Blogs from County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 7

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Hi, everybody, how's life? As you can see, I have been traveling through northern ireland by now, and although the weather was crap/irish, we got to see a fair bit of what the north has to offer. Starting from belfast international airport, where I picked up my dad and also a very nice little rent-a-dent, we travelled thru poring rain to the city of Derry. Ofcourse that was shit, considering we couldn't really get out of our car unless we wanted to get absolutely soaked. And so, we drove onwards along the north coast. The rain stopped just now and then, long enough to jump out the car and have a wee puff, but even then, the scenery was already getting very good. Huge cliffs and a very rough sea provided us with some needed photo ... read more
my dad and i on cushendall beach
hexagons on the causeway coast
ballygally  harbour

Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Down » Newry December 17th 1980

Linda’s sister Shirley was marrying Trevor at his hometwon in Northern Ireland. She had met Trevor while he was attending seminary in the U.S. To get to the wedding we bought a two week Eurailpass and took the train from Stuttgart to Paris where we met up Linda’s mom and sister Shirley. We toured Paris for a couple days, seeing everything between the Notre Dame and Louvre and the Eifel Tower. We then took the train to Cherbourg where we caught the ferry to Rosslare, Ireland. The crossing was only supposed to be 17 hours overnight, but due to the heavy seas it took 24 hours. I did not do well. Linda said my face was green the whole trip, which I spent in my bunk. I have seafaring heritage in my ancestry. My great grandfather ... read more
Melody, Linda and their mom at the Louvre in Paris on the way to Ireland
Linda and her Mom at the Eifel Tower
Champs Elysee and Arc de Triomphe




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