Arriving in Belfast, UK

On the afternoon of Monday, July 29, we drove through some pretty country--as well as some areas that looked like U.S. suburbs complete with shopping malls--on the way to Belfast. Here is some of the pretty country:

Here is our first view of Belfast:

We checked into our hotel, figured ourselves out for a while, then met our Dear Niece #1 (recent graduate of Queen's University Belfast) for dinner at the hotel restaurant, Novelli:

Photo from the Internet