Northern Ireland

so, firstly, you should probably be warned that I had all of these pictures in Order, and then when I uploaded them, they got all randomized, so...sorry. But this is what is know as the Peace Wall, or the wall that separates the Catholic and Protestant communities in Belfast

They really dislike Bush over hear, they are like also really interested in the upcoming elections, and pretty much the first thing they ask you after they find out you are American is "Hilary or Obama"

Us with our Black Taxi that took us to the Catholic and Protestant Communities in Belfast

A mural thats in the Protestant Communities 

This is the scariest Mural...the gun will follow you wherever go, even straight down.

A mural in the protestant community of Oliver Cromwell, whom they love, and the Catholics in Ireland hate

The peace wall. 

This sign was copied from the sign that hung in Berkley during the Vietnam war, that said you are now entering Free Berkley. Derry is one of the most violent areas during the Troubles, and was the sight of Bloody Sunday

This is a mural in Derry of Bloody Sunday, and it shows a priest waving a white flag, carrying a body through the crowd. 

This is a mural of Burnadette Devlin who was the youngest person to ever be elected to Parlimnet, she was 21. 

This is actually a picture of the Scots Presbyterian church in Derry. James Monroes ancestors used to go here, and who knows, maybe some of the Ervins who were on the Ulster plantation went here too, 

Me sitting in the head chair of the Town council of Derry, This building was blown up by the IRA during the troubles, the only thing that survived a statue of Queen Victoria, which to this day, still stands in the building.  Also-the guy who blew the building up, is now a member of parliment. 

This is giants causeway, it is rumored to be made by the Giant Finn MacCool. 

Kylea and I on the rocks at Giants Causeway

A view of Belfast City hall and the Belfast Wheel.

Again

I though it was funny, that this was the Belfast Tourist Information center, so I had to make a picture

The beach at Port Rush, which is absolutely gorgeous and the waves are so huge, that it is considered the place to Surf in Ireland.

The Beach Again.

Dunluce Castle

Me in front of Dunluce castle, which was inhabited until the Kitchen fell into the sea! 

Emily, Kylea and I at the rocks on Giants causway, it was so windy, and slippery, that I was scared I was going to fall and die. haha, but I didnt, so thats good.

This past weekend we visited Northern Ireland. 

IT WAS AMAZING.

The countryside is actually one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my whole life, and the history is extremely interesting. It was also neat, because Ervins have some ties to N. Ireland, ad we lived there for a while in between leaving  Scotland.  

I definitely think that everyone should go to N. Ireland at least once, because it is just so 

completely different, there are times when in Belfast, you could swear you must be in the West Bank security is so high, and everything is so segregated, but the surrounding areas are absolutely beautiful.