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My Irish Holiday 2019 Part 2 – Belfast

When we left Dublin, we drove over the border to Northern Ireland and went to Belfast. Once in Belfast, we went to a flat with the most comfortable beds that I’ve ever slept in!

From the flat, we could see some H&W cranes, which I learnt were shipyards and that the Titanic was made in one of them! They are enormous and look really cool.

H&W shipyard in the distance then went to Crumlin Road Gaol, which is now a museum after it closed.

The gaol

Me as a prisoner

Stocks at the gaol

When we went in the museum, I got locked in a holding cell and was stuck in a tiny enclosed space. Then we went into a tunnel which led under Crumlin Road and to the court building.

In the underground tunnel

Out of the tunnel, we went up to the Governor’s office where we saw the Centre Circle where all of the wings join together next to the Governor’s office.

Circle where the wings meet

We then went down the C wing and saw where prisoners would live, eat and work.

Wing C

If prisoners weren’t behaving, then they got beat with a birch rod 18 times if they were under 18, or if they were over 18 they could be hit by the cat o’ nine tails (the cat) or the birch rod 36 times. The cat was a rod made of nine ropes of cotton twisted together. It was a type of whip. There were some old army vehicles outside as well.

Military helicopter

We then went to a restaurant called Mourne Seafood Bar, where I had langoustines, a lobster burger and a buttermilk panna cotta with strawberries and really crumbly shortbread.

Languistines

Lobster burger

When we were going back to our flat, we saw lots of murals on the walls of houses and other buildings.

A mural

A mural

The next day, we went to the Titanic Belfast Experience.

Titanic Belfast

There were lots of parts of it including the makers Harland and Wolff and how they made it. It took over 10 months to decorate the inside of the Titanic with furniture, carpets, etc. We also went in a 360° cinema to take us on a tour of the Titanic in her beauty days. After she set off from Dublin she went to Southampton then to Cherbourg, France and then to Cobh, Republic of Ireland then the bottom of the ocean when she sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean. We went in a cable car and had a look around a shipyard that was built into the museum. Finally we went to the cinema and saw what she’s like today, resting under the ocean.

A map of where the Titanic was made in the shipyard

View of where the Titanic was put into the water from the Titanic Belfast Experience

H&W logo

Me using a morse code telegraph transmitter

When we got back to the apartment I saw the film Titanic for the first time.

Titanic

The next day, we left for Londonderry, but on the way we went to the Dark Hedges and the Giant’s Causeway. The Dark Hedges are made up of beech trees and look really interesting.

The Dark Hedges

The Giant’s Causeway is only 12 miles from Scotland and if it’s a clear day you can even see part of Scotland from the Giant’s Causeway. The Giant’s Causeway is a lot of hexagonal shaped rocks that were made from lava fissures but look like they have giant’s features in them. The main giant was called Finn McCool and got into a fight, which was how the Causeway was made. He had a camel as well to ride home on. It was really interesting and I would love to go back again.

Giant’s Causeway welcome stone

Lots of stones

Me with a view of the sea behind

More basalt columns in different colours next to the sea

Me climbing on some basalt columns

Some basalt columns

Finn McCool’s Camel

To find out what happened in Londonderry and Portrush visit my blog again next week!

My Buttony Birthday – 2019

On my birthday, when I woke up I ate a delicious breakfast of a baked peanut butter pancake. I loved it.

My peanut butter baked pancake

Afterwards, I opened my present and got a lot of amazing things. Here are just a few of my favourites.

  1. A new pair of headphones
  2. Some fun games such as ColourBrain (You have 11 colour cards and have to answer a question with 1 or more colour cards. An example question would be ‘What colour is the lid of  a Marmite jar?’or ‘What colour is Mace Windu’s lightsaber in Star Wars’)
  3. LEGO sets such as a Forklift and Tow truck
  4. Sphero Chariot (For information about a Sphero click here) (A sphero chariot is a car for a sphero to drive.)
  5. Lots of exciting books such as My Cousin is a Time Traveller and The Train to Impossible Places

Me with my balloon and presents

Then we went to the train station to take a train to Sheffield, unluckily for us, the train we were supposed to be on was cancelled because of the extremely high temperature. It was the highest recorded temperature in the UK.

