A visit to Cave Hill

These are some photos from our walk up Cave Hill back in Dec.  Cave Hill overlooks Belfast and if you look at the outline of the mountain you can see the giant's face.  Cave Hill was the inspiration for the giant in the mountain in Gulliver's Travels... at least that's what I am told.   Also, it is where the Kings and Queens of Ulster were crowned as they overlooked their kingdom.  Fortunately, it was a really lovely day for a walk, and I wasn't wearing any royal regalia.

Christmas

As usual I am way behind with my blog... sorry!

Here are some photos from Christmas.  We had a very quiet holiday, just hanging around and enjoying the time Kev had away from work.  In these photos you will see the icky Christmas Pudding.  Obviously I didn't eat any, but its something he loves so we got it.  Its this brown spongy cake with pretty much any and every fruit you can think of.

The holidays here are similar to home, aside from the pudding, the only difference being not as much snow and we have crackers at the table.  By crackers I mean the foil things you pull apart to get the prize inside, not the crackers you eat when you have an upset stomach... although those could be useful as well at the holidays.

More Christmas Photos

I went downtown with Kev (he has the only working camera at the moment, as a result of my move, I've lost mine) and we had dinner at the Continental Market on the lawn of City Hall and took some photos of the lights for you all.  The market is open every year from the end of Nov to the end of Dec and has food and gift stalls.  Not everything is homemade, but the food is!  Its a great little market, and it is always packed.