We arrived in Belfast, Northen Ireland after midnight on Thursday and didn't get to the ship until about 1:30 AM. Exhausted, we all settled in, got some food and hit our bunks. Unfortunately, my cabin is a little less luxurious this year, located on a lower and noisier deck. To make matters worse, most of the cabins on my deck got flooded on Thursday afternoon due to a plumbing problem. Thank God all of my posessions were off the floor. Some others were not so lucky. Everything got cleaned up while I went into town for the day. Most of Thursday was spent getting acclimated to the ship and trying to traack down the keys to the Library. I finally found them on Friday and got to check things out a bit. The Library will be opening on Sunday evening after we get underway. On Friday, I and about 20 cadets took a tour of the northern coast on which we visited the Giant's Causeway and the Carrick a Reid rope bridge. New for this year were stops at locations used in the TV show Game of Thrones. Despite rain all day, we had a great time. Today, after some shopping in town, I'm touring the Titanic museum located on the next pier from our ship. This newly built complex really enhances the dock area that was so run down on my last visit here 6 years ago. Many of the cadets have already been there and loved it. On Sunday we cast off at high tide sometime late morning heading for Croatia.