Monday, June 27, 2005

It's a long way to Tipperary...

Do any of you know this old Irish folk song?

It's a long way to Tipperary,
it's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary,
to the sweetest girl I know.
Goodbye Piccadilly!
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
but my heart's right there.

One morning, I looked out of the window as we were driving and saw a sign that read "Tipperary County". I realized then that I had come quite a long way.

Here are several of the promised photographs from my trip. I will write more about the actual ongoings later, but right now, I just want to look through photos.

drinkswiththegirls
Having drinks at a pub in Dublin with Alicia and Stephanie. After this night, it became somewhat of a ritual.

river

This river ran parallel to the street our hotel was on in Dublin.

dovecottage
Dove Cottage: Home of William Wordsworth.


meinireland

The Irish Countryside.

salisbury
Salisbury Cathedral.


bagpipes
This Scottish guy was all dressed up to play the bagpipes.


castle
Taken from a castle in Ireland.

coffee2
Irish Coffee is fabulous. I think, if American coffee was made this way, we would all be much more friendly early in the morning. It's made with Irish Whiskey, coffee, and thick cream.


stream
A beautiful stream somewhere in England.

baths

The Roman Baths in Bath.

stonehenge

Stonehenge. While there my mind kept replaying the song from "This is Spinal Tap". Stonehenge...where the midgets dance with the pipes of Pan.

meandthequeen
Buckingham Palace. The Queen stood me up for our afternoon tea-and-crumpets party. You can tell by the photo that I was somewhat disappointed. More about the crumpets than meeting the Queen.


londoneye2
The London Eye.

london

Across from our hotel in the Docklands, a quick tube ride from central London.

uncomfortable

I wasn't too sure about this guy. I don't think he was too sure about me either.

castle2
Another photograph taken from a castle in Ireland.

kerryfarms

A farmhouse in Kerry.

castlestairs

Castle stairs.

guinness

Guinness' for everyone! My first Guinness, but certainly not my last.

bigben
Big Ben.


alley
A narrow street somewhere in England.

pier2

Brighton Pier. This is where we stayed our first night in England. Actually we stayed across the street, not on the carousel, silly.

towerbridge

The Tower Bridge, right beside the Tower of London.

queensgarden

The Queens gardens at her summer home...or rather, summer castle.

castlethrurocks

Taken on a tour of a castle.

bengal

The Bay of Bengal.

momandmesoho
Mom and me after lunch in Soho.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those are great pictures Melia. I have an "espresso bar" that I'm rebuilding in the new house, just dont' have time to make the drinks and stuff, so therefore it's kinda skimpy right now, but I do like irish coffee.

I laughed about the stonehenge thing, that movie is funny, did you know there was another Spinal tap movie made? I didn't see it yet, but it was at blockbuster.

Anonymous said...

It's a long way to Tipperary?!? Never heard it... but it reminds me of this one song... I forget how it goes... something about "...I'm gonna kick your ass if you keep mentioning really gay songs in your blog... la da da di di da da do..." man, there are more words but i just improvised there at the end. anyway, good tune... you should download it. im out.

Anonymous said...

Hey I guess I didn't notice right off hand but I know Alicia. She asked me the other day if I knew you or not.