He stuck his head out to see why, was knocked unconscious and woke to find a frozen salmon lying beside him. The silence had been because the rioters ran out of bricks, so they’d broken the window of the local fishmonger’s and started hurling assorted seafood at the police instead, only for the wayward salmon to fell the unfortunate photographer.
We laughed so much that we almost forgot whose round it was, but at least the photographer had a nice salmon to take home for dinner.
Today a painting hangs behind reception by local artist Colin Davidson of the 71 bus he used to take home from school, and to signify the year that the hotel first opened – 1971. Its rooms then could not compete with those today, post-refurb, now featuring muted earth tones from dove grey to slate blue and pale marble bathrooms.
In 1995, Bill Clinton stayed at the Europa when he was the first US President to visit Northern Ireland. His entourage booked 110 rooms and the security staff were there for months beforehand, wearing sharp suits with mysterious bulges, speaking into their cuffs and checking every nook and cranny in sight.
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