Lynn than you for the comment, really makes us happy to get responses that have helped you. Hope you book that trip and have a fantastic time! Let us know how it goes! All the best.
One thing I learned (based on the bus tour of Belfast I took in 2015), is that whichever side of the "Peace Line" you find yourself, if the facial details of a hero to a particular community is shown on one of the gable walls, then the person in question was killed or has died (the Bobby Sands mural on the Falls Road is a case in point), if they're depicted in a balaclava, then they're at large. When I took my parents there, bearing in mind they lived through the Troubles between 1969 and 1998, they were shocked to realise that despite the Peace Lines being associated with the Troubles, to stop each side directly attacking each other (throwing stones, petrol bombs etc), more of them have gone up since the Good Friday Agreement. The gates on Lanark Way, which are open by day and locked at night, stand at the end of the largest of these. It features words spoken by famous people (such as former US President, Bill Clinton), the one that sticks in the mind the most being from the Dalai Lama: "Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your past,"
@@SiVlog1989Well 🤔🙄! I think, I can understand different opinions, views, cultural traditions and (perhaps the worst reason of all) Religion, can lead to controversy or even conflicts, hatred and violence! What I certainly never understand, agree with nor support is, how personal views, opinions, acquired faith or even forced belief in things no human can ever understand nor prove, justify or testify, have been, are and most likely will fuel conflicts, wars, genocide and extinction! What do we humans actually know for absolute sure, concerning the existence of God? Absolutely nothing and it will not change unless or until God returns to Earth, providing he exists for real! Everything done or committed in God’s name or for religious reasons has purely and solely that one terrible and horrible purpose: gaining, maintaining and expanding power to achieve maximal control over everyone and everything and, of course, maximising profit! Just look around, see and realise what’s happening on Earth right now! Thousands and thousands years of human history, but no positive results or development in this matter and what is it, all those despicable deranged and absolutely deplorable conquerors, autocrats, tyrants, dictators, religious zealots and misleaders are gaslighting the masses with and push for chaos, anarchy and war? Gaining power and profit purely and solely for themselves and chaos and anarchy have always been the best tools for gaining their desired prey for maximum yield! God and religion have nothing to do with it, they are only the most suitable vehicle to fulfill their cravings!
Wonderful video. Especially enjoyed the music, added to the traveler’s senses. I can’t wait until the UK opens its doors to us Americans. Thank you for all your hard work and keeping me sane without my travels.
This is a lovely tour of modern Belfast, much changed since I visited many aeons ago, and so tourist-friendly, bringing to life so many historical aspects of Belfast. An excellent tour guide, also who, as a native, enhances the video greatly in her knowledge and her insights.
Yes, they really love tourists. As I walked through both the Loyalist and Nationalist neighborhoods everyone was so kind and would tell me that they loved tourists because they felt that we gave them hope for a better future. Belfast is now an "international" city much like other European cities. By this I mean that they had a "Chinatown" basically a row of Asian shops and restaurants for a block on Donegal street. One of the locals told me that she actually liked their food even though she struggled at first with non-white immigrants moving to Belfast. There's a variety of different ethnic restaurants, many different kinds of "New Northern Irish" citizens of different kinds of ethnic heritage living there now with children born and being raised there. The neighborhood leading to the Titanic Museum looks like any North American city with, once again, different cosmopolitan feel, young professionals running, rollerblading, etc, along the developed waterfront.
We're returning for another pub crawl next weekend, our first since before the covid fiasco...so many good bars with live music in the Cathedral quarter...also, the Crumlin road gaol is an absolute must visit👍
Very well done! I visited Belfast, and then took a bus tour of the Northern Ireland coastline including seeing the Mull of Kintyre (Paul McCartney and Wings have a song about this) because it was bright and sunny until we reached Giant's Causeway & the Hedges. Brought back great memories. Thanks!
We visited in 2017. Absolutely loved our tour of the Belfast Murals, guided by a taxi driver who grew up on Shankhill Road; his personal stories of the “Troubles” made the history come to life. There is also an excellent local history museum there with archaeological and scientific displays, something of interest for everyone. We were in Belfast for a week to do genealogy research and hope to return another time when we will travel further west in Northern Ireland to visit the towns of my ancestors around Loch Erne. You’re right, bring layers, expect damp weather, but we found the people are kind and the shops and restaurants welcome everyone.
Hi Simon and Will 🤗🥰! Another great video of Earth’s most famous and beautiful gems, thank you so very much 👍🏻❤️! Should I not be mistaken, Giant’s Causeway was the location where some of the final scenes of „Star Trek - The motion picture” was filmed 🤔🙄! Definitely one of the places I would like to visit, should I ever get the opportunity 😘!
