Show and tell: Dublin and Glasgow

So I'm back from Dublin and Glasgow. We went for a wedding in Ireland, stayed at the Bloom's Hotel and then we visited my wife's sister in Scotland.

I haven't been out of the country in a while and to tell you the truth, I was apprehensive about all the luggage we were carrying. I thought it might be a bit much, but it turned out just fine and we were met by friends at the airport.

We heard that Trump was going to be in the UK while we were there, but he went to England while we stayed in Dublin.

The pubs were fantastic although my wife doesn't drink, but I took a bunch of pictures and will share a few of them below.

Bloom's Hotel

It seemed as if everybody in Ireland smokes and loves Guinness. We went by the factory that makes the brew--it's a huge industrial complex.

I shot about 1250 photos in the nine days since we left the homeland and will be editing them over the next few days.

Once we got to Glasgow, we were taken on a city tour by my wife's niece. We visited Glasgow University (where she got a PhD in neuroscience) and naturally, we went shopping and toured the area around the city.

This cutie was given some coins by her momma to put in the guitar case of a busker and his young singing partner. This was taken in Glasgow Center (they spell it 'Centre') and there was a large crowd gathered round listening to the tunes.






Below is the photo of the buskers. They were really quite talented.

But my favorite music of all was the harpist at the wedding. Her name is Tina Mulrooney and she is fabulous.

 If you like the soothing sounds of the harp along with beautiful accompanying instrumentation and a voice that is an incredible gift, you need to check her out. She has tunes on YouTube.

The father of the bride is my wife's friend from India. He told us that Mulrooney was hired just to play for the ceremony, lasting about thirty minutes, but she liked the wedding guests so much, she came up to the roof of the hotel [it took place at the Marker Hotel--another fantastic five star place] and stayed for well over an hour beyond her time.

In fact, she saw that I enjoyed her playing and singing [I told her she plays better than Patrick Ball and sings like an angel] that she gave me a CD of her album.

Anyway, we're back and I finally made it to the gym and have a lot to make up to my body.


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