With just under a month to undertake this wonderful travel of one year, I will present the country where I'll be all along.Northern Ireland is in UK and its capital is Belfast, the city where I will live. is a rather small country with just under 2 million and its capital with 400,000 inhabitants.
Northern Ireland has a very delicated political situation, is Ireland but belongs to England, and this is a cause of discord, is similar to the situation we have in Catalonia, some people will tell you they are Catalan and Spanish are others, it seems exactly the same.
The problem is even greater when you add politics with religion .. which can be quite dangerous .. that's what happens there, on the one hand we have the Catholic Republicans and Protestant Unionists to another, this means:
- Catholic republicans are Catholic and believe that Northern Ireland belongs to Ireland and fight for their customs.
- Protestant
Unionists: Are Protestants, they believe that Northern Ireland is a part of
England and have the Queen of England as the most important person.
These two factions had major problems few years ago and armed conflict as the IRA, luckily in 1998, signed a peace treaty in which armed groups disappeared and with them the religious-political conflicts were in the background.
Separate political situation, Northern Ireland is a green country, very green, with little sunshine, plenty of rain, castles and spectacular natural landscapes in Northern Ireland have made films and series such as The Chronicles of Narnia, braveheart and more recently Game of thrones. They say it has one of the most spectacular coastal roads in the world, but before I have to learn to drive on the left.
These two factions had major problems few years ago and armed conflict as the IRA, luckily in 1998, signed a peace treaty in which armed groups disappeared and with them the religious-political conflicts were in the background.
Separate political situation, Northern Ireland is a green country, very green, with little sunshine, plenty of rain, castles and spectacular natural landscapes in Northern Ireland have made films and series such as The Chronicles of Narnia, braveheart and more recently Game of thrones. They say it has one of the most spectacular coastal roads in the world, but before I have to learn to drive on the left.
The
capital is Belfast, a city that blends colonial times (houses, churches
and historic buildings) with a very new and modern center, is the fifth
largest city in England, and the last year the geographic nathional put Belfast in the top 10 destinations of 2011.
The
good thing about being in a capital city is will not
have time to get bored, since according tell their people have the best
dark beer in Europe and that's always good, although the pubs do not
close as late as Spain. The closing time for pubs is at 1.30 and some clubs close at 3 but I've been looking, and they are very few.
Finally
a small mention of the coin, there use the sterling pound, a little expensive than the Euro, so those who want to come to visit me,
remember that the euro is worth here.
For
now is how little I can tell aoput this country and the capital, but I
promise to write more things when i will be there in about a month.
