So I’ve been in Belfast just over 4 years. And boy, has the city changed.
In some bad ways, i.e. traffic has gotten worse, but mostly in good ways. There are more stores opening all the time. The huge Victoria Square Shopping Centre, a real live actual mall (we have a mall, but it is tiny and boring) is opening this year (whoohoo House of Fraser! (no relation) They carry Donna Karan!). We just got an Ikea. We are turning into a real city.
We get more tourists now, also. It helps that Lonely Planet named Northern Ireland one of their top destinations, but I think we would get more regardless, as the troubles are over and we have neat things in this country like Giants Causeway.
And then there is the Ulster Fry. The national dish of Northern Ireland….fried egg, bacon, sausage, Irish soda bread, fried potato bread, baked beans (optional), black/white pudding (optional) and fried tomatoes and mushrooms.
Gotta love a country where the national dish hardens your arteries.
Well I would love to come see Belfast!
I would love to have you come visit! And..HUGE NEW SMOKE FREE FLAT!!!!!
We are going to have a house warming, wanna come? I’ll be registering for gifts, don’t fret. ::flees::