Day 15: Heading to Belfast

Today I woke up early to have breakfast with the tour group at 7:30. They were leaving for Dublin at 8:00 to catch the ferry. We all said our goodbyes before they left. There 16 people leaving at Glasgow and apparently 16 people are joining the tour in Dublin. Everyone left and it was just me and my roommate left since she's staying an extra day in Glasgow and me leaving for Belfast at 11:00ish.

So after breakfast, I went up to pack and we checked out at about 9:00. I just hanged out at the hotel lounge till a little after 10:00 reading, which I'm not doing much on this trip. So from the hotel, it took about 10 minutes to talk to the station. Once at the station, I bought my ticket have had to wait and hour. For my trip to Belfast, I had to take the train from Glasgow to Ayr, then the bus from Ayr to Cairnryan, and then the ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast. This journey did not cost that much as expected, £27. When I was waiting in the station, a lot of people were there traveling to the different cities to watch football (soccer for us), and some group were just rowdy. Yes, football is amazingly big in the UK.

So my trip from Glasgow to Belfast took about 6 hours including the waiting. The train and bus trip was uneventful. So was the ferry ride. The ferry was really big since they take cars and commercial trucks across. The levels where people hang out was posh with lots of lounges. The journey on the ferry was surprisingly rocky for a big ship. I wanted to go out on the deck but it was windy and cold and some were a smoking area.

Once in Belfast, my friend with her mom to pick me up. They showed me some of the sights and we drove to C.S. Lewis, author of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and many more tales, house. We didn't go in since it is a private residence. We went to my friend's house and I got settled in. Then at 20:00 we left to pick up a friend to have dinner at 'made in Belfast'. Which advertises that their food is locally grown and stuff. The restaurant shall we say was eclectic with mismatch chairs, candles in wine bottle and hat lighting. I had the veggie curry with brown rice and it was quite good. We also shared a white chocolate mixed berry cheesecake for dessert.

Afterwards, my friend drove us around the city Centre and pointed out some sights. By the time we got back to the house, it was already late.

Tomorrow's agenda: Going to the Giant's Causeway and the North Shore of Northern Ireland.