We went and had a drink in the bar next door, whilst playing a game of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Top Trumps that I got for my birthday.

When we arrived in Sheffield, we went to the National Videogame Museum (NVM). It was the Summer of Buttons. The Summer of Buttons is where there’s a workshop on how to make a button, (like a controller for a video game) and other button themed things like a 4-player Pac-Man.

4-player Pac-Man

They had loads of old arcade games and some newer modern games. It was a brilliant place. I got to play Miss Pac-man, which is the same as normal Pac-man but Pac-man is a woman and has a bow on her head. I also got to play Donkey Kong and the original Tetris! I loved the NVM and want to go back.

Sonic games on a Megadrive and other consoles

Me with Sonic the Hedgehog

Me playing a gravity game

Some other old games

Me playing a light game

Then we went to Tamatanga which is an indian restaurant. I had lots of small dishes that tasted very nice and were new to me. My favourite dishes were the prawn tempura and the Gunpowder Paneer. I also had a pistachio lassi to drink. It was unusual and very tasty.

Tamatanga dishes

When we got back I saw my amazing cake. It was a Minecraft cake.(For a blog about Minecraft click here.) It had a pig, creeper and lots of TNT. A creeper is what Notch(the developer of Minecraft) accidentally created when trying to make a pig. They run towards you, sizzle then blow up in  your face if you don’t kill it fast enough. It was an extremely tasty cake! Probably the best I’ve ever seen and eaten!🎂😋

My recreation of the cake on Minecraft

The cake with candles

Me holding the cake

II had an amazing birthday and loved every minute of it.

My Grand Trip to Germany Part 1

In the summer holidays, I went on a fantastic holiday to Germany 🇩🇪 here are the highlights:

Day 1

When we arrived in Germany, rented a car and went to a lake beach.

lake

We relaxed for a bit, then we went to a park called britzer garten. I got into a load of water sprays and got soaked, then we had a wiener (Pronounced v-ee-n-ur.) A wiener is a hot dog.

park

park

When we got in the car  we were all looking forward to having a schnitzel.

After the park, we went to Felix Austria, a place for delicious schnitzels. Then we went to our apartment with our bellies full up of schnitzels.

schnitzels

Day 2

The next day, we went to a Peacock Island ( Pfaueninsel) and we had to get on a boat to get to the island.

sign to peacock island

boat

On the island, we had a picnic and went into a white castle.

white castle

The island’s peacocks were beautiful and shy.

peacock

peacock and me

peacock and me

When we went back to main land we went to the apartment for a bit and then went to The Bird for burgers. They were delicious. Afterwards, we went to BrewDog for a few drinks.

Day 3

We went to Mount Mitte, which was a really high climbing thing, and I really enjoyed it!

After that we went to a fast food restaurant to have currywurst (pronounced curry-vurst) – a sausage covered in curry sauce  – YUM.

Next we went to Stone Brewing to go on a brewery tour.

stone

 

The restaurant was really fancy with fans and trees everywhere. One table was even carved into a tree. The food was really nice.

Day 4

We went to the wall museum on the fourth day and learnt about the German division.

wall museum

Later onwards, we went to Mogg & Melzer a jewish restaurant and had some delicious sandwiches.

Afterwards, we went up the Berlin TV Tower and got some amazing panoramic views of Berlin.

lift shaft

Then, we went to see part of the wall that was left up. For tea we went to a street food festival and had currywurst.

That’s it for now but I’ll be back soon with the next few days in Germany.

My Terrific Tenth Birthday

After I’d opened my presents , we went to Milton Keynes and I went on a Helter-Skelter, which was quite high.

Me opening my presents

Helter Skelter

It was really fun. Then we went to YO Sushi for dinner, I really enjoyed grabbing food from the conveyor belts.

YO Sushi

After that, we went to the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden. I had a quiz to do and there were chocolate doors into the Solo gallery, where you can find out about his childhood.

