Study Abroad, Day 9

Today, we got up, got ready, & boarded the bus. By the way, last night a cameraman from UVU arrived. Joy! So he has been filming us all day. We actually all had to line up for the bus so he could film us all boarding it. Anyways, we headed to the cemetery in Derry & Tony gave us a bit of a tour of different monuments there. Then we headed to the Pat Finucane Centre, which is an organization that helps families that lost some during the Troubles find out what happened. We met with Paul O’Connor, who is the director of the centre. It was great of him to take time out of his day to speak with us.

We grabbed lunch at a café & then walked to the Guildhall, which is where we met with the mayor of Derry. It was very interesting to listen to him speak. Afterward, John Hume arrived to meet with us. It was such an honor to meet him! He has received all three major peace awards & has done many great things. He talked with us for a short period of time & then we had some free time. Me, Ang, & Kat walked around Derry, bought a few souvenirs, & then got hot chocolate at a little place called the Boston Tea Party. It was pretty delicious.

We got back on the bus at 5:30pm & headed back to Inch House. We ate dinner & then had a presentation by Felicity McCall. She used to be a journalist with BBC & wrote the script for a movie that was released recently. She was pretty adorable. That’s about it for today. Me & Ang sat in the kitchen with some of the other students on the internet for a bit & Michael Minch gave me like the best compliment ever! He said, “my life has been impoverished before I met you.” Adorable, right? He is pretty great! Anyways, time for bed!