I cannot believe it is almost 2 months since we went on our little trip, and I’ve yet to share part 2 with you!!
I apologise.
Day 2 of our stay at Groomsport was wet. It rained, and it rained well. Thankfully we had done all the outdoor stuff the day before!
On the agenda for day 2 was the Titanic Centre. Many guests who have stayed with us, and been to the Titanic Centre had described the experience. However, it was still not quite what I was expecting. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with the visit, but I just had a completely different idea about it in my head.
Titanic Centre, Belfast
I had expected to see dusty old drawing rooms, which I did, but only on film. Even though it was late November, the centre was really quite crowded.
If you do visit, make sure to go across the road and visit the Titanic’s sister ship, the Nomadic. It is the last White Star Line ship still ‘alive’.
As the rain continued to pour down we decided we’d go visit Queen’s University. I had heard it was beautiful, but had never been. And, I must say, even on a terrible wet November day, it is a beautiful building. We had a wander around, checked out their wonderful silver museum section, admired those who have been awarded honorary degrees… spotted Brian O’Driscoll in among them.
Queen’s University, Belfast
There was time for a quick tea/coffee stop at The Pocket… a quirky little coffee shop across the road from Queen’s.
Then it was time to head back to Groomsport to visit their local pub.
For our final day, I was all excited to be going to St. George’s Market. It was another dreadful day weather-wise but our spirits were high with the thought of all the lovely food we were going to be able to indulge in. We had invited Laura and Matt for dinner, so we headed off to the market with a vague idea that we would just buy lots of gorgeous food to share.
How disappointed we were! The market was abuzz, but most of the food stalls were of the take-away variety. Neither of us are great ‘walk around eating food’ people. We are more the sit down, be served and chat type.
There were some nice non-food stalls, but overall we were disappointed.
As we were leaving we did come across a mostly-organic vegetable stall… so suddenly dinner became steaks with organic salad and potatoes. Good, but not what we had planned!!
Despite the last minute change to the menu we had a wonderful evening with friends sharing food, drinking nice wine, and finishing off with some delicious local cheeses.
A nice way to end our wee break.
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