7/11 Dublin Mostly cloudy 7 am - 6 pm
Dublin City was built at the mouth of the River Liffey and originally named Dubb Linn, the Irish for "black pool". Ireland at a glance:Approx 27,135 squ mile ( approx W Virginia)
Population 4,156,119
Official language - English. Although you REALLY have to listen to understand
Currency - Euro
City Highlights:
Trinity college & The Book of Kells
Guinness Brewery Tour
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Malawide Castle
DID YOU KNOW??? The familiar lion who roars politely at the beginning of every MGM movie was born at the Dublin Zoo in 1927? BET NOT!!
Now to report on "THE golf match" - the K Club is located west of Dublin City in Straffan, Ireland in a beautiful resort with a course designed by Arnold Palmer and host to the 2006 Ryder Cup challenge between the US & England. Let's just say the match between D & D is tied at 1 -1 :)
"You'll Never Walk Alone" Mantra for the English Football (soccer)Team
Meaghan, Guide Peter, Coach Driver
Our day tour took us out of of the city to Northern Wales. Home of famous names such as Tom Jones, Richard Burton, Charlotte Church & sheep!
The beautiful green country-side is doted with white specs... sheep are 4x the human population. We were treated to American-born Guide Meaghan. The "adventure tour" gave us an overview of this stunningly beautiful & lesser-known part of the U.K. We left Liverpool, a city of 1/2 mill and founded in 1880 most famous for The Beatles!!
As we "ferried across the Mersey", it was onto Snowdonion Nat'l Park , where we were treated to some of the BEST views of mountains, lakes & valleys. A glimpse of Mt. Snowden at 3,570 ft was brie4f from our coach.
then for lunch, we found the "capitol" city of Bet-a-ct-wold. A fish &chips lunch with a pint was extremely likely.
An afternoon stop was the Ponteysllte Aqueduct, an 18th century construction by Thomas Telford.
Sheep - did I mention was saw sheep?? 9 million!!! However, only 1 in 2,00 is BLACK!!
the day was amazing for touring the west coast of England & Wales.
Other facts:
Liverpool was the home of Cunard Lines, and of course the BEATLES!!, 2 Liver birds, Christ the King Cathedral & Chirk Castle.
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