At long last it was time for our little adventure, so we were up early to set off for the airport. So although our flight was at 12.30pm we left at 8am, it was Download week end (a big music festival) and we were expecting the traffic to be awful. However it wasn't, in fact the roads were clear and it was our best journey to the airport. We parked really near Departures, and were surprised to find the airport extremely quiet. With only hand luggage we were able to head straight through to security. Here was our second surprise for the day. NO queues, not a single person there. I don't think we have ever experienced this before. So we ended up being super early for our flight, but better that than missing it. We had breakfast at Frankie and Benny's, then sat and read till it was time for our flight.
The Flight to Belfast City airport is short, only 50 minutes. So we were soon there and on our way to our hotel. We stayed at a Premier Inn very near the city centre, great location and close to many of the places we wanted to city. After checking in and dropping our bags off we headed out to explore. Belfast is a lovely vibrant and friendly city. We had coffee, visited the Cathedral and looked around the shops a little. It was a hot and sunny day, it was hard to believe we were in Ireland! The afternoon flew by!
In the evening we had dinner at Granny Annie's - what a quirky place. It was very busy, so very glad I had booked a table. Dinner was good, as were the cocktails. Loved the live music and atmosphere. As soon as Sweet Caroline came on, the whole restaurant burst into song. Quite the experience! Apparently, Sweet Caroline is a very popular song in Belfast, we heard it every where we went! After dinner we felt we really needed to go for a walk, so we headed down to the waterfront and we walked - and we walked! It was such a nice evening we ended up walking all the way down to see Big Fish - the Salmon of Knowledge. I was thrilled to meet Big Fish, a giant statue of a salmon made up of a mosaic of blue ceramic tiles. Lots of photo's were taken! By the time we walked back to the hotel we were shattered! First day - a huge success!!
At long last it was time for our little adventure, so we were up early to set off for the airport. So although our flight was at 12.30pm we left at 8am, it was Download week end (a big music festival) and we were expecting the traffic to be awful. However it wasn't, in fact the roads were clear and it was our best journey to the airport. We parked really near Departures, and were surprised to find the airport extremely quiet. With only hand luggage we were able to head straight through to security. Here was our second surprise for the day. NO queues, not a single person there. I don't think we have ever experienced this before. So we ended up being super early for our flight, but better that than missing it. We had breakfast at Frankie and Benny's, then sat and read till it was time for our flight.
The Flight to Belfast City airport is short, only 50 minutes. So we were soon there and on our way to our hotel. We stayed at a Premier Inn very near the city centre, great location and close to many of the places we wanted to city. After checking in and dropping our bags off we headed out to explore. Belfast is a lovely vibrant and friendly city. We had coffee, visited the Cathedral and looked around the shops a little. It was a hot and sunny day, it was hard to believe we were in Ireland! The afternoon flew by! 
In the evening we had dinner at Granny Annie's - what a quirky place. It was very busy, so very glad I had booked a table. Dinner was good, as were the cocktails. Loved the live music and atmosphere. As soon as Sweet Caroline came on, the whole restaurant burst into song. Quite the experience! Apparently, Sweet Caroline is a very popular song in Belfast, we heard it every where we went! After dinner we felt we really needed to go for a walk, so we headed down to the waterfront and we walked - and we walked! It was such a nice evening we ended up walking all the way down to see Big Fish - the Salmon of Knowledge. I was thrilled to meet Big Fish, a giant statue of a salmon made up of a mosaic of blue ceramic tiles. Lots of photo's were taken! By the time we walked back to the hotel we were shattered! First day - a huge success!!
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