Saying they have moved past traditional folk music one should not assume they have moved all the way to the 21st century. Turn on any radio station, in any cafe or restaurant, or any public place and you will hear music from 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and... if you are lucky... you will get the 90’s. I find myself reminiscing - from high school disco’s as Infant Saviour Hall through to watching Ashleigh at her dance concert when she was 5!
Pretty interesting rock formation on the north coast of Northern Ireland.
Alas it was raining and without good gripping shoes I wasn’t keen to climb over them too much.
Driving into Belfast we all noticed how vibrant it seemed to be. Maybe that it was a Friday night and around 6:30pm helped... but we checked in and were keen to get out and have a little look around.
A quick change, a glass of Prosecco at the hotel bar, and we were off to find somewhere for dinner. Within a couple of blocks we found a couple of laneways with lots of people, music and life. It was a touch of Melbourne for me and I was thrilled to admit that though I absolutely love to be in the country and rural scenery, I am a city girl at heart.
Getting rapidly hungry it was challenging to choose where to eat as there seemed to be many many great choices. Menu's with the type of meals we are used to seeing at home and not just slabs of meat with potato, potato, potato.
Steve kindly choosing a wine for us.... well until us control freaks took it out of his hand and selected a French Boujalais.
3 comments:
I'm so glad you went to the Giant's Causeway! I'm so jealous. You know me and interesting rocks!!
Giant's Causeway remimded us of the tessalated rocks in Tasmania, interesting stuff eh ? Noted your shoes were not the right ones for climbing slippery rocks. Weather looked as it belonged to Ireland, wet and dull. Make the most of these days Much love Mum and Dad
Yes Marco (and everyone else reading this Blog), I did try to take control on a few occasions but without much success (see photo of me perusing the wine list). Dominique and Michelle are very strong minded (and very beautiful) women and it was a pleasure travelling with them. However, there were numerous pregnant pauses when I offered up my thoughts or suggestions from time to time along the way. I'm sure if Marco had been there during those pregnant pauses, he would have very politely pointed out the wonderful Irish scenery whizzing past our car windows. I really missed my good friend Chief Wise Tongue. On a serious note, when do we do it all again?
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