One museum in Belfast I highly recommend, the Ulster Transport Museum. As well as historic trains, trams and buses, the museum talks about probably the most famous car built in Belfast, the Delorean DMC-12, aka the Back to the Future car
Giants causeway is not near Belfast but 55 miles away from it get the train to Coleraine from Great Victoria Street station then get the 402 bus from the bus and railway station to Ballycastle if you buy a £16.50 zone 4 I link card this will give you unlimited travel anywhere in NI
Very nice I enjoy your video , I grew up 4 miles from the Dark Hedges and the wonderful North Antrim Coast I can never too much of it , I hope you go back so much more to see there , I have travelled a lot of the work I am up to about 70 Countries but the UK tops them all for many things .
Loved this one and am enjoying your offering of former places visited and new places for us to explore :D. We visited family in N.Ireland in 1991 and 1996 (from Canada :)) and I can't wait to go back...it's been too long. Great choice of music and I particularly enjoy the scenery while driving, your maps, and the great suggestions for visits and food - pretty much everything eh? LOL One thing though, is it really a fry without black pudding?? I wonder why Maggie doesn't include it. Anyway, thanks so much for these great videos and your thoughtful commentary!
There is a route to avoid going through the National Trust site to get to the Causeway, and you can walk to the bridge for free. It's only if you want to cross the bridge you need to pay a fee.
Wonderful video! Extremely useful! Thinking about a vacation to Northern Ireland- thank you.
Lynn than you for the comment, really makes us happy to get responses that have helped you. Hope you book that trip and have a fantastic time! Let us know how it goes! All the best.
There are a lot of Murealls in Norn Iron…and Miraids’ ,on the Catholic side.
One thing I learned (based on the bus tour of Belfast I took in 2015), is that whichever side of the "Peace Line" you find yourself, if the facial details of a hero to a particular community is shown on one of the gable walls, then the person in question was killed or has died (the Bobby Sands mural on the Falls Road is a case in point), if they're depicted in a balaclava, then they're at large.
When I took my parents there, bearing in mind they lived through the Troubles between 1969 and 1998, they were shocked to realise that despite the Peace Lines being associated with the Troubles, to stop each side directly attacking each other (throwing stones, petrol bombs etc), more of them have gone up since the Good Friday Agreement. The gates on Lanark Way, which are open by day and locked at night, stand at the end of the largest of these. It features words spoken by famous people (such as former US President, Bill Clinton), the one that sticks in the mind the most being from the Dalai Lama:
"Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your past,"
@@SiVlog1989Well 🤔🙄!
I think, I can understand different opinions, views, cultural traditions and (perhaps the worst reason of all) Religion, can lead to controversy or even conflicts, hatred and violence!
What I certainly never understand, agree with nor support is, how personal views, opinions, acquired faith or even forced belief in things no human can ever understand nor prove, justify or testify, have been, are and most likely will fuel conflicts, wars, genocide and extinction!
What do we humans actually know for absolute sure, concerning the existence of God?
Absolutely nothing and it will not change unless or until God returns to Earth, providing he exists for real!
Everything done or committed in God’s name or for religious reasons has purely and solely that one terrible and horrible purpose:
gaining, maintaining and expanding power to achieve maximal control over everyone and everything and, of course, maximising profit!
Just look around, see and realise what’s happening on Earth right now!
Thousands and thousands years of human history, but no positive results or development in this matter and what is it, all those despicable deranged and absolutely deplorable conquerors, autocrats, tyrants, dictators, religious zealots and misleaders are gaslighting the masses with and push for chaos, anarchy and war?
Gaining power and profit purely and solely for themselves and chaos and anarchy have always been the best tools for gaining their desired prey for maximum yield!
God and religion have nothing to do with it, they are only the most suitable vehicle to fulfill their cravings!
Wonderful video. Especially enjoyed the music, added to the traveler’s senses. I can’t wait until the UK opens its doors to us Americans. Thank you for all your hard work and keeping me sane without my travels.
Hi Diana thanks for the lovely comment and appreciating our efforts! Fingers crossed soon travel will restart.
This is a lovely tour of modern Belfast, much changed since I visited many aeons ago, and so tourist-friendly, bringing to life so many historical aspects of Belfast. An excellent tour guide, also who, as a native, enhances the video greatly in her knowledge and her insights.
Yes, they really love tourists. As I walked through both the Loyalist and Nationalist neighborhoods everyone was so kind and would tell me that they loved tourists because they felt that we gave them hope for a better future.
Belfast is now an "international" city much like other European cities. By this I mean that they had a "Chinatown" basically a row of Asian shops and restaurants for a block on Donegal street. One of the locals told me that she actually liked their food even though she struggled at first with non-white immigrants moving to Belfast.
