Here are a few photos from our recent (June 2007) trip to Ireland, Wales, England, and Paris, France. We arrived in Dublin and toured southern Ireland for a week by bus with CIE International, the national transportation company of Ireland. At Wexford, Ireland we took the ferry across the Irish Sea to Wales, visiting Cardiff, Wales and Bath and London, England. Our tour ended in London, and independently my wife and I took the Eurostar fast train under the English Channel to Paris, where we spent two delightful days walking the streets of central Paris.
I hope that you enjoy the photos. In reviewing my photos I see that I was not in a photo-taking mood when I was in England, but that has nothing to do with our enjoyment of the English cities and countryside. If you have questions about any of the photos or about our trip in general, please feel free to ask. photos
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Yes, "The Barge" appears to be a student hangout. When I passed there on Saturday night, the street was full of young people holding glasses of beer. However, in the early afternoon it was an ideal place to have a quiet lunch and a glass of Guinness. We were staying in a hotel a block away, so other than the hotel bar, the Barge Bar was the closest watering hole. A pint of Guinness was 5 E, or about $6.50.alurker wrote:How did you end up in 'The Barge' Doug?
From what I remember it's a fairly lively spot better known for big loud student nights out than a place for a nice quiet pint of porter.
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My nephew is a student at Yale and is a year away from receiving his doctorate in geology. He was able to attend our wedding. He has been studying very old rocks from the deepest gold mines in South Africa. As a wedding gift, he gave us two rocks tied up in a cloth collecting bag. The rocks are dated at 2.5 billion years in age. We placed them on the mantle above our fireplace.mutepointe wrote:great pics and a great time for sure. if i may be so nosey (i like asking newlyweds this question) what was the strangest wedding present that you received?
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I mentioned in my first post that I didn't have many photos from England. As I think back on it now, I realize that the reason is because it was raining much of the time that we were in England. However, we did enjoy visiting Bath Abbey and the Roman baths at Bath, England. Here are photos and commentary that others have shared online.Bath photos
In London we rode the hop on-hop off double-decker tour bus around London. It was raining, so it was difficult to sit on the open upper deck. Unfortunately, I had this Roger Miller tune going over and over in my head:
England swings, like a pendulum do,
Bobbysocks, bicycles, two by two,
Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben,
The rosy red cheeks of the little children.
When we got off the bus to go inside Westminster Abbey, the bells were tolling like crazy; it was the Queen's birthday. Not long after that the Royal Air Force jets flew low over the city. In Paris we heard the organist play a 5 pm concert in Notre Dame cathedral. The low notes of the big pipes were literally shaking the whole building. Rita thought that something was wrong with the organ, and she was holding her ears. I don't know what impressed me more: the frantic tolling of the bells at Westminster Abby or the organ concert at Notre Dame. I feel fortunate to have been at the right place at the right time for both of these musical events.
In London we rode the hop on-hop off double-decker tour bus around London. It was raining, so it was difficult to sit on the open upper deck. Unfortunately, I had this Roger Miller tune going over and over in my head:
England swings, like a pendulum do,
Bobbysocks, bicycles, two by two,
Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben,
The rosy red cheeks of the little children.
When we got off the bus to go inside Westminster Abbey, the bells were tolling like crazy; it was the Queen's birthday. Not long after that the Royal Air Force jets flew low over the city. In Paris we heard the organist play a 5 pm concert in Notre Dame cathedral. The low notes of the big pipes were literally shaking the whole building. Rita thought that something was wrong with the organ, and she was holding her ears. I don't know what impressed me more: the frantic tolling of the bells at Westminster Abby or the organ concert at Notre Dame. I feel fortunate to have been at the right place at the right time for both of these musical events.
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Sorry Beth and I didn't get to meet you and Rita when you were in London, Doug!
If you need any pictures of London landmarks to add to the album, let us know.
Nice to see you went to a lot of places I've also been to in Paris, England and Ireland, it brings back a lot of happy memories.
BTW, it's still raining
If you need any pictures of London landmarks to add to the album, let us know.
Nice to see you went to a lot of places I've also been to in Paris, England and Ireland, it brings back a lot of happy memories.
BTW, it's still raining
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that schwing
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