Breakfast:Â A full Irish breakfast in the hotel dining room. Choices vary but will include a variety of eggs, bacon, sausages, tomato, potatoes, cereals, fruit, toast, pastries and jams served with water, juices, tea and coffee.
Morning:Â Enjoy an illustrated talk on the colourful and evocative murals of Belfast, followed by an expert-led field trip to City Hall.
Lunch:Â Lunch will be served at a local restaurant such as Molly’s Yard in the city centre.
Afternoon:Â This afternoon, enjoy an expert-led motor coach ride around this endlessly fascinating city.
Dinner:Â In the hotel.
Evening:Â At leisure. Your Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions should you wish to further explore Belfast.
Wow-a very educational and humorous talk on the troubled history of Northern Ireland by Bill Rolston to start the day. Well, actually a full Irish breakfast started the day. Then we walked to Belfast City Hall for a guided tour.
A highlight was seeing and touchig a sideboard built for the Titanic that didn’t arrive on time with the rest of her furniture.
We then boarded the bus for a fascinating 2 hour tour of the city by Ken McElroy. BeIfast is fascinating.
Barb and I took the afternoon to walk to a couple of pubs.. Kelly’s Cellars was built in 1720 and was a meeting place for the United Irishmen from 179I to 1798 as they planned the uprising against British occupation.
We also visted Madden’s Bar – a tiny, quaint pub around the corner from Kelly’s.
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