On Wednesday, 16th of December, TY Students went on their annual Christmas Trip. This year, the trip was to Belfast, and was simply, amazing! At 8:30, in the morning, those going on the trip, gathered at the school gates, and headed for the bus. We headed up the road towards Derry, and picked up any other students who lived along the way, before heading for Belfast.
When we reached Belfast, we first of all went to Dundonald Ice Bowl, where we were taken to ice-skate. We were given an hour and a half on the ice. It was extremely hard to skate, and needless to say I fell on the ice a good few times. The activity was really fun however, and it was an unforgettable experience!
After skating, we headed for the city, where we were given two and a half hours to shop around and get lunch. Myself, Oran, Donncha, Khyle, Jack & Adam, got off the bus and headed tp get money changed, before going on over to Pizza Hut, where we had lunch.
After Lunch, the six of us headed to the Victoria Square, where we went shopping in shops like – Topman, Pull & Bear, Superdry, House of Fraser, Hollister, Urban Outfitters & The Apple Store. It was really nice to get a chance to take a look around these shops, as there aren’t any near us in Derry or Letterkenny, and also there was a great ‘Christmassy’ atmosphere about the place!
At 3:45, we all gathered at the bus stop, where we waited on the bus to take us to our next part of the trip. We were taken to see the Coca Cola Lorry, which was parked outside the SSE (Odyssey) Arena in Belfast. We all lined up for a group photo, and ot turned out really well! After this we got on the bus again, and left for our fonal stop.
At about 5:15, we arrived at Junction One, a large discount outlet center, in Antrim, and were told that we had an hour to shop around. The center was quite quiet, but we didn’t mind. About 10 of us went to shops liek – Adidas, Nike & Bose, but for about thrity minutes of the shopping time, we spent ot in Costa, sitting down and drinking coffee, which was actually quite enjoyable as it was nice to sit down after a very long day!
We then headed for the bus at 6:15, and were back at the school at about 8:00! It really was an amazing Christmas Trip!
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