Saturday, July 18 (and a bit of July 19 as well)
On Saturday everyone traveled to Belfast to explore. The group I went with was on a mission- we were going to find the restaurant that served the most amazing buckets of mussels (according to Margaret, our Irish history and culture teacher). We got a bit of a late start, and arrived at St. George's Market just as it was closing. We went through the building, circled the building, circled back, but still couldn't find the mussels. We spent all day looking for the restaurant, and after locating the Belfast Welcome Center we were told how to actually get there. We got lost on the way, but FINALLY found it! Once we did, however, we still had to
wait a half hour for it to open for dinner, but the mussels were well worth the wait! They were cooked in garlic and butter and white wine, and practically fell out of the shell. Before that,
however, we went to the Victoria Square Mall (which Margaret had also recommended to us) because there's a viewing gallery at the top that has great views of Belfast. Earlier that morning, however, I'd already decided to go to the mall because it has an Accessorize! location, which is one of my very favorite stores. I had to shop quickly- I only had about 5 minutes- but spent £80! But like the mussels it was also very worth it. After dinner we walked back to the bus station and rode the bus back to Armagh. A little while after we got back some of us were hungry again, so we got directions to a good fish and chips place in town, but once we got there we saw a Chinese restaurant nearby, and found out it was still open! The food was really great
too, which was an added bonus. We spent the rest of the night just hanging out in the common room, which is always full because it's one of the only places in the hostel to get wifi! This morning it was nice to sleep in and just relax. I'm going to organize my stuff in a bit, which is
definitely going to be time well spent!
Here are some of the Belfast pics:
Clockwise from Megan (in the sunglasses): Megan, Mosby, Jaena, Phil, Alex, Cassie, Don Menn.
When the bus went through Portadown I saw this sign and couldn't believe my eyes; it's definitely not something you see every day!
Us at the viewing gallery at Victoria Square. From L to R: Jaena, Shelly, Kelli, Phil, Don Menn, Cassie, Susan, Megan, Alex, and me!
