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beep. Hello, Atlas listeners. My name is Will, and I want to tell you about a place I stayed

that also fulfilled a childhood dream.

Since I was a kid, I have been endlessly fascinated with the story of the Titanic.

The Titanic was in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

My father-in-law has always wanted to travel and see Belfast.

However, no one in his family has ever wanted to go on this trip.

And he is now past the age and is no longer able to rent a car in Ireland.

So a couple of years ago, my wife and I collaborated on a Christmas gift

to fulfill not just his dream, but mine as well.

We traveled to Belfast, Northern Ireland together,

and we stayed at a place called the Titanic Hotel, which is a hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland together. And we stayed at a place called the Titanic Hotel,

which is a hotel in Belfast that was converted from the building

that was the original offices of Harlan and Wolfe,

which is the company that built the Titanic.

And this was a childhood dream coming true. It felt like I was walking right through the pages

of the books that I spent countless hours as a child flipping through, wondering what it must

have been like to be in the building where the Titanic was being designed and was being built.

And by staying at this hotel, I got to experience that

because a lot of the rooms from the early 1900s are preserved.

The restaurant and bar of the Titanic Hotel

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