There's a variety of different ethnic restaurants, many different kinds of "New Northern Irish" citizens of different kinds of ethnic heritage living there now with children born and being raised there. The neighborhood leading to the Titanic Museum looks like any North American city with, once again, different cosmopolitan feel, young professionals running, rollerblading, etc, along the developed waterfront.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS I HAVE SEEN OF BELFAST. THANK YOU FOR SHARING 😍🤩
Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the super thanks! Really kind of you 😊
We're returning for another pub crawl next weekend, our first since before the covid fiasco...so many good bars with live music in the Cathedral quarter...also, the Crumlin road gaol is an absolute must visit👍
Very well done! I visited Belfast, and then took a bus tour of the Northern Ireland coastline including seeing the Mull of Kintyre (Paul McCartney and Wings have a song about this) because it was bright and sunny until we reached Giant's Causeway & the Hedges.
Brought back great memories. Thanks!
Glad we stirred the memories of what sounds like a great trip.
We visited in 2017. Absolutely loved our tour of the Belfast Murals, guided by a taxi driver who grew up on Shankhill Road; his personal stories of the “Troubles” made the history come to life. There is also an excellent local history museum there with archaeological and scientific displays, something of interest for everyone. We were in Belfast for a week to do genealogy research and hope to return another time when we will travel further west in Northern Ireland to visit the towns of my ancestors around Loch Erne. You’re right, bring layers, expect damp weather, but we found the people are kind and the shops and restaurants welcome everyone.
We cannot wait to visit Belfast again, it exceeded our expectations and has so much to offer. Thank you for the new suggestions!
We had a wonderful time in Belfast and want you too as well! Leave your comments and questions below.
Hi what month was this taken please...
Very nice guide, thank you
So Welcome! 😊
Hi Simon and Will 🤗🥰!
Another great video of Earth’s most famous and beautiful gems, thank you so very much 👍🏻❤️!
Should I not be mistaken, Giant’s Causeway was the location where some of the final scenes of „Star Trek - The motion picture” was filmed 🤔🙄!
Definitely one of the places I would like to visit, should I ever get the opportunity 😘!
I don’t know if they filmed it there I am afraid but certainly would be a location for movies.
One museum in Belfast I highly recommend, the Ulster Transport Museum. As well as historic trains, trams and buses, the museum talks about probably the most famous car built in Belfast, the Delorean DMC-12, aka the Back to the Future car
Thank you for the recommendation, one to visit next we are there. I would be very interesting in visiting.
We love it too x
Awesome 👏
Thanks so much glad u liked it 😊
Giants causeway is not near Belfast but 55 miles away from it get the train to Coleraine from Great Victoria Street station then get the 402 bus from the bus and railway station to Ballycastle if you buy a £16.50 zone 4 I link card this will give you unlimited travel anywhere in NI
Great tip thanks for sharing
Great x
Really enjoyed this adventure 🙌
Thank you for watching! Feels a lifetime ago now, but was a great weekend.
Thanks.
Nice. Thanks.
Thank you for watching
Very nice I enjoy your video , I grew up 4 miles from the Dark Hedges and the wonderful North Antrim Coast I can never too much of it , I hope you go back so much more to see there , I have travelled a lot of the work I am up to about 70 Countries but the UK tops them all for many things .
Hi Shaun
@@mikedrown2721 Hello Mike :) this is a wonderful sight these two chaps do great videos.
good presentation
Thank you!
Loved this one and am enjoying your offering of former places visited and new places for us to explore :D. We visited family in N.Ireland in 1991 and 1996 (from Canada :)) and I can't wait to go back...it's been too long. Great choice of music and I particularly enjoy the scenery while driving, your maps, and the great suggestions for visits and food - pretty much everything eh? LOL One thing though, is it really a fry without black pudding?? I wonder why Maggie doesn't include it. Anyway, thanks so much for these great videos and your thoughtful commentary!
Great video 😀
i did my masters in QUB in international human rights law BEST YEAR EVER
Would love to see the dark hedges. What distance are they from one end to the other?
They are just under half a mile, so 10 min walk max.
Hi I like your video can I please take some few clips for my project
How can hire a cur for full day tour? Any help
Just love the English accent….
What month was this filmed in?
May
At what time of the year did you go ?
This was June 2019
@@MemorySeekers Can we explore these places around December end ?
@@nishantsharma9163 Yes you will be able to, just be mindful of Christmas and New Year opening times and check with website of particular attraction.
Sad they are charging for access to Giantś Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede nowadays. This was all free when I was growing up.
There is a route to avoid going through the National Trust site to get to the Causeway, and you can walk to the bridge for free. It's only if you want to cross the bridge you need to pay a fee.
Murials I did not even know Murial was still I hearda she was married and moved to Stran Ford lock wherever that is.
*Murals
They aren’t murials 😂 it’s a mural
Yes I was thinking of Muriel's Wedding at the time lol
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Hello
Avoid the gangs of drugged up beggars!