| Sunshine on a road still wet from rain... |
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| Our guest house! |
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| Katie^2 outside of the guest house |
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| I noticed a lot in the North that there's way more Gaelic without English subtitles -- very cool. The sign for our guest house :) |
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| A really cool picture Calla took that, while completely out of focus, is super interesting... :D |
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| On our way from Donegal to Derry, we detoured at the most intact ring fort in Ireland. We've seen some ruins of ring forts before, but nothing like this!! |
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| Very cool old structure |
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| The stairs were really questionable, but if you watched your feet you were generally fine |
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| View from the top! |
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| The rest of the gang exploring |
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| What I get when I yell 'SMILE!' :) |
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| We could see the rain coming at us, though :( |
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| Courtesy of Calla -- Amber, Colleen, Kyle, and Ryan! |
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| Getting into Derry itself -- the peace bridge! |
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| We took a really cool bus/walking tour of the city, especially the Bogside where a lot of the Troubles took place. Now, there are tons of amazing murals on the sides of buildings. I took lots of pictures, but I think this is my favorite. |
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| The iconic wall from the movie "Bloody Sunday" that we watched just before coming here. |
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| The full group! |
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| Our tour guide, Martin, has given tours to the mighty likes of Will Ferrel and other celebs interested in learning about the Troubles, and also typically takes a lot of groups like ours. |
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| A monument for those killed on Bloody Sunday. If you look closely, there are ages included with names. A very sobering memorial. |
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| An old prison where Wolff Tone was at one point imprisoned. It was closed, though, because it apparently became easier to get out of than it was to get into. |
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| One of the gates into the Walled City! |
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| Where the term 'catwalk' originated -- the widest section of the walls. |
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| Very very very very old and pretty church |
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| This was about where it started pouring / hailing on us :P |
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| We hung out in the Foyleside Mall for some downtime and lunch -- a really cool mural of the legend of the Children of Lir (wicked stepmom turns kids into swans) |
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| Best. Store. Name. Ever. I think they sold clothes. I didn't really care. |
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| Beaner in front of the peace bridge |
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| Beaner and Brittnie experimenting with the revolving door in our hotel |
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| My single room at the hotel -- both beds for me!!! |
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| Another great store -- I haven't seen one of these ever before... |
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| It's strange how well the Walled City blends into the rest of Derry... |
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| Very cool war memorial in the center of the Diamond in the Walled City -- apparently it was too violent-looking for the Brits, so they gave it to the Irish ;) |
-S
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