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I went to Belfast over the weekend for our class trip. I was supposed to go with Sarah and the guys, but end up Sarah pulled out last minute and I was left with the guys. I was initially apprehensive about the whole thing, but in the end, I had a pretty good time and I got to know a lot of my Irish classmates a lot better. They are NUTS though- when they drink they go insane lol. And I think I averaged only like 4 hours max per night of sleep the whole time I was there. I honestly have no idea how I survived during the day.
We reached Belfast on Thursday night. I was wondering if I should sleep with the girls or sleep with Chris and the rest but I needn't have worried- the hostel dumped us all in this HUGE room with loads of beds. There was a smaller room inside that huge room with probably around 7 beds, and we Asians chionged for that haha. Which was good because the rest of them (sleeping outside) thrashed the entire place, drinking and blasting music (someone brought a huge speaker box).
We woke up late the next day, and had brunch on Friday morning at The Belfast Coffee Company.
That's my yummy Ham, Cheese & Mushroom toasted sandwich! I had a mocha as well, but it wasn't as good as the one I had later in the day at a cafe called Sinnamon.
We walked about town, went to City Hall, then walked around somemore haha. We stopped by this chocolate shop by chance and bought some really good choc treats there.
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| My chocolate haul from the shop! |
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| Pumpkin seeds, almonds and cranberries, all covered with milk chocolate. Yums! |
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| Lunch at tao. These were the complimentary prawn crackers. |
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| My rubbish Pad Thai. I should have known from the moment I saw the non-PT noodles. |
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| Char siew in Pad Thai. WIN. |
I didn't really enjoyed lunch, because I chose a wrong dish. I didn't finish half of the noodles, and that IS a sign that I don't like your food because I usually eat everything on my plate as I hate food wastage. But I couldn't stomach any more of the noodles down- I hated it that much.
We went back to the hostel to get some stuffs then we went off for the famous Black Taxi tour... in a purple taxi lol. Our guide was a guy named Alan- lovely chap, and very chatty. He told us a lot about The Troubles, but sometimes it was hard to follow his accent. But it was pretty interesting, and I think we paid about 8 pounds each for the one and a half hours tour.
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| Terrence and Kok Cher's pre-dinner snack of pancakes with bacon and maple syrup at Sinnamon |
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| 2nd mocha of the day! So much yummier than the one I had in the morning |
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| My burrito from Boojum <3 |
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| Inside my burrito |
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| I'm a happy girl cos I got a burrito! |
Mexican food is also Junior's fave food, so during dinner, I kept thinking of him. We went home after dinner, and the class was getting ready to go out, so me, Terrence and Kok Cher decided to go along. Chris didn't but he badly needed sleep- he had ambulance duty on Wed night so he hadn't really slept for 2 nights straight. We were at a pub/club called Lafferty. I think I drank like half a pint of rum and coke, so I was pretty drained by the time we got back to the hostel at around 2 plus AM.But I didn't sleep till around 4AM cause our classmates didn't stop blasting the music till then!
We woke up early the next morning to catch the Giant's Causeway tour bus at 9AM. I woke up at like 7.45AM cause I had to bathe and wash my hair. The tour was pretty alright; Giant's Causeway was beautiful. The weather was rubbish in the morning, but luckily when we reached Giant's Causeway the weather turned lovely and sunny.
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| Where we had our lunch |
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| Fish, mashed potatoes and mushy peas |
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| Kok Cher checking out the whiskies |
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| At Giant's Causeway, we climbed the rocks till the top! |
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| My travelling companions! |
That night, we had dinner at Stann & Olly's, an American diner. Alan decided to come along with us for dinner.
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| Dinner that night at Stann & Olly's! |
We went out clubbing that night at a club called Rain. It was pretty good. Got back only around 4 plus AM. I was so so tired, I didn't even bother to take off my make-up and I went to bed (praying my face will forgive me for this heinous act). We woke up at 9 plus the next day, packed up and left the hostel for breakfast (we weren't gonna hang around to clean up the mess that our classmates had made in the room hahaha). Somehow we managed to get back our 10 pounds deposit in the end though hahaha.
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| Breakfast on the last day before heading back to Galway |
Because it was a Sunday, no place was opened at 10AM except for this cafe lolol. We left Belfast at around 11 plus, and reached Galway only around 5 in the evening.
