Over 200 new cadets and crew arrived exhausted in Belfast
early (very early) Thursday morning. At the airport, we met our buses
that took us to the ship by about 01:30 local time to join the remaining cadets
and crew. After getting settled on board everyone "hit the hay" to rest
for the next 6 weeks. Activity began early when the sun came up as everyone got
acclimated to life on the ship.
Maritime arranged for tours of some of the Belfast area
attractions on Friday and Saturday. These included trips to the Giant's
Causeway, the Bushmills Distillery and stops at locations used by the TV show
"Game of Thrones". Many cadets and crew decided to tour the many
sites of Belfast on there own. A popular destination was the new Titanic
Museum complex two docks over from our berthing. Others just shopped in the
heart of Belfast's shopping district or refreshed themselves at the City's many
restaurants and pubs.
We shoved off about 09:00 on Sunday, mooring for training
at the mouth of Belfast harbor until about 19:00. We are now underway,
heading south through the Irish Sea to the Mediterranean and our next port of
Split, Croatia.
Rich Delbango
Ship's Librarian
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