It's the last day Shirley and Eileen are here.
Our adventure today brought us the joy of another taxi ride and since that was one of the things Shirley wanted to do while she was in Belfast, we were happy to oblige.
This is outside the apartment building waiting for the taxi. They are getting really good about me taking so many pictures.
Vivi bundled up and occasionally wore her scarf so she looked like Professor Quirrell.
Since we are in Harry Potter mode, you may as well read the rest of the blog post with the music in the background.
That's right: Carrickfergus Castle. For more than 800 years, Carrickfergus Castle has been an imposing monument on the Northern Ireland landscape whether approached by land, sea or air.
Since Vivi and I have been to the castle before, we told them to go on ahead while we went to see the weapons demonstration. Behold, Vivi the Conqueror:
The chain mail is way heavier than it looks.
You have to look at this picture while remembering what Viv sounds like when she's cracking up because that's exactly what sound was coming out of those little holes.
She spent a while building this castle and wanted to share two pictures: drawbridge up and drawbridge down.
From the castle we walked to the train station and rode to Belfast Central Station.
Yes. I insisted on a picture on the train.
At Belfast Central Viv put all her money in this donation statue for rescue dogs.
From the train station we walked to St. George's Market.
History of Belfast's markets
Trading and market selling has played a significant role in the growth of Belfast since the 1613 Charter was awarded by James I. The Charter granted Belfast Borough status.
From the late 17th century, Belfast became the main port in the area taking over from Carrickfergus. The range and quantity of imports and exports grew throughout the 18th century and Belfast's market tradition began to develop alongside Belfast's growing commercial prosperity.
By the 1900s, Belfast had around a dozen markets which sold everything from potatoes, pork, fowl, fish and vegetables to hay, straw, flax and poultry.
The Belfast Bap Company is a booth with two lovely people who work there. The chef remembered us and remarked how tall Vivi is getting and asked where we'd been. We told him about our travels, that we have guests right now, then told him we have a London trip and a Finland trip and we'll see him in about a month when the next visitors arrive.
He makes Vivi sausage on a Bap, which she loves. I told him to make me anything and it was a beautiful arrangement of boxty, hash browns, egg, and special sauces. It was delicious.
Eileen had a relative named John Kelly so she got a print from a booth owned by...John Kelly.
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