Port of Call: Belfast, Northern Ireland
We arrived in Belfast this morning and ate breakfast on the ship before meeting up with our shore excursion heading out for a scenic drive along the Antrim Coast, making a stop at The Giant's Causeway...
Before stopping at the causeway, we made a short photo stop at the ruins of Dunluce Castle...
We spent the majority of our morning exploring The Giant's Causeway..
and, it was breathtaking...
On the way home, we took a scenic drive through several country towns, and this part of the country looked just how I imagined it would ~ rugged coastlines, green pastures, and lots of grazing sheep...
It was beautiful...
We made one last stop at an overlook to view the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge before returning to the port...
The kids were thrilled to see an ice cream truck there, too!
Once back in Belfast, our driver dropped us at the Titanic Belfast in the Titanic Quarter...
This is a fantastic museum that, occupying the place where the shipyard that built the RMS Titanic once stood, focuses on both the building...
and the outfitting on the most magnificent ship of its time...
Our visits to both this museum and the one in Cobh gave us a very thorough overview of everything Titanic...
Since we had a late sail time in Belfast, after visiting the museum, we ventured into the city center to walk around...
We ate dinner at The Kitchen Bar...
and it was just okay.
On the way back to the ship, we made a stop at CS Lewis Square, honoring the famous author, who was born in Belfast, with some of his most well-known characters...
While Belfast was not our favorite city, the trip into the countryside was well worth the stop. I'd LOVE to drive that Antrim Coast again sometime!
Off to SCOTLAND tomorrow...
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