Gems

Sorry, I just had to post these phone photos from our most recent trip that I've already blogged about.  I promise I'll get over the trip soon.

First day in Ireland, after not sleeping all night on the flight.

                                               First Meal: Bangers and Mash

 Tour of an old church (our second day, not the first.  We barely made it through that first meal with Ivan and Joanne)

 

Shepard's Pie and three other sides with non-alcoholic wine....YES! And some very lively gift shop shopping

 Even President Obama wanted us to have a pasty












 Touring around, eating, taking pictures of and with castles.

A beautiful thatched roof home in Adare

 

Just stunning

 A creepy mannequin at the potato famine cottage...begging Clark for some potatoes, I'm guessing

The Slea Head loop was beautiful but incredibly windy!

 Missed walking through the Blarney Castle by just a few minutes. 

 But the Cahir Castle made up for our misfortune

From a gas station.  Yes, it was AMAZING

 Dinner at a covered outdoor food court in London.

 The financial district and some fun art in our hotel

 

Indian food on Brick Lane...we might have gotten way too much...luckily Clark's appetite is that of three people so not much went to waste

Peaceful protesting

Walking through some streets of London on our Jack the Ripper Tour.  It's on this tour we found out that Hiltler did not bomb this white church during WWII because he liked the architecture too much. 

Gotta love Paris' CDG airport. Reclining seats so you can watch planes come and go.  

Or just take a nap.