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| Political mural |
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| Belfast University |
Leaving Derry, we drove across Northern Ireland to Belfast. This only took a little more than two hours. Distances are not so distant here...this is about the distance from my house in Yuba City to San Francisco. After dropping our luggage at our hotel, and having a coffee break, a local guide named Helga took us on a bus tour of Belfast and environs. Included in this was the history of Belfast from a small linen town to the large ship building center that it became at the beginning of the 1900's.
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Albert Memorial Clock
Yes, it's leaning. |
At the end of the tour we were dropped off in the center of Belfast...guess what, there was a fabric store called Spinning Wheel across the street. Not only that, but it had a tea room in the store where I had some very nice vegetable soup and wheaten bread (a coarse whole wheat bread). Yes, I did buy some fabric, but not much. They had a very small selection, but it was all English made. At least now I have some fabric that I can say came from Ireland.
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| Hurray, a quilt shop |
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| Interesting sign |
After lunch we boarded the bus and went to the Titanic Experience. This is built on the exact place where the Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff and launched in 1911. The building itself is the same height as the ship. The Titanic was huge but was half the size of modern cruise ships. Luxury in another whole story, as the first class cabins were positively opulent. Third class was another whole story, for although they had a sink, bathroom facilities were two decks away.
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Outside of the Titanic Experience
Designed to look like wave sparkles |
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| Close up of side |
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| Display in Hotel Europa |
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Two interesting pubs
Across the street from our hotel |
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Floor of pub
A possible quilt? |
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| Physics connection-temperature guy. |
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| Appetizer, tasted as good as it looked |
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