Belfast

Yay, Belfast! Crappy weather, boo!

Seeing the murals was great. We ended up doing a Black Cab Tour with a bunch of Belgian students (all Flemish, all the time) which then transitioned into an open back bus tour (have I mentioned that it is wet and freezing here? it is wet and freezing here). We got loads of pictures, one of the Belgian kids almost gave me a concussion and after 20 minutes of references to the Titanic (it was designed and built here, evidently Belfast is proud of this, despite the whole sinking thing), there was a spontaneous rendition of "My Heart Will Go On." Pretty fun.

We're thinking about going to see a play tonight. Between Belfast not being particularly tourist friendly (civil unrest? I'm unclear) and the weather being disgusting, we've probably seen about as much of Belfast as we want to/will on this trip.

Our hostel is essentially a guy (Arnie's) house. He's got two really cute Jack Russell Terriers (miss Toph!) and he seems to have started the hostel more from loneliness than from any desire for compensation. We're paying £11 a night (about 22 dollars a night).