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Our cruse to the British Isles
We took a very nice cruse on May 2023 to England. Come along and hear the the story.
On May 22, 2023, we boarded our plane at Jacksonville Airport to begin our 10 day tripto cruse around th British Isles. We flew to New York, where we boarded our flight to London,and stayed over night at the Milenium Hotel. The next day we boarded our ship, the Norwegean Dawn, at the port of Southhamton.
Our first stop was Edinburgh. This was our second visit to this historic place. in 2017, we spent a week here to trace Jeanine’s ancestors. on this cruse, we took a bus tour around the ancient city.
the next two port visits were invergordon and kirwall in soctland. we didn’t go ashore because it was very cold and windy.
From the northern tip of scotland, we sailed to northern ireland united Kingdom. first stop was belfast. Our next port was dublin. at these stops, we ventured on our own to explore the very busy cities.
Next we sailed to Wales, where we docked at Holyhead. Jeanine was especially interested in exploring wales because her mothers father’s roots are welsh. His last name is Jones. He was a coal miner from west virginia. The excursion we took was through the snowdonia national park. the drive was through steep mountians on very narrow roads! It reminded us of our trips through the mountians of west virginia. The hills were inhabited by flocks of sheep.
The next port took us back to ireland. we docked at cork, and enjoyed an afternoon excursion to the fishing village of Kinsale. here we were escorted to a pub, where we enjoyed tea and some sweet treats.
before docking again, we visited the port of portland. we wanted to enjoy a British tea; however, we were very disappointed because we forgot to bring a credit card and cash with us to this port.
Mean while..life on the cruse ship was fun! We had delicious meals and desserts, and the evening entertainment was great.
the trip home was a challenge. the day began very early to deport and get to the london airport. it was was a very long andd challenging day! it took us awhile to recover from fatigue, cough and congestion. after that little challenge, we are recovered again, and have lovely memories to look backon.
we are very happy that we were able to complete this challenging trip on our Bucket List!
To see a very special person on this trip, click on the link below.
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