So that sums up my eventful weekend!:) I crashed that night though, slept for like 10 hours straight. Labels: belfast, class trip, food, giant's causeway
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I went to Belfast over the weekend for our class trip. I was supposed to go with Sarah and the guys, but end up Sarah pulled out last minute and I was left with the guys. I was initially apprehensive about the whole thing, but in the end, I had a pretty good time and I got to know a lot of my Irish classmates a lot better. They are NUTS though- when they drink they go insane lol. And I think I averaged only like 4 hours max per night of sleep the whole time I was there. I honestly have no idea how I survived during the day.
We reached Belfast on Thursday night. I was wondering if I should sleep with the girls or sleep with Chris and the rest but I needn't have worried- the hostel dumped us all in this HUGE room with loads of beds. There was a smaller room inside that huge room with probably around 7 beds, and we Asians chionged for that haha. Which was good because the rest of them (sleeping outside) thrashed the entire place, drinking and blasting music (someone brought a huge speaker box).
We woke up late the next day, and had brunch on Friday morning at The Belfast Coffee Company.
That's my yummy Ham, Cheese & Mushroom toasted sandwich! I had a mocha as well, but it wasn't as good as the one I had later in the day at a cafe called Sinnamon.
We walked about town, went to City Hall, then walked around somemore haha. We stopped by this chocolate shop by chance and bought some really good choc treats there.
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| My chocolate haul from the shop! |
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| Pumpkin seeds, almonds and cranberries, all covered with milk chocolate. Yums! |
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| Lunch at tao. These were the complimentary prawn crackers. |
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| My rubbish Pad Thai. I should have known from the moment I saw the non-PT noodles. |
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| Char siew in Pad Thai. WIN. |
I didn't really enjoyed lunch, because I chose a wrong dish. I didn't finish half of the noodles, and that IS a sign that I don't like your food because I usually eat everything on my plate as I hate food wastage. But I couldn't stomach any more of the noodles down- I hated it that much.
We went back to the hostel to get some stuffs then we went off for the famous Black Taxi tour... in a purple taxi lol. Our guide was a guy named Alan- lovely chap, and very chatty. He told us a lot about The Troubles, but sometimes it was hard to follow his accent. But it was pretty interesting, and I think we paid about 8 pounds each for the one and a half hours tour.
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| Terrence and Kok Cher's pre-dinner snack of pancakes with bacon and maple syrup at Sinnamon |
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| 2nd mocha of the day! So much yummier than the one I had in the morning |
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| My burrito from Boojum <3 |
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| Inside my burrito |
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| I'm a happy girl cos I got a burrito! |
Mexican food is also Junior's fave food, so during dinner, I kept thinking of him. We went home after dinner, and the class was getting ready to go out, so me, Terrence and Kok Cher decided to go along. Chris didn't but he badly needed sleep- he had ambulance duty on Wed night so he hadn't really slept for 2 nights straight. We were at a pub/club called Lafferty. I think I drank like half a pint of rum and coke, so I was pretty drained by the time we got back to the hostel at around 2 plus AM.But I didn't sleep till around 4AM cause our classmates didn't stop blasting the music till then!
We woke up early the next morning to catch the Giant's Causeway tour bus at 9AM. I woke up at like 7.45AM cause I had to bathe and wash my hair. The tour was pretty alright; Giant's Causeway was beautiful. The weather was rubbish in the morning, but luckily when we reached Giant's Causeway the weather turned lovely and sunny.
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| Where we had our lunch |
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| Fish, mashed potatoes and mushy peas |
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| Kok Cher checking out the whiskies |
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| At Giant's Causeway, we climbed the rocks till the top! |
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| My travelling companions! |
That night, we had dinner at Stann & Olly's, an American diner. Alan decided to come along with us for dinner.
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| Dinner that night at Stann & Olly's! |
We went out clubbing that night at a club called Rain. It was pretty good. Got back only around 4 plus AM. I was so so tired, I didn't even bother to take off my make-up and I went to bed (praying my face will forgive me for this heinous act). We woke up at 9 plus the next day, packed up and left the hostel for breakfast (we weren't gonna hang around to clean up the mess that our classmates had made in the room hahaha). Somehow we managed to get back our 10 pounds deposit in the end though hahaha.
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| Breakfast on the last day before heading back to Galway |
Because it was a Sunday, no place was opened at 10AM except for this cafe lolol. We left Belfast at around 11 plus, and reached Galway only around 5 in the evening.
So that sums up my eventful weekend!:) I crashed that night though, slept for like 10 hours straight. Labels: belfast, class trip, food, giant's causeway
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