It is almost the end of day two and it has also been insanely busy! We had class again from 9:30am-1pm followed by lunch (I'm pretty sure I'm going to be eating meat and potatoes everyday). After lunch Anna and Ian and I decided to explore the wall of Derry. Derry is the only city in the UK which is completely walled. There is a lot of history behind it and there are great views of the city outside the wall. We also stopped into a protestant church just within the walls called St. Columbs. The church was build in the 1600s and is very beautiful. Some of the stained glass dated back to the 1800s while other windows were made with modern stained glass because a car bomb in the 90s blew out some of the windows of the church. We had a good conversation with the man at the front desk of the church he gave us a little history about the church and we got to talk for a little about the Troubles.
After we left the church we finished up walking the wall and then went to the information center to figure out our trip for tomorrow. We are planning to travel up to Portrush to visit the town and the Giants Causeway. The woman at the information center, Jane, has been so helpful to everyone in our group, she knows that we're staying for the month so she promised she would keep us in mind and if she thought of any cool trips she would contact us.
Currently we are back at Weatherspoon, having dinner and catching up on emails and stuff. I think tonight will be a low key night for me because I haven't had a chance to rest since I got here! I've had such a great time getting to know the city and the people, even if I have been exhausted!
I wanted to finish up the post with a few pictures from the wall, I'll have more on facebook so make sure to look at that too!
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