Today we decided to walk around Belfast, since we have a short day here and most things to see are quite a distance away. The ship provided a shuttle to downtown which looks like this. Oh right, today is Sunday so no stores can be open until 2 pm, it is the law that nothing can be sold on Sunday until that time, except at restaurants.
Pretty street with pretty flags on both sides of the street. At the end of the street is this building 
Looks like we could be in London. This is not Big Ben but reminds you of it 
They even have phone booths like London (at least they used to have them). It is unusual to even see any kind of phone ooths anywhere.
Here are some views of typical Belfast streets. Nice walking day, even though we did have some rain, most of the time it was dry.
While waiting for the stores to open, I talked to a local lady who was open to talking about what was going on here in Belfast. While we were cruising toward Belfast we heard there was a clash between locals and the police and wondered whether we would be able to visit here. I asked her about the event. She felt that it was caused by outsiders instigating the locals and that nothing was really going on and all was well, no fighting. Seemed true, since we did visit the port.
Again we found the locals to be very friendly.
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