The first activity was my long awaited Black Taxi Tour. Black Taxi Tour in Belfast is a political tour that takes you to the conflict zone between the Protestant and Catholic community and allows you to see first hand the years of tension that exists even until today. The whole tour was absolutely an eye opener and lasted almost 2 hours.
When we were back at Belfast city center, there were only 10 minutes left before we were supposed to leave for the Titanic Experience. Took 5 minutes walking around the city center and taking some pictures and used the remaining time to grab some food from Burger King.
Our Titanic tour began at 2pm and we spent 2 hours inside the Titanic Museum. It was an enriching experience as well, especially for those who have interest in ships. One new knowledge I learnt was that Titanic actually sailed from Queenstown, Ireland to New York, instead of from London to New York which I had thought for years.
It is really amazing to step into a community with political problems for the first time. Northern Ireland people are actually really friendly and fantastic people but decades of tension simply prevented the two sides from trusting each other and living in harmony. It is great to hear that the current education system is steering the younger generation towards the right direction.
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