Took the public bus (lots of English speaking folks in Amsterdam--guess it doesn't really count as foreign) to the Central Station and walked up the very busy  Damrakstreet to Dam Square where I picked up my tour.  Took pic's around the square: The City Hall / PlaceThe New Church (because it is 100 years younger... Continue Reading →

Before I move on to Amsterdam I forgot to tell you a few other things about Edinburgh: 1. Edinburgh has only 700 pubs compared to Dublin's 2,000. 2. The Caravaggio picture of Christ's arrest (Judus giving him a kiss) is over 430 years old.  It was "uncovered" in a Jesuit church in Ireland in 1990.... Continue Reading →

I guess that's a good way to put it.  Only a few moments of what you (us) call rain.  Mostly "drips".  People would pull there hoods up (or not).  A few would open umbrellas and a good majority would just "keep on walking".  to prove my point--the bicycle crowd doesn't cover there seats with plastic... Continue Reading →

This is such a "walkable" city.  I did the Sandeman walking tour---they are great.  I got the inside scoop on the history of this city and Scotland.  Good information: the Scotland plant is the Thistle and the animal is the Unicorn (the only country in the world with a fairy tale animal).Probably from all that... Continue Reading →

The trip from Dublin was "slick".  There are like a million people flying Ryan Air and everything went great.  I do have a correction:  it is Molly Bloom and for your information a grandmother I met while having some fish and chips told me that the business about no snakes, etc. is absolutely true. Now... Continue Reading →

Another sunny day in Dublin.....took a trip to New Grange a Neolithic era tomb.  Pretty amazing-- over 5000 yrs old.  It is built so the sun comes in at day break once a year on the winter solstice.  I entered a lottery to be one of 50 winners who get to enter and bring a... Continue Reading →

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I got to Dublin yesterday...the airport was really busy and by the time I found my apartment it was 3 pm.  People who gave me directions said the apartment was "at the top of the street".....what they really meant was "at the end of the block"---haha--these Dubliners should see the top of our streets!  My... Continue Reading →