Ireland. MJ. Cougars.

Up in this glass dome overlooking the city.
Belfast city.
View from the dome. City Hall and the Belfast Wheel.
Deb, Jane and I at the Botanic Inn.

5 o'clock and we were up.

We caught a train to Stanstead Airport at 6:15 and arrived without any problems around 7ish. With no problems with our baggage sizes and all checked in, we boarded our flight to Belfast to see Mary Jane!

We arrived to the airport a few minutes early and sat down to wait for Mary Jane. And 10 minutes passed, then 30, and then we began to wonder.... So after a slow purchase of some internet time, some bad attempts at skype phone calls and a review of emails and FB messages, Jake realized that we had never told her an exact day =) She knew the time, but we had just given her a range of days, unfortunately beginning on the 23rd... a day later! Finally we got a hold of her on Skype and she was there to pick us up within the hour. She was great =)

Back at her house, we had some tea and biscuits and caught up talking. Her friend Alan was there and provided us with some jokes and laughter. The sun was shining, so we bundled up and drove into the Belfast City Centre to walk around. We saw the City Hall, the Belfast Wheel and went up this really great glass dome that let you see the Belfast sky line. The mountains were beautiful, a countryside that I am very jealous of! We walked down towards the river and the shipyard where the two cranes that were used to build the Titanic still stood.

MJ's mum had made us a great home cooked dinner, greatly appreciated! Once again followed by tea and biscuits (something we really need to bring back to the states). The four of us went out to go to a few pubs and meet up with one of Jane's friends. We started out at the Crown Bar, and old Saloon style bar. It was really neat inside, with each booth gated in like an old stable. The crowd was on the older side so we set out for the Botanic Inn. A really large place, full of live music and a great atmosphere. We stayed there for awhile just talking about lots of things. The place filled up quickly and to avoid screaming across the table, we decided to head out.

Tomorrow we are heading up north to the coast and to see some of the land up there! It has been another exhausting day, as you can see we really don't take a break =)

Lovinggggg it.