Articles populaires – BELFAST... AND FURIOUS !

2 octobre 2008

DUBLIN

I finished September with a 8 days week of work, so it was high time to enjoy a little holiday far from Belfast. That's why i headed for Dublin, which is 3 hours away by bus (for more or less 20 euros a return ticket). Even if there is no more any material...

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Tags: Book of Kells, Dublin, Gaelic, Guinness, Temple Bar

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12 juin 2008

GUMTREE, DODGY and STARBUCKS COFFEE

After two days, I have found a quite nice accomodation in Belfast. Of course, i didnt want to spend too much times looking for something. From France, I had already looked for some accomodation, through a nice website called GUMTREE , where you can find...

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Tags: Gumtree, Queen's Film Theatre, Starbuck, University, Victoria's Square

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12 juillet 2008

THE TWELFTH

Today is the 12th of July, the most important and most dodgy date of the Northern Ireland's Calendar. Last night, all the loyalists districts were up and dancing and drinking around big bonfires like the one on this photo here, burning images of the Pope,...

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Tags: Bonfires, July 12th, March, Orangemen, The Twelfth

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15 juin 2008

TOUR GUIDE

Yesterday, I went with people of my workteam for a Guided Tour of Belfast, through the districts were bad things happened since 1968 (year when the problems started to arise between Protestants and Catholics, fostered by the British). So we took a black...

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Tags: Murals, Cab, Tour, Visit

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9 novembre 2008

THE KREMLIN

The Kremlin is not only the siege of the Russian government in Moscow, it's also the name of one of the most famous nightclub of Belfast. The reason why it is named after the Kremlin remains a mystery, all the more since it is a gay nightclub ! A place...

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Tags: Kremlin, Nightclub, Party

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6 juillet 2008

Dog, Ship, and Seahorses

The Belfast coat of arms was established officially in 1890, when Belfast was granted the status of city by the Queen Victoria, during her official visit. However, the chained dog, and the seahorse were largely spread among merchants long before that....

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Tags: Blason, Coat of Arms, Symbol

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26 juin 2008

Live Session at "the Duke of York"

The problem, in Irish pubs, is that it's very difficult to hear musicians playing. All the people around make so much noise that it's barely audible ! So, the contrary of what happens on the continent, where music is just hear to make people deaf ! What...

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Tags: Gaelic, Bar, Music

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17 juillet 2009

Bye Bye Belfast, Au Revoir Irlande

This will be my last post in this blog. Tomorrow, I'm leaving Belfast and Ireland for good. Direction : Greece and Athens ! :-) Here are my last pictures of Belfast, not very cheerful ones : last week was the Twelfth of July, and it's the bonfire season,...

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Tags: Bonfires, The Twelfth, Bombs

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2 novembre 2008

BELFAST PARADE

This morning, i was woken up by helicopters. Police helicopters. Part of the security array displayed all across city center to make sure the homecoming of a 250 British Army soldiers would happen without problems. Those were the regiments of Her Royal...

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Tags: March, British Army, Protests

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22 mai 2009

May Holidays Part 1 : Cork

Cork is the second biggest town of the Irish Republic, and the third of the whole island behind… Belfast ! That’s where I was supposed to meet my parents who were coming by ferry from France. Arriving 24 hours before them, I had plenty of time to visit...

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Tags: Cork, Holidays, Ireland

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16 octobre 2008

Back to la Fac !

As if i had not enough work like that, i started teachin g French to Queen's University students, once a week, each monday, from 6am to 8pm. I have 22 students, at least at the beginning, and it's not less hard than what i do each day in my official work....

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Tags: Work, University, Liam Neeson

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24 septembre 2008

Cavehill

Today was the most beautiful day since i arrived in Belfast. The perfect opportunity to enjoy a walk to the hills above Belfast, and especially Cavehill. As you can guess, this hill takes its name from a cave. Seen from the city, Cavehill shows the shape...

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Tags: Cavehill, Countryside

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8 septembre 2008

Long time no see...

Almost two months without any news on this blog. Life goes on. Lot of work, few spare time and even less money ! My misfortunes with HSBC knew a new episode in the middle of August when two more cheques were honoured by my-bank-who-told-me-last-month-that-they-had-cancelled-my-chequebook...

