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Tag: Northern Ireland

Borealis in Belfast

Posted on November 2, 2023November 25, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Woke up at eight o’clock and went out on our balcony, to the iconic sight of Samson and Goliath, the massive yellow Harland & Wolff gantry cranes that dominate the Belfast skyline.  The sky was that cool blue shade you see just before sunset and not long after sunrise, and the Belfast Lough was calm. …

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Belfast Reunion

Posted on July 6, 2023July 10, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Well, this blog entry probably won’t be of any interest to anybody, as we just spent the day with my cousins in Belfast. So please therefore feel free to skip this entry. 🙂 My mother was from Belfast and my two cousins, Alan and his wife Margaret, and Brenda and her husband Adam, still live…

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A Visit to Northern Ireland

Posted on September 2, 2021March 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Tra-la-la, tra-la-lee,It’s only six miles from BangorTo Donaghadee. Richard Hayward When we woke up at eight o’clock the Silhouette was making her way slowly into her berth at the mouth of the Belfast Lough. We could see the famous Harland & Wolff giant yellow gantry cranes nicknamed Samson and Goliath, and in the foreground we…

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Boudicca in Belfast

Posted on August 28, 2016June 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We woke up feeling quite sad this morning, as tonight would be our last night on the Boudicca on what had been an absolutely awesome cruise.  🙁 Looking out of our portholes we could see land ahoy, and knew that we were just off the coast of Ireland.  We were due to dock at the…

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