grepper.org » Ireland http://www.grepper.org Joey & Geetha's Weblog for our Families & Friends in India and the US Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:42:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ireland Trip: Reflections http://www.grepper.org/2005/04/30/ireland-trip-reflections/ http://www.grepper.org/2005/04/30/ireland-trip-reflections/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:28:26 +0000 Joey http://www.grepper.org/?p= MeOnaCliffWe thought we’d spend some time going through the photos and publishing them here with some observations about our trip, sharing our highlights and disappointment. I was last in Ireland in 1992, and quite a bit had changed in those 12 years. Read on if your interested, and as we sort through the pictures we’ll get those posted as well…

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I don’t care how well it travels, or how good the nitrogen system is in any bar in the US, if you like Guinness, you’ll love Guinness on it’s native soil.

Suprisingly Geetha too hoisted her first Irish Guinness, washing down the standard Irish sides of Champ, Cabbage and Carrots that would become her staple diet of the next two weeks.

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