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Tags: Problems, Work

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8 juillet 2008

Saint George's Market

It is said to be one of the oldest and greatest attraction of Belfast and one of the best market in all United Kingdom. As seen from the building of my job : It was built between 1890 and 1896. To be frank, it doesn't reach the level of the markets I...

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Tags: Food, Saint Georges' Market

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23 mai 2009

May Holidays Part 2 : Sneem

After one night in Cork, in Sheila’s Hostel, I headed to Ringaskiddy, the little at the mouth of the Lee River, where the ferries from France arrive. That’s where arrived the Pont-Aven, the Brittany Ferry that my parents took. A short embrace later, we...

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Tags: Holidays, Ring of Kerry

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18 mai 2009

A night at the "Opera"

Last Saturday, I was invited at the Grand Opera House of Belfast to watch a play. This is one of the fanciest place of Belfast, created in 1895 and refurbished totally some years ago. As the bizarre architecture of the place says it, it is not a place...

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Tags: Opera House

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16 juin 2008

BUSH in BELFAST !

I have no idea why President Bush chose Belfast on his world trip to say goodbye after the 8 years of his miserable and deadly presidency, though, he is in Belfast today, and for those who don't read the newspaper all day (like me) there is always someone...

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Tags: Bush

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29 juin 2008

Carnival !

Yesterday, to my great surprise, while I was heading to the Royail Mail Enquiry Office to get a letter too big for my letterbox, I happened to meet a lot of people in the streets and children with strange colored outfits. Then, after discovering that...

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Tags: March

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5 juin 2008

SUM UP THE PREVIOUS EPISODES

For those who have no idea whatsoever who I am, my name is Hervé, and i have started working in Belfast, North Ireland, Monday 9th of June 2008. Last year, I have been in Czech Republic, working as a European Volunteer. Here is the link to my previous...

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4 décembre 2008

DERRY & LIMAVADY

Sunday 30th of November, my housemate drove me to the north coast in order to give me a taste, after 6 months, of the landscapes of Ireland. Agrandir le plan We were lucky because the sun was shining, and the sky crystal-clear, which enabled us to see...

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27 mai 2009

May Holidays Part 5 : Beara

Our destination today : the Beara Peninsula. Agrandir le plan Beara is the peninsula on the south of Iveragh. We first stopped at Bonane, where an Heritage Park was supposed to give us quasi-prehistoric monuments of the stone age. However, if the view...

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20 mars 2009

CARRICK-a-REDE Bridge

This is also one of the curiosity of the north coast of Ireland. Of course, it has been raised to the rank of almost national treasure. It cannot compete with the Grand Canyon or even with the Giants Causeway in itself, its neighbour, but well, it is...

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11 juin 2008

THE ARRIVAL

After 5 months in France, I have eventually found something new to do, maybe not as fun as in Czech Republic , but still, it's abroad, in a new city, far from home, and with a lot of new things to see and to do. So, here I am, Belfast ! :) So, i guess...

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24 novembre 2008

Christmas and Continental Market

Last week, the city Christmas lights have been switched on by the city, with a party in front of the City Hall, in the garden of which has been set the Continental Market, the British version of a Christmas Market, well known in France and especially...

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26 mai 2009

May Holidays Part 4 : Killarney

After the Ring of Kerry, we headed West, in direction of Killarney and its National Park. Agrandir le plan In order to reach Killarney, we had first to cross through the mountains, and there is there unbelievable landscapes, especially the Ladies View,...

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DUBLIN

GUMTREE, DODGY and STARBUCKS COFFEE

THE TWELFTH

TOUR GUIDE

THE KREMLIN

Dog, Ship, and Seahorses

Live Session at "the Duke of York"

Bye Bye Belfast, Au Revoir Irlande

BELFAST PARADE

May Holidays Part 1 : Cork

Back to la Fac !

Cavehill

Long time no see...

Saint George's Market

May Holidays Part 2 : Sneem

A night at the "Opera"

BUSH in BELFAST !

Carnival !

SUM UP THE PREVIOUS EPISODES

DERRY &amp; LIMAVADY

May Holidays Part 5 : Beara

CARRICK-a-REDE Bridge

THE ARRIVAL

Christmas and Continental Market

May Holidays Part 4 : Killarney

DERRY & LIMAVADY