Tip O'Neil Lecture Pictures

As promised, pictures from our eventful day yesterday:

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (lives a couple houses away from us)

After the speech, President Clinton with Dept. 1st Minister
McGuiness and First Minister Peter Robinson

He was so excited to receive a book as a token of thanks.

We were totally right by the door used to go in and out of.

Group shot after lecture. In order left to right: Kayla, Andy, Megan, Josh,
First Minister Peter Robinson, Becca, Dept. First Minister Martin McGuiness, myself,
Ashley, Kati, Mindy, Jen and our Programme Director Mervyn.

Overall I must say this was a very exciting day for all of us. So thankful for all the experiences we are fortunate enough to be involved in here in Northern Ireland. All the thanks must be to Mervyn for all of his earnest effort and dedication to this programme. 

On a somewhat funny note, late last night Megan and I had gone up to our classmates house, Kayla and Jen to visit and use their internet for a bit. Walking home, 2 streets up, we stop at the corner store for milk and bread. Coming out of the store who else do we run into but our neighbor Dept. First Minister Martin McGuiness!! We really couldn't believe it. He was nice and held open the door for us but we didn't say anything because it happened too fast and we were already in our PJ's! But in all honesty he does live a few houses down; we actually share a back wall with him. It is very interesting because politicians here are not hyped up by the press nearly as much as in the states. Thus, they have much less, if any security. Very different from the US.

Hope you enjoy the pictures! Best wishes.

-Amanda