I Try to See Through Irish Eyes: Belfast

Sep 24

By Jay Slupesky

: Northern Ireland Town

I’m still one day behind.

On Sunday night our ship made the short journey from Dublin to Belfast. We were still asleep when the ship docked in Belfast Harbor early on Monday morning.

Rather than taking an organized tour (wherein 60-70 people ride around on a big bus and listen to the tour guide talking) we decided to look for a friendly taxi driver who could drive us around. We lucked out and found a personable and knowledgeable driver who took us to several great locations in Northern Ireland. We saw the Giant’s Causeway (some unique-looking rock formations that are right on the north coast), the “rope bridge” which (if you are brave enough) you walk on from the mainland over to a small island, and lastly to Belfast Castle, which back in the day was used for real castle-type stuff, but now is mainly used for weddings!

I was much more impressed by Northern Ireland than I was by Ireland. All around Northern Ireland things are well-maintained and look good. For example, most homeowners seem to take pride in the property and keep their houses and yards looking very nice. As we drove along country roads we saw many beautiful old houses. We also saw about a million sheep!

When we got back on board the ship in the late afternoon, the captain made an announcement that a storm was coming across the North Atlantic from west to east, and that since we are going west, we are going to run smack into some “heavy weather.” At that point I went back to my cabin and put on a motion-sickness patch!

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 9:13 am and is filed under Travels with the Therapist.

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