A Trip Without Me

My cousin and his family recently had joined a Cruise trip to Europe. Brought back some nice shots and good memories......

Nick and his wife Connie

This Eiffel Tower is awesome, I doubted very much indeed it's a postcard he paid for.

That's all for now, hope they'll make another trip very soon.

Belfast The Happening City

Belfast - the capital of Northern Ireland, meaning “The sandy ford at the river mouth” in Irish, is the largest city in Northern Ireland, and the second-largest on the island of Ireland after Dublin.

Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the darkest moment of Belfast has long gone. Today’s Belfast can lead to places with surprise and delight such as exploring the handsome Victorian Heritage, the Titanic Quarter, the new Odyssey complex and the Waterfront Hall. As a big fan of C S Lewis, I’d hate myself missing the trail of the great writer, as this is his birthplace after all.

Dublin The Future Star

During the 18th century, Dublin grew enormously in size and wealth that'd soon become the second city of the British Empire. However, this prosperity made Dublin an exciting city for the Protestant Ascendancy, members of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy who had denied basic civil rights to the native Roman Catholics. Hence the Act of Union between England and Ireland, abolished the Irish Parliament and drastically reduced Dublin's status. A long decline set in that only began to be reversed after Ireland became independent in 1922. The independence came about after the 1916 Rising and the subsequent War of Independence.

Dublin has an illustrious educational and cultural past. Founded in 1591, Trinity College has graduated authors Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, and Oscar Wilde. Its library houses the 8th-century 'Book of Kells', the famous decorated gospel book made by Celtic Monks. Apart from its scholars, Dublin has become one of the well known cities in Europe and is recognised for its beauty, culture and friendliness.