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    Ladies View

    June 18, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

    This place is called Ladies View and is on Lake Killarney. According to Sam, it's called that because Queen Victoria's ladies in waiting loved that spot so much. I decided to climb a big rock for a better view!Read more

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    The Blarney Stone

    June 19, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F

    Kissing the Blarney Stone gives you "the gift of gab". However, it is not an easy process of kissing it. You have to stand in line, walk up a VERY narrow spiraling staircase, and just when you think the hardest part is over..... nope. In order to reach the Blarney Stone, you have to lay on your back (fine right?). But then you lean over the edge of the roof, and arch your back VERY far so you can kiss it. Don't worry, there are bars below the stone so you cant fall, and a large Irish gentleman is holding you and instructing you along the way...lol Only AJ and I were brave enough to do it. Apparently, the gift of gab already started...lolRead more

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    St. Patrick's Cathedral

    June 20, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F

    This cathedral is most popular because Jonathan Swift was also Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. He was the author of Gulliver's Travels. They have archways along the side that are each dedicated to different authors.Read more

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    Trinity College - Part 1

    June 20, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F

    Here, we saw the Book of Kells, which is an "illuminated manuscript" that contains the complete gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and part of John. It is called an "illustrated manuscript" because it is written by hand and decorated with illustrations, borders, initials, ect. The page is flipped only once a day!
    After that we went to the library. Our guide called it the Harry Potter library. So naturally, our group's Gryffindor (AJ) was thrilled!    Read more

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    Trinity College - Part 2

    June 20, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F

    The library also has an amazing globe that hangs from the ceiling and rotates. There is also the Brian Boru Harp, which is the oldest known Irish harp. The Irish harp is the national symbol of Ireland - nope, not the shamrock!Read more

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    Potato Famine

    June 20, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    This set of sculptures was created to remember the devastating potato famine. In Gaelic, they don't call it a famine because there was enough food to feed the entire population; the British were just exporting the majority of it. During the famine the population of Ireland decreased 50% (combination of deaths and emigration). The country's population still has not gotten back to the pre-famine level.Read more

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    Jeanie Johnston Ship - Disembarking

    June 20, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    This was one of the ships helping the emigration (leaving) from Ireland and immigration (going) to the US/Canada. Normally, the ships had 300+. But because of how many people they were carrying, up to 50% of the passengers would die before reaching their destination. Those ships were called "coffin ships".Read more

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    Jeanie Johnston - Sailing

    June 20, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    This ship was different. Their capitan limited it to 200 passengers. And unlike other ships, if they had to turn you away because you were too sick, you were given your money back (which was the equivalent of about 6 months salary). They also had a doctor on board who set up health protocols to keep everything as sanitary as possible, allowing the people to stay as healthy as possible. He gave each person an exam ever 48 hours; by the time he finished examining the last passenger, it was time to start the cycle again. The passengers were also given a weekly food ration - normally, you only ate what you brought with you for the 6-8 week trip!Read more

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    Jeanie Johnston - Remembering

    June 20, 2025 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    What this ship is most known for is that there was never anybody who died while on the ship. Even after it had done many trips and started sinking, the crew (thankfully there were no passengers) were rescued by a nearby Dutch ship.
    This was a really cool thing to see and learn about!    Read more

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    Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drob

    June 21, 2025 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    So.... we stopped in the Welsh city of Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch. It is the 2nd longest (single word) named city in the world!

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    Betws-y-Coed

    June 21, 2025 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

    We stopped here for a snack and light shopping. The roads to get here were very windy (and today the weather was windy in addition...lol). The view was great though! They had a clothing store with an interesting name too.....lolRead more

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