Titanic - ship ahoy!

On Sunday morning we were up early to head off to the Titanic Exhibition, it was about a 40 minute walk from our hotel. Its actually quite doable but it was a humid day, and I was feeling rather hot and bothered by the time we got there. I guess I had not been expecting Belfast to be quite so HOT!!


The Titanic exhibition is fantastic. It's set out over different levels and there is a lot to see. You learn about the building of the ship, the people who were part of the process, the passengers and the lost souls who never finished their voyage. Its very poignant, the story of Titanic always makes me sad. As well the exhibits, there's a ride (who knew!) theatre (showing under water footage of Titanic on the bottom of the Atlantic) and coffee shops. Your admission ticket also gets you onto the Nomadic which is the last White Star vessel in existence I believe. Its the tender used to ferry people out to Titanic. Its a lovely boat, and worth a visit. You can almost imagine boarding on that fateful April morning, excited about the journey ahead of you.

Next to the Exhibition is the Titanic Hotel, we called in here for a drink. Lovely place - not somewhere I can see us ever being able to afford to stay. But they kindly let us lesser mortals in the bar! It was a nice experience and the staff were lovely. By the time it was mid-afternoon and we were tired, so we decided to splash out and get a taxi back to the city centre. I am thankful we did. Unbeknownst to us, there was a huge Suffragette march taking place through the city centre involving hundreds of women. It was a sight to see, not an event you would have wanted to get caught up in.  Had we walked back we would have walked right into it! Luckily the traffic wasn't too bad.

Our next stop was St George's Market. Fabulous place, lots of stalls selling all manner of food, clothes, crafts, jewellery etc. There was live music and a totally buzzing atmosphere. I tried some paella for lunch which was delicious. We stayed till just before 4pm when they start to wind down. Somewhere I would definitely recommend. We were so tired by then, we headed back to the hotel for a rest before heading out for dinner in the evening.

Dinner was at Revolution de Cuba. Great venue, excellent food and cocktails and once again live music. And once again 'Sweet Caroline' - boy do they clearly love this song! It was a great evening, needless to say by the time we got back to the hotel we were shattered. Cannot believe how much walking we did!!