Blogs from Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 27

No still in London - for some reason programme wants to have me in Belfast - is it a sign? Staying with friends Julie and John and their kids Ellie and Liam at their mews house in Nottinghill. Its just around the corner from Portobello rd and is very charming. Julie has a divine colletion of ceramics from all over- so this is itself has been very inspring. Highlights of London, - the Victoria and Albert Museum!!!!!! Probably my favourite museum, and took a photo of a fantastic mosaic! The night before Julie, Bambie and myself (they hadnt me before), had a quick dinner and then jumped into a cab off to the Westend and saw Les Miserables. I am a romantic sook, I had wanted to see this again for years, and could not really ... read more

Quick pics from our trip to Belfast and the Giant's Causeway. It was a whirlwind tour accomplished in one very quick weekend. Our tour bus driver was from Northern Ireland and I am now officially adept at telling the difference between Northern Irish and Irish accents. From near the Causeway you can see across the water to Scotland very faintly in the distance and we are now feeling the tug to head that way for our next trip. Dublin so far has been rainy rainy rainy. Of the 40 days I've been here only 3 have been without rain. I'm starting to feel like I should start building an ark to sail home on. On that note, I just booked my flight home so I will be in Thunder Bay for two weeks at the ... read more

After many months of planning we were finally on our way, leaving Oz for four months. As most of you know it was touch and go for awhile. After reaching Sydney, finding our way to hotel, having something to eat etc., we were settling in for the night when I realised Stan's suitcase had Danielle Keogh on it!! Poor Alan had to race back to the Airport and sort. Hopefully poor Danielle Keogh was not already halfway around the world. Apparently it had the same coloured strap as Stan's! We were able to laugh about it the next day with Bill and Les as we met for a coffee before heading to airport. The flight over was great on the new Virgin Airbus. Stan managed the journey okay but was not well on first night back ... read more

okay, so i'm a bit tired, my apologies if i ramble or misspell or don't make sense :) so i got back to dublin on saturday, found a hostel after a bit of searching, it was touch-and-go whether i would be setting my tent up in st. stephens green, but we managed to get 2 beds in a 6 bed dorm in the kinlay hostel, which is just meters away from christchurch cathedral (yes, i have picked up on the metric system and other random irish things) so there was a bit of hostel magic, which made up for the room arrangements. yeah, 4 drunk guys in a room with no ventilation, not so much a smell i want remember....but that was made for by the mago that we were given at breakfast - really delicious, ... read more

Due to Travelblog's system failure, this article had to be re-published. Apologies, apologies... and Hi from London Blind History Ireland’s warm apple pie with a dollop of fresh cream was Belfast. I went into the city ignorant. I couldn’t recall any knowledge, any history or awareness except snippets of conflict and violence. Nothing in my textbook days could inform me of the current issues within the region. I remember the stress on American history… and American history. I remember creating colorful cornucopias around meals with friendly, newly arrived Europeans and hospitable natives dressed in tan loin clothe. I remember the civil war between the north and south and the abolition of slavery. I remember the World Wars, the Cold War, the presidencies within and between, and the Vietnam War (called “The American War” by Vietnamese in ... read more