Belfast and Dublin - Part 1 / Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Yup, after so long, Ive decided to post something on our Belfast and Dublin Trip. Shall split up and blog in a few parts cos its quite long.. lol..
Belfast, northern Ireland.. Its part of UK not Ireland so it uses pound not Euro... Yes, so its more expensive then Dublin.. Took RyanAir to Dublin then its a 5 hours bus ride from Dublin, if Im not wrong... It only costs 50sgd to fly there... cheap right!! Our favourite budget airline henceforth...
Ok, the first thing to comment is that the hostel we were in sucks... Its not cheap, costs around 25 Euro. Firstly, the linen are dirty, we kept on scratching throughout the night. Secondly, its noisy throughout the night cause the floors and beds creaked, can hear footsteps from upstairs so clearly!! Oh, its the Linen house in Belfast.. If you ever visit Belfast, look for some other hostels!
Other than that, Belfast is cool. Oh ya, we found a superb place that you can have breakfast for just 1.99 pound.. With egg, mushroom, potato bread, french toast, bacon, sausage, tomato.. Its a steal!! Its called 'Uber Fry' , cant find the picture to show you all, maybe we were too hungry to take photos.. lol... The next day we went to the place for breakfast again, but they ran out of Uster frys', so we went for pancakes instead.. 1.90 pound.. but only 3 pieces, so bo hua, but its the cheapest.. lol...
Belfast really is an old town with lots of spectacular buildings:
The City Hall
Christchurch - Largest Church in Belfast
The Big fish (With a group of Ireland Ah-lians)
St Georges Market
Icon for Belfast (Forgot her name.. lol)
Albert Tower (It claims that it is actually leaning?)
Guest what this is? A shopping Centre!!
Queens University
Belfast is so small you can actually walk around the whole city. Oh ya, did you know Titanic set off on its voyage from here. Amazing right...
The harbour that carried the infamous Titanic
They also have these tours to see some nature attractions like the Giant's Causeway in northern most Ireland, seems nice, but we had no time for those and I think most of them are best in summer too...
Other than that. Belfast is really a small city, but with its superb tourist guides all around the city and not as crowded as other cities, its really a good place to come and visit. Except for the fact that their currency is in pound!! Argh.. I think I have a fear of pounds now...
/Hopped!
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