The day after the wedding would be a day for recovering in the United States, but not in Ireland. My Auntie Hannah hosted a party at her home for about 40 people complete with a DJ. Although many were up for the party, we just didn't last very long and called it an early night. Jordan and I walked back around to my cousins house but stopped at the chippie on the way back. A chippie is a fast food restaurant. We had a curry chip, sausages and battered sausages between us! Everyone else stayed on at my Auntie Hannah and Uncle Trevor's home and apparently had a fantastic time!
Day 4 we headed over the mountain to Belfast. My hometown is only 12 miles from Belfast, but it always seems like a much longer trip! We headed there on Monday. First we hit the Titanic museum/exhibit. It was new, but we were lucky to not have to wait in lines. The museum is build next to the Harland and Wolfe shipyard where the Titanic was built and focuses on stories of those on board and also history around the building of the Titantic and its sister ship, the Britannica. It was an awesome exhibit.
After Titanic we headed to a few shops! Only a few, businesses tend to close very early in Europe and we only had about an hour before all of High Street basically closed down. I still managed to do a little damage to my wallet :)
We then made our way to a pub and of course somewhere for dinner! Shopping can make a family hungry. We had a great dinner a Villa Italia. After that we walked a few short blocks to Queens University. The grounds and buildings are breathtaking! We all boarded up (we traveled in a 16-passenger van) and received a guided tour (thank Uncle Trevor and Grainne!) through neighborhoods in Belfast; the history was so interesting. Since the weather was phenomenal and the sun was still up at 9:00pm we made our way to Belfast Castle. It was spectacular! Belfast Castle is set into one of the mountains surrounding Belfast. We ran around the grounds like kids. It was so much fun!
We really had so much fun on this trip; the views, the company, the food, it was all amazing. Ten days can seem like a long time, but each day flew by, we were already half way through our trip.
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| Lisa is obsessed with all things Titanic! This picture is so fitting! |
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| Little Liam was such a trooper, the sun really started to shine this day! |
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| Nana and her two oldest grandbabies! |
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| Liam and mama |
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| Eoin waiting in line for the 'Titanic ride' |
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| Sampson and Goliath, the two Harland and Wolfe gigantic cranes! This is the shipyard where the Titantic was built. The 'H' and the 'W' on the cranes are larger than a bus! |
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| Liam got his own seat on the ride! |
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| Our driver, Uncle Trevor, and his co-pilot, Eoin Dean |
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| High Street in Belfast, the courthouse is at the end; the Olympic rings were displayed for the XXX Olympiad in London; Northern Ireland is part of Team GB |
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| What's Ireland without a few pubs? |
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| Eoin and McKaylah; children are not allowed inside pubs (I'm surprised women even are!) so we stayed outside! |
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| Eoin trying to lick everyone! |
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| He is such a lover! |
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| Liam in a no parking zone |
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| He was such a happy, good boy!!! |
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