Bank holiday in Dublin

Today Josephine and myself went to the Grafton Street but sadly we didn’t know that there was a women marathon today. The street was totally full of people. When we saw a wall of people we stopped and searched for a way around the crowd. By the way there was a shop which sold ice cream. After a while we found a gift shop. Josephine bought some postcards. I don’t wanted to buy something there because I wanted to go to Carroll’s. The biggest souvenier shop in Dublin. All in all I noticed that not every shop is closed on a bank holiday.

Bulk Purchase

This weekend we decided to rent a car again to buy some more groceries, so that we don’t have to go to the supermarket every single day. So we made a reservation at Sixt.

Saturday morning René and me went to Sixt at the Belfast City Airport to pick up the car. As there were no cars left of the category we ordered, we got a free upgrade and got a Kia cee’d instead of a Vauxhall Corsa.

After that we went shopping at Lidl. On the one hand we had planned to buy some drinks, so that we do not have to carry the heavy bottles. So the car first looked like this:

our rental car loaded with some drinks ...

We also bought some delicate food and so the car finally looked like this:

... and some delicate food

After loading the car the driving experience turned from a sporty city cruiser into an oil tanker. But we finally made it back to the accommodation and managed to put everything that needs to be cooled in the fridge and the freezer.

Shopping tour

After cleaning we did a shopping tour at Victoria square shopping mall. It has a stunning architecture. The roof is built by a dome and in the mall there is tower with an observation platform. The view is great and you have a great view over most of the city. As we were going through the shops we made our first experiences with salespersons and how it feels to go shopping in another city. We had a lot of fun and everytime it becomes easier to get in touch with the people here in Belfast. From my point of view this culture is very friendly, helpful and polite.

Victoria Square
Victoria Square
Observation platform
Observation platform
Apple store
Apple store

View from the platform