Belfast Blast

We came to Belfast for the express purpose of going to the Titanic Belfast Museum. It was is Peekaloo's bucket list so we did it. 

She loved it, which is great, but the rest of us were underwhelmed. The exhibit is interesting and we were able to see actual artifacts (like the letter below) recovered from the wreckage but the rest can be better enjoyed by watching a Titanic Discovery Channel show. Interesting tidbit: there was only a single Black person onboard the Titanic. He died but his wife and children survived. 

The best part of the Belfast visit for me was getting onboard the SS Nomadic, sister ship of the Titanic but MUCH smaller. It is, after all, a tender ship (no pun intended). 

The Nomadic is the last White Star Line ship in existence. Fun fact (credit to Zoey): the White Star Line merged with Cunard, which later acquired Carnival. So, if you've every sailed on Carnival Cruise Line, you've sailed on a relative of the Titanic.

Belfast has some truly beautiful architecture. I could have spent the whole day taking pictures.

I wish I'd had one more day here so I could have visited the oldest pub in Belfast (White's) but we needed to rest for the trek to Edinburgh. My goal is to do the slowest pub crawl ever. I'll have a Guinness at each, and maybe "get entered on the Guinness Book of World Records" (Zoey's jab).

I'm adding this last picture because of the irony of it. This fountain has a partial scripture inscribed on it taken from taken from John 4:14

"Whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty at all"

Ok, you've read the inscription. Now take a good look at the picture.

See you in Edinburgh!