Belfast with Mother & Brother

Dark, cold, and old. Stayed in a swanky apartment with a washing machine. Another Botanic Garden, another curvy glass building. Quality aimless wandering with Reed. A really old pub of tiles, colored glass, lots of carved wood, and men in suits standing around drinking. One farkin expensive dinner with entrees of about 10 bites. Political murals and black taxis prevalent on the western side of the city. Asshole bus drivers, one attacking a helpless old Australian lady, and one gypping us out of bus fare. Otherwise really nice and accommodating people. Maw Maw (grandma) passes away January 7 in Austin at age 92. Am frustrated I will not be there for the funeral. She is certainly much happier now.