My Belfast Impressions

My original aim to visit Belfast was to get a sense of the tragic history behind Ireland and to see the Giant's Causeway. Spending just a short two days was too short in a city that was rich with little historical nuggets such as the city where the Titanic launched, the coast where the Spanish Armada sunk, the Peace Line, Bloody Sunday in Derry.

Instead what i saw was what all the tourists see, I missed out on the museums ( sad to say ), went for the famous historical pubs, visited Bushmills briefly, missed out on the Peace Line (closed on weekends.. WHY Tourism Board WHY?). Maybe one day soon, I'll head back to Belfast again to cover it all.

Here's what I did though,
Visited the iconic Crown Liquor Salon

Went for Dinner there for an uninspiring Irish Stew (carrots, meat and potatoes)

Tried Champ - a Northern Ireland Creation (felt conned, it was mashed potatoes with Spring Onion)

Visited the Old Bushmills Distillery, the home of the world's first Whiskey distillery. I really liked the smell of the hops in the air. It was just so aromatic.


The rest I have more or less covered in the earlier entry. One thing I liked about their restaurants was the large number of sauce sachets they had. (tomato sauce, brown sauce, mustard, mayo, tare tare)