Umm...Excellent question. I’m going to have to get back to you on that one.

Along the Lagan towpath on my way to the City Centre.

Rowers on the River Lagan, with the Harland & Wolff cranes, Sampson and Goliath, in the background.

Another view from the Lagan Towpath. Harland & Wolff is the company that built RMS Titanic. More on that later…

History board along the Lagan Towpath

Mini-history lesson

People are out and about in the City Centre!

A nice change. During the week, with the exception of Thursdays, shops close by 7:00pm and the streets of the City Centre can feel pretty deserted.

Continental Market at City Hall

Queen Victoria – Belfast City Hall

Enjoying beer on the lawn with two new friends.

In other words, our beef is actually beef.

In a pretty wild scandal earlier this year, horse meat was sold as beef and ended up in many products sold in grocery stores. About 700,000 horses in Northern Ireland were reported to be unaccounted for. http://www.belfastdaily.co.uk/2013/02/12/mystery-over-the-70000-vanished-horses/

Ferry heading towards Belfast

At the beginning of our walk from Holywood to Helen’s Bay – a little excursion with my original flatmates and their friends.

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Picnic by the Sea

I don’t know the name of these yellow flowers that were all along the coastal walk – but they smell like coconut!

Helen’s Bay

Couldn’t help but think of my grandmothers.

Helen’s Bay train station

Loyalist Mural

Commemorating those who served and died in WWI. Taken from the train on the way back to Belfast from Helen’s Bay.

At Maggie’s

Back in the city – and time for milkshakes from Maggie May’s!