A Chronicle of Amy and Sean's World Travels

Belfast

I felt a connection to Belfast.  Tough and blue-collar, in some ways it reminded me of Pittsburgh, my hometown.

It has neighborhoods with small, brick, working-class houses; university neighborhoods with tree-lined streets; neighborhoods with trendy shops.

Unlike Pittsburgh, Belfast’s predominant industry still exists today.  They built the Titanic in Belfast, and still build ships today.  All the tourist brochures mention the Titanic, and we saw t-shirts with the slogan “she was fine when she left.”  That may be true, but I’m not sure I’d brag about building the Titanic.

3 Responses to “Belfast”

  1. danielle says:

    I’m always amazed when I find places that remind me of Pittsburgh and our hard working people. For whatever reason, whether it is true or not, I believe that one will never find a harder working bunch of people than they do in Pittsburgh. I thought it was ingrained from the Steel Mill days, however, maybe it is from even further back in our roots…. back to the motherland 🙂

  2. jewels says:

    Pittsburgh misses you guys! It’s cooler outside today, starting to feel like autumn…there’s that weird end of summer feeling. Tom just played at an Irish themed pub on Babcock. Made me think of you. 🙂 Miss you so much!!!

  3. jewels says:

    Oh, and also I was listening to the Pogues the other day and it made me think of you guys!

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