After a lovely sleep and no real pressure to get going we
enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in the restaurant on the ground floor – we being
on the 5th floor.
Doug made some enquiries as to what would suit us to fill in
part of the day – the hop on, hop off bus option seemed to be the way to
go. We were picked up at 9.30 and
shuttled to the place where the double decker bus started its journey. Initially we sat upstairs in the open part,
but chilly stuff. However, we were
getting off at the Titanic Experience so didn’t really matter.
This “experience” was amazing, truly!! I really don’t know where to start but I will
try. The building exterior itself is a show
piece. Extremely modern, trying to
replicate ice and seen from above is the shape of a star. The inside, incredible also. The displays are very well done, taking us
through Irish history incorporating the ship building. Moving through to the Titanic story, no a
stone left unturned. We even were
transported in cable car through the hull replica, mind boggling stuff and very
interesting. Then to the launching and
the maiden voyage and the tragedy that unfolded. Spine tingling stuff. Lots of reading, amazing black & white photos,
voices from some of the survivors, theatres, 3D shows…..I could go on and
on. The experience incorporated many
floors but the cable car took us around, up and down. We emerged after 2 ½ hours, ready for lunch.
Back out to the street to catch the bus and didn’t have to
wait too long. We were then happy to sit
back for the next hour and listen to the commentary about the Belfast troubles
as they took us through the protestant and catholic areas, the gates, the
walls, the murals…..oh hell, what a terrible time it was. But, they have come out the other side now
and living in harmony. We drove into
the Parliament Buildings, now that is impressive entrance with a mile long
drive lines with beautiful trees, all very beautiful. All those photos are taken out the bus window –
there were so many to choose from, so have got a bit carried away.
We were dropped off at one of the stops nearest to our
hotel, a pleasant walk just as it started to drizzle. That didn’t last long and the sun came out
again.
We have been downstairs for a lovely dinner – 8oz sirloin steak,
(cooked to perfection), with a mushroom and cherry tomatoes on top, red wine
sauce in a tiny container to pour over.
Served with a delicious green salad.
Doug chose the 10oz rib eye steak.
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| The entrance to the Titanic Experience |
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| These two were chatting away about the proposed building of the Titanic, so natural and done very cleverly. |
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Doug in front of the design room - all hard at work, then the design was on the floor
as you can see reflected up his legs and shorts. |
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| One of the many huge displays as we walked through. |
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| I really liked these words, chilling |
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| This one took up two huge walls, with the rails made it seem like we were at sea |
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| An inside looking out photo! |
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| A upstairs looking down photo ! |
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Parliament Buildings - showing a small section of the one mile drive in.
This and the following photos taken out the bus window as we travelled along. |
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| I'll have to google who she is :) |
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| These are the gates that were shut when the violence started. |
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| Anna from NZ visited !! |
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| A zoomed in view from our 5th floor window |
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