Thank goodness for a day off. Last weekend was spent in Belfast and didn’t quite go as planned. After a nice afternoon on Friday we went to see ‘The Troubles according to my Da’ at the Grand Opera House. This play is an absolute scream and despite being based on a difficult time in our history manages to bring out the humour as well as the lunacy of our past. All three actors were excellent with the character ‘Fireball’ being a total hoot. Anybody who has lived in Belfast has met a Fireball; someone who knows everyones business and how the system works, or at least thinks he does!
After the theatre we had a nice stroll (the weather was very mild) and dined at a local restaurant. Unfortunately the weekend went pear shaped just as we were enjoying our coffees and planning what to do and see over the weekend. The wife went a very strange shade of green and became incapacitated with agonising stomach pains. Medical consultation and a sleepless night later things were a little better, but not much. As the theatre tickets and weekend break was part of a present for my recent birthday the wife gamely tried to make Saturday happen with a short stroll along the towpath; but to no avail (we had to abandon the walk at the Lagan weir just after looking at the big fish sculpture and the flowers netxt to it). The only silver lining to the whole situation was that we had no option but to watch the Six Nations matches! Ireland got their act together in the second half and got the right result. We can only hope that next weekend in Wales the grand slam nerves don’t get the better of them. The Welsh will be hard to beat if they are allowed to get the same sort of start as the Scots were last weekend.
Luckily things were looking up on Monday so we were able to go and see Lionel Richie in concert at the Odyssey arena. Admittedly, when the tickets were bought I went along because the wife is a fan. However, the show was excellent and well worth the effort. I’m not sure what age Lionel is but he can still put on a great show.
After the theatre we had a nice stroll (the weather was very mild) and dined at a local restaurant. Unfortunately the weekend went pear shaped just as we were enjoying our coffees and planning what to do and see over the weekend. The wife went a very strange shade of green and became incapacitated with agonising stomach pains. Medical consultation and a sleepless night later things were a little better, but not much. As the theatre tickets and weekend break was part of a present for my recent birthday the wife gamely tried to make Saturday happen with a short stroll along the towpath; but to no avail (we had to abandon the walk at the Lagan weir just after looking at the big fish sculpture and the flowers netxt to it). The only silver lining to the whole situation was that we had no option but to watch the Six Nations matches! Ireland got their act together in the second half and got the right result. We can only hope that next weekend in Wales the grand slam nerves don’t get the better of them. The Welsh will be hard to beat if they are allowed to get the same sort of start as the Scots were last weekend.
Luckily things were looking up on Monday so we were able to go and see Lionel Richie in concert at the Odyssey arena. Admittedly, when the tickets were bought I went along because the wife is a fan. However, the show was excellent and well worth the effort. I’m not sure what age Lionel is but he can still put on a great show.
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