Sunday bloody Sunday ( Ireland day 3 )

The third and final day was to be a different one to most of our trips. We were off to Bogside in Free Derry, this is the heart of the "Troubles" in Ireland. The word "troubles" seems to be the standard euphemism for what was effectively a war.

We were going to the Museum of Free Derry and then on a walking tour of the area with a local guide, i wont go into the details, but this was without doubt and incredibly interesting and informative time, we certainly learnt an amazing amount about the history of ireland and an area that had been subjugated and oppressed for a long long time before "The Troubles"



Once again we are left speechless by our British experience... this time a very very different speechless. To be standing in places where people have been killed in cold blood such a short time ago... To walk where people with murderous intent, built bombs that were taken, literally... just a few minutes drive to be placed with the aim to kill, maim and cause as much pain and suffering to people who were no different... sigh, it is a place that should teach the whole world so much.

And so it was time to head home and leave Ireland, probably our favourite trip away, we discussed why we liked it so much... in the end we came up with the basic theory that Ireland and Australia are similar places, with people of a similar mindset and that was what made it even better.

 ... and so back in Birmingham... lol as the pic shows, clouds and traffic are par for the course, we climbed off the plane... which was parked about 600 metres from the terminal.. so.. after being last off the plane, we crammed last onto a bus to take us to the terminal... off that bus.. and we ring the next bus to take us back to the car park... a few minutes of waiting at the bus stop left us with no option but to test our recently learnt Moonwalking skills... the bus driver was apparently most entertained and enjoyed Nics dancing.






Thats all for Ireland... couple of days break.. then off to Bognor.