Game of Thrones Season 2 is out this week. I have to say, I’m enjoying it as much as the first season. It’s good to have a TV show that’s well written for a change. Apart from being a writer, and hence preferring to read books, one of the reasons I don’t own a TV is because of the poor quality of shows that are on. I wouldn’t want to pay an exorbitant licence to watch reality TV and ads.
Hopefully Game of Thrones will bring Northern Ireland some good press amidst the ongoing flag dispute. I was so happy to find out that the first season was filmed at the Giants Causeway in the North Antrim coast and in Tollymore forest and that my country was seeing an increase in tourism as a result. But since December last year, the flag situation has put good old Norn Irn back in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Oh well, what to do? As an ex-pat living in London, all I can do is watch and wait. In the meantime, I’ll keep my eyes on the fictional battle, rather than the real-life one. The only question is, how did they manage to make Westeros look so warm in chilly Belfast?!
Titanic Museum in Belfast
Leilanie Stewart 