Priest by Brooke.
Gloria, Sunshine, Taryn and Helen
ready to board plane in Philly
to Dublin.
Taryn wearing Sunshine's newest beautiful creation following her first competition in All Ireland Dance Comp.
I was soooooo proud of her
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n Belfast we stopped at the Cornish Pasty shop for lunch. I had delicious soup and bread (which I ate wherever we went all during my trip). They told me the pasties were delicious. We didn't have time to see the famous Titanic Museum there.
We walked to terminal and took the 10 min train ride into downtown Dublin to shop and see the sights.
Had a great visit to famous Bunratty Castle - had a lovely Irish meal (Sunshine had ordered a vegetarian meal for me which was absolutely delicious). I'd forgotten how good parsnips were. We were entertained by a fun group of Elizabethan musicians. A delightful and entertaining evening.
Following lunch with W. B. Yeats at his exhibition, Sunshine and I had a visit with Oscar Wilde at his birthplace. Many famous authors and poets claim Ireland as home.
Took a three hour ferry from Dublin to Holyhead, Wales. Not like the ferries I was used to in Plattsburgh, NY nor Seattle WA, but rather a beautiful small cruise ship. Wales was so beautiful and green with lots of sheep out grazing on the grass.
This is one of pods of London Eye. Something I hadn't seen in London last summer because of the 4 hour wait in line. But no lines this time and we took a nice slow ferris wheel type ride to view the entire city of London.
Michael Maguire of the famous and talented Maguire Irish Dance family invited Taryn to join one of his classes and gave her personal instruction to help perfect her dancing skills. He and wife, Kathleen, have 6 children - all professional dancers either with River Dance or have their own dance studios, except for Sean who is now a movie and TV actor in Hollywood.
Here's Taryn with Kathleen who also invited her to participate in one of her classes. Kathleen won the World's competition three years in a row and her daughter, Ellie, also won the World's three years in a row. Only mother/daughter combination to do so. She really went out of her way to roll out the red carpet for us - feeding us, bedding us, transporting us to train stations, bringing us back to her home after the classes and taking us on a sightseeing tour of the city when all lit up with lights. I'm still amazed at her generosity with her time as she was soooooo busy while we were there. It was such a privilege to meet them - sweet memories for me.
n Belfast we stopped at the Cornish Pasty shop for lunch. I had delicious soup and bread (which I ate wherever we went all during my trip). They told me the pasties were delicious. We didn't have time to see the famous Titanic Museum there.
We walked to terminal and took the 10 min train ride into downtown Dublin to shop and see the sights.
Had a great visit to famous Bunratty Castle - had a lovely Irish meal (Sunshine had ordered a vegetarian meal for me which was absolutely delicious). I'd forgotten how good parsnips were. We were entertained by a fun group of Elizabethan musicians. A delightful and entertaining evening.
Following lunch with W. B. Yeats at his exhibition, Sunshine and I had a visit with Oscar Wilde at his birthplace. Many famous authors and poets claim Ireland as home.
Took a three hour ferry from Dublin to Holyhead, Wales. Not like the ferries I was used to in Plattsburgh, NY nor Seattle WA, but rather a beautiful small cruise ship. Wales was so beautiful and green with lots of sheep out grazing on the grass.
This is one of pods of London Eye. Something I hadn't seen in London last summer because of the 4 hour wait in line. But no lines this time and we took a nice slow ferris wheel type ride to view the entire city of London.
Michael Maguire of the famous and talented Maguire Irish Dance family invited Taryn to join one of his classes and gave her personal instruction to help perfect her dancing skills. He and wife, Kathleen, have 6 children - all professional dancers either with River Dance or have their own dance studios, except for Sean who is now a movie and TV actor in Hollywood.
Here's Taryn with Kathleen who also invited her to participate in one of her classes. Kathleen won the World's competition three years in a row and her daughter, Ellie, also won the World's three years in a row. Only mother/daughter combination to do so. She really went out of her way to roll out the red carpet for us - feeding us, bedding us, transporting us to train stations, bringing us back to her home after the classes and taking us on a sightseeing tour of the city when all lit up with lights. I'm still amazed at her generosity with her time as she was soooooo busy while we were there. It was such a privilege to meet them - sweet memories for me.I didn't get a photo of Sunshine or Helen driving on the left side of the road, but I must tell all of you that for her first time Sunshine did a fabulous job. I was not white knuckled at all and she even read those crazy direction signs while driving!
Great trip, have recovered from jet lag and 26 hours without sleep and have gained back one of the three pounds I lost over there.
Taryn celebrated her 14th birthday at Golden Corral with excited siblings who tried every dessert that was offered (especially the chocolate cover Texas size strawberries).
Taryn celebrated her 14th birthday at Golden Corral with excited siblings who tried every dessert that was offered (especially the chocolate cover Texas size strawberries).
Happy 6th birthday to Dylan yesterday. His party was postponed due to his illness, but hopefully we'll see his photos later on.
I'd better post this now before I lose it all.
