City Hall, Murals, Black Taxis, and Titanic Hotel Dinner April 28th 2023 Started in earnest the next morning (Friday) with an illustrated talk on Conflict and Murals in Northern Ireland by Bill Rolston. Very good speaker. Helped clarify a number of terms and groups for most of us. Main point: Ireland was conquered and colonized beginning in 1152 with the Anglo Normans. They built castles in eastern Ireland (the Castles of Ireland series on Netflix did a good job of thi ... read more
Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more
This started for us to blog about India in 2008 and has been used several times since. Sue went to China in 2011 and helped the girls move around the Southeast in 2012. We'll keep using it to capture pictures and travels!
Then: Ireland and the Isle of Man, summer 2017, bicycling in NYC with Road Scholars in Sept 2018, the Panama Canal, again with Road Scholars, March 2019!
Then: Since we survived Covid-19 and Mike’s lymphoma, and Sue retired, we returned to Ireland and the Isle of Man in April/May 2023!
For our 50th New Year's Eve together, we went to another Road Scholars program, New ... full info