Sunday was another free day so Rachel and I walked to the peace bridge, which was opened last year, and then made out way to the murals on the Waterside, which is a protestant neighborhood. The murals on the Waterside are much more focused on history and the siege rather than stories from the Troubles, which I found interesting.
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| The peace bridge opened last year |
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| Protestant Mural |
After visiting the Waterside we walked over to the Fountain, another majority protestant section of town. There aren’t many murals, but the curbs are painted red, white and blue for the London jack. It was interesting to see the contrast between the Bogside murals and the murals from the protestant areas and also to look for similarities between them.
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| Garage painted with the Londonjack |
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| 1998 was when the Belfast Agreement was signed and the official start to the Peace process. |
After seeing the murals Rachel and I stopped by the Sandwich Co. for lunch and then spent the rest of the day catching up on homework and research.
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