Wonka chocolate doors

In the story centre, I made my own movie with figurines. In the Upper Babbling room, which is a craft room, I made a snail in a jar. Afterwards we did the village and countryside trails, the countryside trail through the woods and through a field was amazing, there were grasshoppers everywhere. It was very relaxing!

view

The woods were the ones that inspired Fantastic Mr Fox, The Minpins and Danny the Champion of the World. Along the high street were some old-fashioned pumps that inspired Danny the champion of the World The library inspired Matilda and the crown house Sophie’s “norphanage”. We also went and looked at Roald Dahl’s grave.

When we had finished the trails we went to the Black Horse for tea, I had a delumptiosly, scrumdiddlyumptious pheasant and mushroom pie.😋

Back home, I was shown my scrumdiddlyumptious IRN BRU cake🎂, it was the best cake🍰 I’d ever had!!

Thanks for all your presents, I loved them all! Hope to see you all again soon.

Ecstatic Christmas Eve

Before dinner we went out to Manchester and took a tram to Didsbury Village (Middle Didsbury).

christmas lights

When we arrived I saw we were outside Solita, but then we went to it’s next door neighbour Hispi (a type of cabbage and a restaurant) I had apple juice and Ginger beer, whilst I looked at the menu. For starters I had a spiced pork and pistachio terrine, orange jelly and fruit bread, which was delicious.

pistachio and pork terrine, orange jelly and fruit bread

Then my main course was a celeriac with salad, which was the best I’d tasted.

celeriac

Our shared sides were, chips, carrots and red cabbage.

After that, for desserts I had some Eccles cake with vanilla Ice cream, parkin and butterscotch with vanilla ice cream and christmas pudding.

parkin

Eccles Cake

 All of it was delicious and I would love to go back, everything was really nice.

Then we took the tram back to manchester and went to Brewdog. There was unlimited pinball. I had loads of goes but I’m really bad at it but it is really fun.

pinball at brewdog

When we got back home I got a book and some new pyjamas. Then we watched the Simpsons, The Snowman and The Snowman and The Snowdog, whilst having my Malteser Teaser reindeer and a cadbury chocolate snowball. I can’t wait for Christmas morning.

The Mermaid

In September I went to The Mermaid in Ellington.

The Mermaid

The Mermaid

img_1267I had an apple and raspberry dink whilst we ordered. For starters I had some bread with pumpkin seeds, freshly baked, with butter, which was delicious!

Pumpkin seeds on bread

Pumpkin seeds on bread

We also got some sides which were homemade pitta, prawns and sweet ginger jam, Halloumi Pakora, Dolmades and whitebait.

Halloumi Pakora

Halloumi Pakora

Dolmades

Dolmades

prawns with ginger jam

prawns with ginger jam

whitebait with tartare sauce

whitebait with tartare sauce

homemade pitta and hummus

homemade pitta and hummus

Then for main course I had sausages and mash with peas set out like a boat.

For dessert I had two ice creams which were purple carrot and lemongrass and the other was orange and thyme.

My purple carrot and lemongrass and my orange and thyme ice creams

My purple carrot and lemongrass and my orange and thyme ice creams

Georgia's vanilla tonka bean and her chocolate and cardamom ice cream

Georgia’s vanilla tonka bean and her chocolate and cardamom ice cream

Everything was really nice and I wold love to go back.

My Amazing Trip to Scotland Part 2

Aberdeen

After we went to Edinburgh we went to Aberdeen and we stayed in a really nice apartment. The day after we arrived in Aberdeen we went out to a park and there was a kind gardener who gave us some freshly grown peas right out of the pods. I went on some slides as wel,l which were amazing, so were the winter gardens, which house the largest cacti garden in the whole of the UK!

Duthie Park

Duthie Park

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slide through wall

slide through wall

my new house

my new house

 playground

playground

cacti garden

cacti garden

cacti garden

cacti garden

Winter gardens

Winter gardens

venus fly trap

venus fly trap

winter gardens

winter gardens

me hugging a sad lion

me hugging a sad lion

tortoises

tortoises

froggy

froggy

waterfalls

waterfalls

Then after dinner we went to the Aberdeen science centre and there was loads of cool things to do and we went to watch two shows a space show and an experiment show.

3D tic tac toe

3D tic tac toe

making bubbles

making bubbles

planets and my skeleton

planets and my skeleton

me being a fungus

me being a fungus

making sounds

making sounds

Aberdeen science centre

Aberdeen science centre

Then we went for tea at a Japanese restaurant called Yatai Izakaya and we had some edamame and miso soup and lots of other stuff.

