Tuesday, August 28, 2012
We went to see the Liam O'Connor show in the evening. He was the accordionist for Riverdance and now has his own show, with very fast and vigorous music. There were dancers too, even faster than the ones in Dublin. He also included his children in the show. Next morning we drove to Blarney Castle to kiss the stone. It was quite a climb up to the top. The castle is only a ruin now, but is surrounded by beautiful gardens, unfortunately it was still raining so we were limited in what we could do. We drove on to Waterford and toured the House of Waterford which is a show place for Waterford crystal. We saw how it is made and carved, and also some of their special pieces for sale. Next day we left early to catch the ferry to south Wales. Then we drove on to Cardiff where we went for a tour of the castle. It was built in the 1500's but was largely refurbished in the 1800's. It was beautifully decorated then with unlimited money being spent. Later we had a Welsh dinner with entertainment, they had beautiful voices and were accompanied by a harp. Next day we drove on to Bath where we toured the Roman baths. That is a very large complex with lots of samples of recovered artefacts. Later we drove on to Stonehenge, which had lots of interpretive information on an audio recorder. The area around is more involved than I knew and very interesting. Then we returned to London. Next day Barb and I flew to Belfast which took most of the day, we then contacted Sharon, Eric's cousin. Sharon and her husband, Jim, came into the hotel and we went for a walk around the city centre visiting several unique bars. Today Jim drove us to see where Eric and his family lived, and where his mother grew up. We then went to the Titanic museum which was very interesting, we could have spent quite a lot more time there. After lunch, Jim took us for a drive up the coast to Carrickfergus and further to the Antrim coast. We haven't had much spare time these last few days, and when we did the internet didn't work - my apologies.
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