a)     Describe your favorite museum or landmark in your city and explain why it’s your favorite place.

My favourite landmark in Belfast is probably the big fish by the river. It’s a big statue of a fish. What’s special about it is that almost every scale is represents some part of the history of Belfast. The scales have old images from newspaper, article clippings, city documents, and all sorts of cool things printed on to the scales. They’re pretty interesting to look at. Every time we go past it I stop and find something new. 

b)      Tell us about any class field trips or excursions you’ve experienced.

I haven’t gone on any class field trips. I wish I did because that would mean I was taking a super cool class. I think the only event coming remotely close to a class field trip would be the pub crawl during orientation week ha.  However, I did take a day trip to visit Mourne Mountains with some friends. It was absolutely beautiful and really fun. We had to battle the winds to climb up a hill (no seriously, if the wind hit you just right it would knock you over. It was so cool) but it was totally worth it. On the top we had a beautiful view. When looked back down the path, we could see a valley of trees and the ocean. When we looked ahead we could see mountains and fog. The grey sky and the greens and yellows of the grass on the mountains made for a beautiful scene. It was truly lovely.