Belfast, Titanic, Crown and Graffitti

Our arrival into Belfast was greeted with rain, then snow, we checked into our air B&B then the hunters and gatherers went in search of food.
 Due to the difficulty of driving across country with the snow and slippery conditions, our chauffeur needed a night off.
The kids cooked a chicken roast dinner and we all had a lazy evening and planned our days of sightseeing in Belfast and the surrounds.
Our first visit was to walk to the Titanic museum, where we spent a few engrossed hours enjoying, what this museum has on offer, the surprise was a very sedate rollercoast ride, to see what it was like to be a worker on the titanic, as you can imagine this ship was gigantic, with over 3,000,000rivets used to build this ship.

 On our way we passed the three men, the significance of Charlie Chaplin, is that he was one of the famous passengers on the Nomadic.

The Titanic museum.

The big fish.

Rise, the sun,  moon and sky

 Walking towards to the Titanic museum, this alto grange from Harland and Wolfe is an iconic sight of Belfast and is posted on postcards and you can buy little miniature ones, just like in the photo. I did not realise the significance of this structure until I visited the Titanic museum. Harland and Wolfe are a major shipping company and built the Titanic.

Entry to the museum

Sculpture on entry to museum. Can you not see Rose being held on the bow!.

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DH enjoyed the experience.

Bruce Ismay comminisned  the Titanic to be built

Late 1800’s diving suit.

Launch date.

The Dock cafe.

This is a launch date ticket to the Titanic, apparently they are quite rare.

Haraland and Wolfe, alto grange.

The Dock cafe.

After our visit to Titanic and the Nomadic, we stumbled across this innovative cafe, where you can get, soup, bread, tea and cakes and just pay on an honour system.

Very tastefully decorated as well as

great food, everything is donated and the cafe is run by volunteers, it was stared 6 years ago by a 

minister of religion. The beauty of this cafe is you can bring your own food and just have a seat, as 

well.

Looks like

amazing metal art was also donated and is in the cafe on display 

Our visit to the Nomadic, this small ship was used to ferry passengers to the big cruise ships, like the Titanic. The above is the sailors cabin

Inside the Nomadic 

 Sculpture at end of bridge.

St Anne’s Cathedral 

After our big walk around Belfast we went to visit the Crown bar, one of the most beautifully preserved pub and decor in Ireland. Painted glass, booths that are private, call bells for service, even match plates to strike your matches. The tiles are original and just beautiful,even the floor is great, I. Can  see a quilt happening with the pattern on the floor.

Entry to the Crown, mosaic front step.

Opposite the Crown is the famous Europa Hotel, when talking about this hotel, it is famous for being bombed a few times by the IRA.

Europa Hotel

City Hall.

Key to the city.

Prince Albert clock tower

 The stained glass windows

 Inside the beautiful city hall.

The domed ceilings  in the city hall.

I will finish off with some graffiti around Belfast, all tastefully done, tomorrow we will visit the Giants Causeway 

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