It is now the third day in Belfast and I have, more or less, settled in. The main goal of the last two days was to secure our (our ,that is my flatmates and me) main supply of food, water and other things to secure our survival in this foreign country.
For this we went on the quest to find the holy halls of Lidl, where treasure of affordable prices where promised by our predecessors. And after Minutes of consulting the holy institution of Google Maps© we found a Lidl and went on a journey which would make Bilbo Baggins proud.
After a hellish 2,6 miles of road and evading cars, because we where looking in the wrong direction (left-hand driving is so wrong on so many levels ;)) , we arrived at our destination with a yellow sun of Lidl rising before us.
We ventured into the holy halls of Lidl and returned with precious treasure containing water, frozen pizza (the best friend of every humble man), bread, cereals (the breakfast of true man) and other small items of importance, like shaving cream.
Our return trip took longer than expected, mainly because we did not account for the additional weight of our loot, and the 2,6 miles back felt more like 5 miles.
But at the end of the day our small Party was victorious and was rewarded with warm pizza, a cold cola and a good conversation over a shared meal.
I hope you enjoyed my creative writing style, because the truth is not much has happened until now.
I arrived in Belfast, had a little look around the neighborhood and went shopping the next day for food and supplies. In the evening we went to the local pub and had a Guinness, which tastes way better here than in Germany by the way.
Today we had meeting at RMS Tenon for a small introduction and going over some details for my/our stay in Belfast, after that we had a small walk around the city center and bought ourselves some simcards.
Tomorrow I will be introduced to my workplace, I am very excited because I still do not know what to expect.
Read you soon
Yours sincerely
Tobias
P.S.
Please excuse the lack of Pictures but I will upload some pictures with my next entry.
I like your style. Ready funny and entertaining to read. The guinness tastes different, because the Irish one is the pendant to Kilkenny in Germany btw 😉
Are you saying Guiness is Kilkenny in Germany or are you saying that Kilkenny tastes better in Germany? 😀
I’m saying that the Kilkenny sold in Germany is the Guinness served in Ireland 😉
I’m pretty sure that the Guinness in Ireland is the same as in Germany, but it tastes different because it is not importet in Ireland.
And furthermore Guinness is a dry stout while Kilkenny is an Ale, but both are brewed by the same company.
Where is your apartment located? Is it the one in Hardcastle Road? Although the first days or weeks may be complicated, make the best of the time and enjoy it! You really have to check out Filthy McNasty’s and The Belfast Empire. These are really great pubs, especially because of the great live music! .. I would really enjoy to stay some more weeks in Belfast 😉
Our apartment is in Queensquater University Street and up until now we only went to the Elms Pub, mainly because it is right around the corner. But I will definitly check out your tips. 😀
I think the Belfast Empire and Filthy McNastys aren’t that far away from your apartment. Check out Google Maps here and here.
I kind of feel like René and want to get back to Belfast! 😉 I hope you guys enjoy your stay over there.
We definitly will 😀 and I can understand why you would like to come back to Belfast 😉