Well we have been back from our amazing vacation for 3 weeks now. Seems like it was only yesterday that we were driving thru the beautiful Irish countryside looking to see where our adventure would take us next. Now that we are back I thought maybe I should give everyone an update on how the trip went since didn't do a very good job of keeping up with my blog while we were gone. So lets see how well this ole brain of mine is at remembering everything!!
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| Dawn & I our first picture together |
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| the gang finally together! |
Well as you all know we spent the first 10 days of our vacation with my wonderful friend and sister across the sea Dawn and her family. I don't know if I could find an adequate word to describe how amazing our time with them was. Sadly it was too short. But in that short amount of time we saw and did so many things! I quickly fell in love with Norwich! There are quite a few ancient ruins. Old Abbeys, Churches, Monasteries. Each more amazing then the one before! We covered so much of Norwich and its surrounding areas. On our first night there we had a BBQ with all of Dawn and Darryl's friends. Oh my and what a fun bunch of people they were! We had great food, and lots and lots of laughs! Towards the end of the evening we sent up some small hot air balloons.
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| Getting ready to send the balloons up |
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| away they go! |
That was fun and really beautiful to watch them go and sail away. Everyday was just one fun filled adventure after the next. With Darryl's help I quickly learned how to enjoy the taste of different Ales. I was always a Coors light drinker. But I can now proudly say that I enjoy the taste of many different types of beer! (Thanks Darryl!!!) I also found that putting malt vinegar on your fries is REALLY yummy!
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| One of the many Ales I fell in love with! |
While we were in Norwich we went on a Ghost hunting adventure a Weeting Castle. If you have been reading my blog then you know about Weeting Castle as I have written about it in the past. It was quite an adventure. We met up with Eddie, Jean and Steve who are folks I had been chatting with and that live in the Norwich area and who regularly go out to Weeting and do investigations. Unfortunately I didn't get anything on camera. But, there were spots where you got some definite feelings that you were not alone. One of them was the old ice house. It is reportedly haunted by a rather ill natured spirit. I being the crazy person that I am went in to the ice house and spent a few minutes in there. And I can tell you that there is definitely something in there. I never thought I was one who was "Sensitive" to the spirit world, but after our time in Norwich and thru out Ireland I have since changed my mind on that. My body felt the physical effects of being near or in a place with spirit activity. I experienced it in several places in Norwich and in many places we stayed at and visited in Ireland.
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| Feeling the effects in the Ice house |
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| The infamous Ice house |
I wish I would have been smart and keep a journal of the places we went to everyday, but alas I didn't think about that until after we got home! Oh if I were to sit here and write about all the places we went and things we did in beautiful Norwich this blog would be the size of "War and Peace"! So, I will keep moving along. What I can tell you is that the time we spent in Norwich with Dawn and Darryl is something that I will forever cherish. It all ended too soon. And the day we had to leave was a sad one. I can tell you that while at the bus station just before we boarded our bus to the Airport, there were many tears shed and alot of hugs given. It was a difficult day. I miss them and am looking forward to when we can all be together again. Hopefully next time they will be able to come here so we can show them where we live.
I think I am going to end this here. I will pick up again next and fill you in on some of our adventures in Ireland.
Until next time my friends!
(I will include some photos here at the bottom for your enjoyment!)
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| White Horse pub (our first pub in Norwich!) |
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| Bishops Bridge |
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| The beautiful streets of Norwich |