Japanese lemonade

Japanese lemonade

ribs

ribs

mushrooms and sweet potatos

mushrooms and sweet potatos

sushi

sushi

The next day me, Georgia and Mummy went to Codonas amusement park. There were loads of good rides like the looping star roller coaster, the pirate island adventure golf, dead man’s drop tower, disco waltzers, vertigo aerial assault course, white water log flume and the galleon flying pirate ship, we also went in the animal barn and the XD motion cinema. The XD film was about a dinosaur safari escape! To take a look at the map click here.

Codonas

Codonas

vertigo aerial assault course

vertigo aerial assault course

Pirate adventure golf

Pirate adventure golf

Then for tea we went to a restaurant called The Boozy Cow and I had a Nutella doughnut, reese’s pieces and kinder Bueno milkshake whilst we looked at the menu. For my main course I had a maple bacon cheese burger, which included cheese, onion, pickles, bacon and other stuff.

The Boozy Cow

The Boozy Cow

my maple bacon cheese burger

my maple bacon cheese burger

sweet potato chips

sweet potato chips

I loved it in Scotland and Aberdeen!

I WANT to go back!!!

My Amazing Trip to Scotland Part 1

Edinburgh

In the holidays, I went to Scotland for a week and first we went to Edinburgh and then to Aberdeen afterwards. When we arrived in Edinburgh, we went to Arthur’s Seat, which is an extinct volcano; Arthur’s Seat is 250.5 m (822 ft) high, and it was really hard work climbing up it, but was worth it because it had loads of amazing views all around.

Arthurs seat

Arthurs seat

Arthurs sea view

Arthurs sea view

A tomb on Arthurs seat.

A tomb on Arthurs seat.

The next day we went to Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, which was brilliant. It had loads of good views from the top and you can spy on people, give them electric shocks and play the stairs, when you walked on the stairs they played the piano and so much more. From the gift shop I got a Spy pen and a static science kit. My favourite thing there was a mirror maze, which was really tricky.

camera obscura

camera obscura

Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

camera obscura binoculars

camera obscura binoculars

mirror maze

mirror maze

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my ghost shaking hands with me

me swimming in the fishes

me swimming in the fishes

crackle all

crackle ball

world of illusions

world of illusions

electric room

electricity stuff

telescope camera obscura

telescope camera obscura

Headless Me

Headless Me

me and my skeleton

me and my skeleton

camera obscura

scottish flag

scottish flag

Then we went to a really nice restaurant for dinner, called Ondine, and had lots of shellfish.

ondine seafish platter

ondine seafish platter

Then we went to Edinburgh Castle and saw the 1 ‘O’ clock gun, my favourite part was the prisons and, I got locked in one of them, with GEORGIA.

The royal mile

The royal mile

Edinburgh castle

Edinburgh castle

Me with a bagpiper statue

Me with a bagpiper statue

Edinburgh castle view

Edinburgh castle view

Edinburgh castle soldier

Edinburgh castle soldier

cannon controling

cannon controlling

Then for tea we went to the Scran and Scallie and I had fish and chips.

The Scran and Scallie

The Scran and Scallie

fish goujons and homemade tartare sauce

fish goujons and homemade tartare sauce

salad

salad

Roast potatos

Roast potatos

giant cookie

giant cookie

On the last day for dinner we went to a restaurant called Fishers, which is right next to the sea, and ate lots more seafood.

seafood

seafood

oysters

oysters

mussels

mussels

Fishers

Fishers

Afterwards we went to Greyfriars Kirk and found out the story of Greyfriars bobby (a dog) his owner is an Edinburgh policeman named John Gray who died in 1858. His dog was so loyal that he watched over his dead master’s grave at the Greyfriars Cemetery for 14 years until his own death in 1872.

Greyfriars church

Greyfriars church

Greyfriars bobby grave

Greyfriars bobby grave

graves

graves

Greyfriars bobby statue

Greyfriars bobby statue

This is one of the graves that J.K Rowling used for ideas of names for Harry Potter characters.

harry potter

harry potter grave

I LOVE EDINBURGH

My favourite place that we went to was Camera Obscura and World of Illusions.

