We took a couple of nights trip to Northern Ireland to show Robert the sights, visit some old favorites, and see some new things. First, we went to the new Titanic museum experience, which was really amazing. I don’t have any photos of that but we do highly recommend it!…

Some unrelated tidbits… last week was the last week of regular session summer camp, and as per tradition, the counselors and junior counselors do a dance for all the parents and campers. That’s Miles in the back row on the lower left, wearing a gray hoodie. http://youtu.be/fNX9qy988Nk On Sunday Liam…

We visited Dublin Castle Justice, at the gates of Dublin Castle And Fortitude, on the other gate And another day, visited Kilmainham Gaol with Phyllis, Isabelle, Isaac, and James. The image below shows the “new” jail, with an innovative design that allowed one guard to see everywhere in the jail…

The view on my morning run along the coast to the high rock and back is lovely… Poor old smith park back in Chicago isn’t looking great by comparison!

Early in our trip we visited Howth one day and Trinity another. While Liam and Robert walked all the way around the head of Howth, Miles, John and I did part of the walk and met them along the way. Beautiful day! This sculpture by Pomodoro is of interest because…

Posting this genius sentiment above their shop door unfortunately didn’t save this Swords outdoors gear shop from going out of business. But what a great motto and so true!

We had a great time at Kathleen’s birthday dinner in town on Friday evening. We met at the Cliff Townhouse near Stephen’s Green, a very nice choice by Barry and Frankie. It was a lovely evening with a lot of fun and delicious food. We missed you, Colette and Colman! Here’s…

Love the long summer evenings in Dublin!

I’m a bit behind on blog posts, but have a few graduation photos to share. Liam’s graduation a few weeks ago was really nice! He was commended in the program for having a large number of service hours due to all his volunteer work at Lincoln Park and other places…