Today was a free day with no concert, and so after breakfast, we had time until 12:30pm to explore Belfast on our own (in groups though, of course). My group left relatively early and started walking in the general direction of Titanic Quarter. We also stopped at the Victoria Square to see the dome ceiling and at Belfast Waterfront to take some photos of the Lagan River, and we made it to our destination. We had walked pretty far at this point (at the end of this trip, we had walked a total of about 4 or so miles), and so while the group turned back, Eric and I ran to see the SS Nomadic, the sister ship of the Titanic, and then we ran back to catch up with the group as they headed back towards the hostel.
We went to St. George’s Market (it was on the way back), and met up with many MYA people as well. It was a farmer’s market and there were stalls for everything: antiques, fruit, vegetables, fish, poultry, meat, jewelry, clothing, paintings, books…
We wandered around until 12pm and then as one large group, walked back to the hostel. There, we got onto our coach buses and took a bus tour of Belfast, which took us around Belfast. In West Belfast, we stopped at a Peace Wall and signed our names and wrote quotes in permanent marker, along with many others who did before us. We stopped quickly at Titanic Quarter to stretch our legs for 10 minutes (where we all just mobbed the gift shop and ended up not buying anything), and then went down to City Center and also saw Queen’s University.
We had freetime basically for the rest of the day. Before dinner, we passed the time playing Euchre and after dinner, we walked back to Victoria Square to wander around, visit some stores, visit the top of the square, which was a lovely aerial view of Belfast, and then we played some Euchre before walking back to the hostel. I think Euchre is consuming our lives, but it’s fun, and the only equipment it needs is a deck of cards.
Tomorrow we get on a ferry and travel to Scotland!
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