passing through Belfast

my first sight off the highway

I took a drive-by look at Ballygalley Castle, now a hotel, and carried on through Larne into Northern Ireland’s capital city.  I first drove through a rough-looking neighborhood on the outskirts of the city to see the murals and British flags.  Approaching downtown, the metropolitan streets of Belfast proved difficult to navigate, particularly for an American accustomed to driving on the right.  I was fortunate that another driver, of whom I asked directions while stopped in traffic, was willing to lead me to Queen’s University, for I surely would have been lost trying to find it otherwise.  Unsure why it was on my itinerary, I simply took a picture of the Lanyon Building, an imposing monument of higher education, and moved on.