Belfast in One Day

So on Friday I jumped on a train to go up to Northern Ireland to see how different it is compared to "Southern Ireland." I have to say that I prefer the Southern portion of Ireland.... and its not just but cause I'm from the "South" either, though its part of it. The reason is that Belfast has soooo much influence from "England," that it didn't feel like Ireland anymore. But I still had fun while I was there.

The first thing we did in Belfast was to go see all the C. S. Lewis stuff. Lewis was born and grew up in Belfast and that is where the tour begins. It is here in the city of his birth that 'Jack' as he was known to his friends was first influenced; it was here that the seeds of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters and the Space Trilogy amongst a great many other works both fiction and non-fiction were sown in that young impressionable mind. We went to the church where he was baptized in and went to the Wardrobe Statue. So Cool… I tried to get through the wardrobe but couldn’t reach Narnia… lol  

                

Everyone Snapping Away :)

We also went was the site of the Thompson Dry-Dock and Pump-House, once the beating heart of Harland & Wolff during the construction of the great White Star Liners - the Britannic, Olympic and most famously, the Titanic. Today the Pump-House comprises of a Visitor Centre & Cafe, Interpretative Centre, meeting rooms & event space. We also operate daily tours - the only publicly accessible intact piece of the Titanic's great legacy, which is open in the city of her birthplace - Belfast.

The launch site

The Museum

Pump House

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