Day 17- Belfast

"We returned the hired car, got dropped at the rail station in Ballymena and took the train to Belfast for the day. I really enjoyed Belfast quite a bit! That was kind of surprising to me for some reason. We saw the Europa Hotel- the most bombed hotel during "the troubles" and City Hall, which was very intricate and cool. We bought all of the rest of the gifts and souvenirs that we were hoping to find and then just wandered. We saw Queen Anne's Cathedral which had some really beautiful stained glass windows and mosaics. We also saw Writer's Square where quotes from Belfast writers and poets were all along the ground. The Titanic Quarter was quite empty and closed off because of construction on the new visitor center that is being built so we weren't able to see the exact spots where Titanic was first put into the water but we got the general idea. We stayed in Belfast much longer than we planned and were happy to see so many cool places!"