Monthly Archives: October 2014

We were as the Irish might say, “gobsmacked” (blown away) by the behind the scenes tour of Stormont, the main Parliament building of Northern Ireland (the equivalent to our White House or Capital building) arranged by Ronnie McAleese today.  For … Continue reading →

Today started out with a lazy morning…..the kind we’ve sorely missed for a while.  We took a cab to meet Kat and Ben at the Titanic District on Queens Island where the shipbuilding in Belfast occurs.  This was also the … Continue reading →

Today was fuller than yesterday.  After breakfast, Kat picked the four of us up and we headed to her hometown of Comber.  We hooked up with Ben at her house and then headed over to the Patch….a dog training center … Continue reading →

After a two hour train ride on the “Enterprise” from Dublin this morning, we arrived in Belfast in one piece.      As we were standing at a transit map at the Belfast Central train station trying to figure out the … Continue reading →

Went for a stroll through downtown Dublin.  We found a great restaurant with live Irish music.  Three pints of Guiness, one pint of Bulmer’s hard cider, two orders of fish and chips, one Guiness and beef pie, and Lynda had … Continue reading →

I have an answer to the question posed in my last post.  The answer is, “I do!”  After hanging out for a few hours in the Alaska Airlines Board Room, we began the never easy trek to clear once again … Continue reading →