Ballymeena

We left our b&b in enniskillen and headed to to ballymeena just north of Belfast where kg's friend's parent's house is. We got there for lunch with them. Kg and her friend k went off sightseeing while I stayed back at the house for a rest and a went for a late afternoon walk and talked to the cows It was a nice relaxed day.
The next day after a full ulster grill for brekky at midday we made our way into Belfast. We got on a city sight seeing bus which we had all to ourselves. It was a good tour for about an hour and a half. It took us through the area of town when huge fences had been erected to separate the Catholics and Protestants and there were heaps of murals to do with the tensions and different peoples alliances. Really interesting.
One thing really noticeable about northern Ireland is the number of union jacks flying everywhere. There weren't very many Irish flags flying in the republic. Bit you very quickly know you have crossed the border onto northern ireland because of the union jacks. And because the speed limits all seemed really slow. We didn't realize for a while that they were in miles per hour and everyone had good reason to be overtaking us. There is quite a different look with the buildings too. In the republic there seemed to be a lot of painting of homes and shops in bright colours or white. But it seemed to me that in the north most houses were grey. And Guinness didn't taste so nice.