Morning walk in Sandy Row area and city center

Morning walk in Sandy Row area and city center

The first morning when we woke up, we were all very excited to see the city. Because of our late arrival we were all very tired. We started out with breakfast at the Hostel at 7.30 am that consisted of coffee, yoghurt, juice, cereal and a croissant, and then we went for a walk in the nearby neighborhood, Sandy Row. The houses on Sandy Row were small terraced houses with a very small garden in front of the house. We quickly saw that the Protestants would do about anything to protect their houses with fences and walls everywhere, often with barbed wire on the top.

Besides being told that Protestants lived on this road, you could some places see it on the British colored curb. On the walk we saw plenty of large Murals painted on the house walls, telling different stories and taking political stands.  

On our walk we also saw the University of Belfast. It was an old and very beautiful building – it was very different compared to the small, simple terraced houses in Sandy Row. After that we continued our walk, and we walked through a park with flowers everywhere, and we felt like we were in a fantasy world. Here we took a quick break and enjoyed the lovely weather. It was very exciting to see the differences in the different areas of Belfast, and we think that we all learned a lot.