Welcome to my Blog

Welcome to my Blog

I created this space to post my thoughts and photos. It began in 2012 with my travels to New Zealand, Tasmania and living and studying in Australia then continued back to Canada with my return home to Edmonton and moving to Victoria, British Columbia. Join me on the journey. Post a comment!

Friday 20 December 2019

The Emerald Isle

I am trying to catch up on my posts before the end of the year and decade.
In October I had the good fortune to travel to Ireland for work and squeeze in some sightseeing.
It was an amazing 10 days!
No kidding, I saw the most brilliant rainbow I'd ever seen in my life and although I found no Leprechaun or Pot of Gold I felt like I hit the jackpot.
Here are some of the places I enjoyed.
Larger than life Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin






The Book of Kells, Trinity College
The immense and majestic Library, Trinity College


The Palace Bar, Dublin where famous writers gathered

Rolling hills and sheep everywhere
Bective Abbey, one of the many Abbeys, Monasteries and Castles I saw

Newgrange, a passage tomb, older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge

Charles Fort, Kinsale protected Ireland from invaders from the south


Cunard Steamship Line, Cobv, last stop of the Titanic and thousands of Irish Emigrants

One of the many stories of the Blarney Stone - all Blarney! 

The mirror like Lee River, Cork
Guinness - a meal in a glass. The cider was pretty good too! 

I'm not a Whiskey drinker so enjoyed a wide choice of gins

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