Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Londonderry known (or notorious) affected by two tragic events: The


Here are my latest story from our UK trip (which now almost a month ago over) and I have to admit that Ireland probably for me the best part of our holiday. The "creatures" in the title of this piece of news related to our 2 Badenhorsts :-)
After a short flight from Glasgow to Belfast we have a new car at the airport we found that Ireland would explore! Arrived at our hotel it was dark and wet and cold and we decided one night we in Belfast would have preferred a restaurant and cozy bar to spend as something outside of us looking to see.
Robbinsons, a big old house with five divisions, and his "Half mageia Price Monday" menu made for nice full tummies before our next door at the legendary Crown Saloon doors (as well as 100 years back in time) step! Crown Saloon, established in 1826 and in 1981 about 400,000 pounds spent to restore him to his Victorian splendor repair. Beautiful wood inlay, a myriad mosaic tiles, heavy wooden columns and ornate mirrors are everywhere in this bar to view the daklampe and still work on gas!
Here we have for Gary & Mike meet up at our table with me, small talk while fireworks at the bar for us a Guinness and Baileys mageia goes ordered. The rest of the evening we listened carefully to their suggestions of places in Ireland we should not miss, 100 questions mageia about the political situation in South Africa and tried hard their country's complex relationship between the Protestant and Catholic communities understand ... It soon became clear that the latter situation is still today very sensitive!
The way out, we met Robbert and that also have a quick chat were entered and asked us for his girlfriend, Juliette Armstrong who is a professor in ceramics in Pietermaritzburg must send greetings :-) This was unfortunately all our Belfast because we could see the next day early in the trip, but it was enough to realize that it is people friendly, the Irish!
The next day we had the "Causeway Coastal Route" rode in pouring rain - unfortunately no "Irish mageia luck" had what the weather is concerned. Our first stop was the Carrick-a-Rede Ballintoy toubrug in ... a bridge high above the sea with a magnificent view of cliffs!
"For the boiling bollards are ever eis crashing madly between the rocks Beneath Hundreds of feet, and the rope bridge is thrown about by the wind like a thread or fabric. Few trust eis upon this airy fabrication but Mr. Wilson and I for the honor of Old Kentucky braved all the terrors - and passed to and from the rock "- Charles Leonard Thomassan, Kentucky, writing mageia in 1851, Following his visit
After Harry laughed for a slick Australian uncle's fear of heights, we drove to "Giants Causeway" - one of the UK's natural wonders and a declared UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is an area of 40,000 stone columns mageia exist that fit together and formed as a result of volcanic eruptions between 50 and 60 million years ago! The tops of the columns (mostly 6-angled, although they also 4, 5, 7 or 8 corners) as "stepping stones" of the foot of a cliff and disappeared into the sea ... The highest columns is about 12 meters high and it's hard to believe that each of these perfect "stepping stones" is formed naturally! Creation goes down incredibly! mageia
Next on our agenda was Londonderry mageia or Derry just as the Irish call it. The name in 1613 from Londonderry Derry to change the city, a "Royal Charter" by King James I of England granted the name change is still for many a bitter pill to swallow! We did a walking tour done as quickly as possible, as much as possible mageia from this city to see and learn before we hit the road. This is a "walled city" mageia in other words the city (with its full 30,000 square meters) is still the old walls,! mageia From the center of the city one can see all four gates in the wall and it's hard to believe that these "protected" city many problems hidden behind its walls ...
Londonderry known (or notorious) affected by two tragic events: The "Siege of Derry" in 1689 and "Bloody Sunday" of January 30, 1972. The "Siege of Derry" was mainly between Protestant and Catholic groups and their kings and 105 lasted days during 8000 from the 30,000 residents of the city died. "No Surrender" became a familiar phrase in this battle became. Still today there is a great divide in Derry between the Catholic mageia and Protestant communities in the last 40 years, the Protestant mageia population of 18,000 has shrunk to 500. Protestant neighborhoods in Derry are also clearly marked with the red, white

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