U.K. 2013: Tuesday, 10/1/13 - Back to Manchester, and Atlanta on 10/2

We woke up this morning to rain. We have been so fortunate to have beautiful weather almost every day we have been in the UK. It has rained on us only about 3 or 4 days, and none of them were very heavy. Today, as we are preparing to leave Ireland, a weather front has set in and the forecast is for rain for several days. That is great timing as our sight seeing is done, and we are preparing to head home.

We miss our Scotties!
Thank you Ria and Brian for taking such good care of them. See you soon...

You want the ball, well come and get it!

Playing with his crackle toy.

You go right ahead and drink that coffee, I'm still sleeping!

Brian and Watson :)

Ms. Watson

Today we had very little activity.
We did a little shopping to replace Pat's purse which self-destructed yesterday, and she picked up a pair of good looking jeans for 15 pounds. Good score.

Then we walked through the drizzle rain over to the side of the Belfast City Hall to view the memorial to the Titanic victims. We heard it is the only memorial in existence which lists all of the victims of the Titanic. It is a beautiful garden with a statue and a long memorial where the names are all listed. We noticed there is no designation of class (first, second, third, or officer or crew) as was so prevalent at the time. And that seems right.

Back to the hotel, finished packing and then we sat in the hotel lobby and talked with Gerard, the concierge. He was such a treat to speak with. First off, he was a wonderful concierge. Everything we needed we went to him, and he delivered every single time. Especially with The Square restaurant, and also with the bus tour, just to name a couple. We spoke for about 30 minutes while we waited for the time for our taxi to arrive. We talked about the national healthcare system, taxes, farming, and life in Northern Ireland and the South (The Republic of Ireland). And he is very aware of the happenings in the USA, as most people here are. They know more about the USA than many people who live here. That is a sad statement about the citizens of the USA, but true.

We picked up our flight in Belfast to Manchester with no issues, and checked into our hotel at the airport, the Radisson Blu. It is directly attached to the airport, very convenient for us for in the morning when we need to catch our flight.

Dinner in the hotel and relax, and finishing this blog.... :-)

This time tomorrow we will be back in Atlanta.

We had a wonderful trip!