Making Belfast-ade

It's what you do when stuck with Belfast.

Stuck with? Hardly. This place is beautiful. On version 1 of trip planning, Belfast was on the itinerary. After changing and having the plan, it was to have lost out to a trip to Giant's Causeway. Thanks to our Passport Adventure (see previous post), it's back on!

We left you last at an lovely b&b called Evelyn's in south Belfast. It was exactly lie the abridgment said, and better. We had or own room, Queen sized bed, beautiful shared shower/bathroom, and Evelyn was a doll. To make Devon even happier she had a super cute dog, named Carrie.

The night we arrived we found that in all the excitement we forgotten to eat lunch; and so, we walked through the botanical garden to the university main drag. There we found a lovely restaurant, with a happy hour special. After we ordered, the bartender came up and informed us they were out of bitters for matts drink. He changed his order, but got the the first one for free, as it had already been partially made. Free booze! Someone else had done the same thing, so they brought us that one too. 3 drinks for the price of one. Happy hour, indeed.

We stumbled our way home that night and fell asleep in our beautiful Victorian style room.

9am breakfast, and we were signed out by 1010. We retuned to the botanical garden to explore the beautiful green houses, and then headed into town. There we explored the historic city center, after dropping our bags off at the tourist info center. Linen public Belfast library, the craft store ( for some Irish made yarn) and an awesome tour of the Belfast City Hall.

At the city Hall, there was a behind the scenes tour. So many fancy rooms and portraits.

Soon we were of to the train station to board the enterprise again. We made or back to Dublin around 6. We stopped at the 1 euro store for pens and an umbrella. Checked into Ashfield House and then finished the day with wonderful Indian food on St. George's street ( the gayest street in Dublin).

Skipped with the parents and hit the sack. Wake up call is at 430am for or early flight!

This photo is of Devon in front of the City Hall. So charming.
Matt is in the throne of the Lord Mayor of Belfast, looking just a little too comfortable. We were soon asked to leave the tour because of trespassing. No, not really. Everyone gets a turn.