My Trip to London

On Sunday 14th August when we arrived in London we travelled on the Underground to see the London Eye.London eye 2

London eye

London eye

Then went to a food market to have some drinks then we went through Chinatown and Trafalgar Square and found a BFG dream jar from the BFG dream jar trial these are the ones we found:

  • I dream of the universe by Professer Stephen Hawking
  • A dreamy dancers dream by Karon Elson
  • A stitch in time saves nine by Jenny Packham
  • Healthy start, happier lives: RB:
  • City of dreams Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  • For the love of animals: Simon Cowell
  • Believe in extraordinary by Team GB
  • For the love of the hedgehog by Zoella
  • Theatre of dreams by Tim Minchin
    This a BFG dream jar

    This a BFG dream jar

    This another dream jar that we saw

    This another dream jar that we saw

Here is the BFG Dream jar map and checklist. Then we arrived at…M&M’s world stuffed full of M&M things like pillows, cups, key rings, magnets, tennis balls and personalised stuff and  it even has a giant wall of chocolate where you can create your own M&M’S selection from over 100 choices.

M&M world

M&M world

M&M men

M&M men

After then we went to Hamleys and I bought a Find It London book and a LEG0 minifigure.

Hamleys

Hamleys

A Queen made of LEG0

A Queen made of LEG0

After that we went to Buckingham palace and saw some of the royal guards and then we went to Downing street but could only see gates.

Then we went for tea at Bibimbap, which is a Korean restaurant for starters I had some fried chicken, kimchi, kimchi pancakes and dumplings.

Bibimbap

Bibimbap

Dumplings

Dumplings

For my main course I had a rice bowl called Bibimbap.

Bibimbap rice bowl

Bibimbap rice bowl

It was really nice.

Then on the way to Piccadilly circus we saw the BT Tower. When we arrived at Piccadilly circus we saw the statue of Eros which is actually called Anteros.

Picadilly circus

Picadilly circus

The next day we went on the London Eye and when we were at the top there were lots of really good views and you could see for 25 miles. The London Eye is 350 metres high.

London eye views

London eye views

London eye view 2 London eye view 3Then we went to The Tower Bridge and went inside to the walkways and there was a glass floor to walk across and stand on and look down below to the river Thames.

The glass floor on the Tower Bridge

The glass floor on the Tower Bridge

After that we went to Borough Market and bought some doughnuts, which are said to be the NICEST IN THE WORLD. They were the best I ever had.

Borough market Doughnut

Borough market Doughnut

Afterwards we went to Monument which is a  memorial to the Great Fire of London and has 311 spiral steps which was really difficult to climb up. There were loads of great views from the viewing platform.

The Monument stairs

The Monument stairs

The information on The Monument

The information on The Monument

Then we went to see St. Pauls Cathedral with it’s enormous dome.

St. Pauls Cathedrals.

St. Pauls Cathedrals.

After that we went to Brewdog for dinner and had some pizzas. Afterwards we went to Kensington Gardens and Covent Garden.

I love LONDON!!!!!

This a souvenir I bought from the London eye gift shop.

London eye souvenir

London eye souvenir

The Hinds Head

The day before we went to LegoLand we went to The Hinds Head in Bray, which is one of Heston Bluementhal’s restaurants.

Hinds Head

I ordered an Apple juice to drink,  whilst we looked at the menu.

For starters I had a Scotch Egg, when I cut inside, the yolk was really nice and runny.

Scotch Egg

For my main course I had a cottage pie which was really delicious.

Cottage pie

We also got some sides to share which were a heritage tomato salad, smoked green beans and buttered carrots.

sides

For dessert I had an elderflower sorbet and some cheesecake and we shared a cheeseboard.

cheesecake

cheeseboard

When we got the bill they brought us dark chocolate orange and caraway seed truffle.

When we were waiting to leave we were talking to the man behind the bar, who gave us some of Heston’s special chocolates which looked like stones- I thought he was tricking us and making us eat stones but they were really nice chocolates!

chocolate stones

chocolate stones

I really enjoyed going to The Hinds Head and would love to go again.

It’s the best restaurant I’ve ever been to!