I think I'm starting to adjust to the time a wee bit more. I'm still
finding that lunch is the hardest. Dinner, however, is easy! Enough
about jet lag and adjusting to time!
On to about my day! (which I am
sure you equally care about) Morning started out a little rough. Told
mom to wake me up at 8:45...she comes in at 9:25. Now usually I wouldn't
complain on catching a few more z's, but when you have to catch a bus
at 10 and you have to shower and dry your thick, long hair it's nearly
impossible to to get ready in that amount of time. So needless to say
the hair wasn't as dry as I would have liked. We hopped on the bus and
got to our double decker tour bus. We sat outside. Which was freezing.
And my hair was wet, making it worse. The bus tour was pretty great
though. We learned all about the history in Ireland,mass where the
Titanic was built, and learned some interesting facts.
Once the tour was
over, we had about 2 hours to kill so I FINALLY got my chance to go in
to Primark to shop. I could have walked out of that store with a new
wardrobe, but only came out with a tank and a sweater (hoot-rah). Then
it was time for lunch...and we decided to stop at......wait for it"
..McDonalds. True story. But this McDonalds was pretty great. The menu
was similar but had some different items. I got these Mexican spicy
chicken strips and mom got a chicken mayo sandwich with onion rings.
After lunch, we ventured down to City Hall for our private tour.
Yes...private tour. Hailey met this guy at Queens who is a student and
City Councilman and he offered to give us a tour. We learned some more
about this history of Belfast and got to see their beautiful City Hall.
City Hall was covered in marble and stain glass windows. It was
breathtaking. We also got the chance to meet a few past Lord Mayors and
also met the youngest councilman who just turned 20. After our tour,
Collin takes us to his office/party gathering space/other offices for
some tea and biscuits (aka cookies). We sit and chat some more, and then
he gives us genuine leather wallets with the Belfast crest and pens. In
all honesty, we were almost treated like royalty there. It was awesome.
I should add too that I'm trying to work on my Irish accent. Collin and
I shared a little funny moment today and when I was telling my mom and
sister about it, I put on my Irish accent. It wasn't too bad. Could have
been worse. Could have been better also. Well. That about does it. And
just like the other day I want to leave you with a few more words they
say over here:
People mover = car Craic = a good time (it's pronounced
like crack)
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| Sitting at the Lord Mayor's chair in City Hall |
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| Beautiful stain glass window from City Hall |
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| Picture of City Hall from our bus tour |
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