Portstewart in Occupied Ireland

People have written volumes about the "Troubles" that have plagued Northern Ireland for the last 40 years, and while the political situation here has been ameliorated by the peace accords of a decade ago, vestiges of the sectarian conflict can still be felt here. But on a mild Sunday afternoon in January, the those problems are temporarily put aside in favor of a cruise along the seaside at Portstewart on the north coast.