Wednesday 24.10

On Wednesday we visited a Agricultural research institute of Northern Ireland. After happily arriving to our destination we were greeted by some fellow. After being sitting idle for about fifteen minutes our hosts started to hand over these smurf-costumes to all of us. 

After that we visited “a gas chamber” where they locked cows in for scientific purposes, it’s not as bad as it sounds… The visit continued through a cow house, which seemed to too much for some of us due to the smell of manure. At the cow house we got a change to pat some of the more bold creatures and got to see couple of young individuals also. After that we got to see their slurry containers. Our visit also included a tour across their biogas burners central where we got a lecture on their burners. 

When the tour was over we hopped onto our bus and headed towards the city of Belfast. On the way to Belfast I was informed that we were having our late lunch in a McDonald’s, gladly there was on alternative option, the local big store. Inside the store they also had a liquor store, which we were happy to see! 

In Belfast, we headed straight to the Titanic museum in the dock area. The museum had a large exhibition on display and we had a blast. They had a “roller coaster ride”, it was a kind of a carriage that was hung from the ceiling on a railing system. The carriage spun and rambled while making its way back to the start. After finishing our tour, we had another happy encounter! They had their own beer! 

After our museum visit we went to the city central for couple hours. Where, of course, we had couple of beers. The odd thing about Northern Ireland was their currency, the pound sterling, it felt like toy money. 

After the beers we hopped again to our trusty bus and headed towards our hotel.