Belfast

Today we drove up to Belfast. It's only about 50 minutes away. We went on a tour and the commentator gave us a terrific history lesson which was perfectly enhanced by all the sites along the way. First stop were the dockyards where the Titanic was constructed. It was launched exactly 100 years ago today, so there was a big ceremony at the docks. We drove through both the Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods with their political murals, gates, and high fences. It was quite interesting.

Have a look at the photo below. Blur your eyes and follow the ridge along the top of the cliffs. Can you see a man's forehead, nose, eye, mouth and chin? Apparently, this is what Jonathan Swift saw and what inspired him to write Gulliver's Travels:



JOKE I FORGOT TO TELL YOU:
Here's another joke from the Dublin bus driver. As we passed the old trainyards, he pointed to a big warehouse owned by an American movie studio. He named all the films that had been made there--Italian Job, a mini-series, etc.--and then he told us that Ireland was doing a remake of Silence of the Lambs. It's going to be called, "Shutup, you'se!"