Today, I woke up about 8:00 to leave at 9:15 to catch the bus to the city Centre. Everyone is working today so I was the last one out of the house. Thanks to my friend, she gave me directions to the bus stop and tell me what bus to take and where to get it when coming back.
I bought a day pass, after 9:30 the pass cost £2.90, for the train to city Centre. The bus dropped me off beside City Hall and I just made my way to the place where the city sightseeing bop on and off bus begins. I wanted to stop at the TI first but didn't have time. When got to the tour bus stop, I bought my ticket at a discount since I showed my bus tour that I did in York. My first stop on the tour is Storming, the parliament building, since there are open during the day. The building is impressive and we have to walk around the gate and walk through security complete with a metal detector. Then, when I got in, you had to get a pass to wear. I only walked around the great hall and took some pictures. I was only there for about 20 minutes. Then I hopped back on the bus and then do the complete tour.
Once I was done, I went to the TI to get some souvenirs, a place called 'chopsticks' for lunch. It's my first Asian meal here. I only have vegetable fried noodles and caramel, coconut chicken. The chicken sounded unique and the taste was ok. Then I walked around to find a card and chocolate for my wonderful hosts. Then I waited around for the hop on and off bus to take me to the Titanic museum. It was already 14:00. When I got to the museum (cost £13.50) , they gave me a time to tour the place. I had to wait for more than 20 minutes. I don't know why they didn't sell me the tour that started in less than 5 minutes. It wasn't busy. So, I waited by checking out the gift shop.
The titanic museum is really good. I like it. It was very informative with Belfast history and how it fitted in the ship making industry. They have interactive parts and even have a ride that tells you about how they make the ship water tight. Then they showed the telegram communicated that night of the sinking, the sinking and the aftermath. They even have displays on what the different class rooms looked like. At the end, they show the salvaging and exploring of the site. Overall, a good museum to go to for all ages.
After the museum, I hopped back on the bus. I was supposed to get off at St. Georges square so I could walk to City Hall, but the bus didn't go there so I just did the rest of the tour again in fear that I would get lost if I got off somewhere I didn't know. Once the tour is completed, I made my way to City Hall to catch the bus back to my friend's house. By this time, it was a little after 17:00. It took a while to get back due to rush hour traffic but I made it back in one piece. I didn't get lost. Once I got back, we had dinner right away. We had stew. It was suppose to be Irish stew but was made with beef. It was good. I also had this drink called 'shloer'. It's a sparkling juice drink and it's good. It's something local to the UK.
Now, since I'm all toured out, we are just hanging out and watch tv. Then my friend got me to help bake chocolate cupcakes for her grandfather's birthday tomorrow. I have to eventually repack my stuff since i don't have a lot of room in my bag for souvenirs later on. I'm leaving northern Ireland tomorrow. Where have all the time go. I think when you have company, the time goes by very fast.
Tomorrow's agenda: Heading to Galway by bus
Did you take the ride in the Titanic museum? Is it like a real ride?
ReplyDeleteI did ride the ride. I even asked if it was scary, and the lady just smiled at me and said no. It was a slow moving ride that showed how the ships were made watertight with rivets
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