Category: vacation

On to Dublin

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Grafton Street, Dublin

St. Andrews Church, Dublin.

River Liffey, Dublin. One of the many bridges that cross the Liffey River in Dublin.

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Ha’Penny Bridge, Dublin.

St. Andrews Church.

Trinity College, Dublin.

Trinity College, Dublin.

Signage in two languages. Pretty common throughout Ireland. There is and has been for some time, a concerted effort to save their native language, Gaelic.

Trinity College Library. They are in the process of restoring most of the volumes so I would say about half are offsite, in some sort of cleaning and restoration. Still a pretty cool place and a very popular one.

Edinburgh

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Before heading to Ireland we stayed in Edinburgh for three days to see the Tattoo as well as wander around the old city. We stayed right on the Royal Mile, which is one of the oldest, cobblestoned streets in Edinburgh. The Writers Museum was really cool. The building itself was amazing to walk through.

The Royal Mile.

The Writers Museum.

My granddaughter, Madeleine, helping me figure out how to take a panoramic shot on my phone. I understand cameras, but not so much the ones embedded in iPhones.

Live musicians and actors performed all day on the Royal Mile, as it was Fringe Festival time in Edinburgh. This musician is Luke Gajdus. You can catch him on Instagram and YouTube. Our Granddaughter was entranced listening. We stayed till he stopped for the day, just before dusk.

View of the backside of Edinburgh Castle from the rooftop of the Edinburgh Museum

St. Andrews Church.

Along the Royal Mile there are, too many to count, what are called “Closes”, these little walkways between old buildings. Some open up to a courtyard behind the buildings and others are just a pass through to the adjacent street. All have interesting, sometimes historical names.

Coney Island

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My grandson, Elliott and myself, having a bit of fun at Coney Island in August of 2019. The parrot is real.

Skara Brae

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John O’Groats, Scotland

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On mainland Scotland, the northern most point.

Thurso, Scotland

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