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10/1/25 Belfast, Northern Ireland

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First time in Belfast and we find it quite charming ….

Titanic was built here In Belfast and set sailed in Southampton UK. The Titanic experience museum in Belfast is quite an experience indeed!! Learned so much about the facts from different perspectives

Many coastal places were shot in the game of thrones

The northern Ireland coastal sceneries are captivating.. This is antrim coastal route, one of the top 5 scenic drives in the world

Tapestries of greens are everywhere. Including sheeps and cows

Unesco site, The Giant Causeway!! Got quite a bit of work out out of it so we ended up celebrating with a pint

Our Guide Tom and Ian the driver are a amazing pair that filled the whole bus with laughter and fun… What a day!! They said it’s going to rain but it didn’t…. The sun was even out when we were at the giant Causeway…. We felt happy and lucky…. This tour that we found on TripAdvisor was only 1/10th of the price of ship’s excursion…. Cheers to that 🍻

9/30 Dublin Dun laoghaire port

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We were last here almost 2 decades ago and really love the happy c’est la vi vibe of the Irish people….now the Dublin we knew from before has changed a lot so it’s time for a update

Tender boat to the Port and then train to Dublin

Trinity college…. We skipped the world famous library this time as we had been there before and they are charging entrance fee of $20 Euros now 😆

Pic of the library from the net…. Wish we could dig out the old actual photos as they were taken before the digital age..

The famous Ha’penny bridge and mingling with the locals…

Lunch and Irish coffee at the iconic Temple Bar with live music, where we soaked in as much Irish vibe as possible!! The Irish coffee is rich and potent!! Yum 😋

How people transport Guinness on the street….. Smart!!

There’s a “portal” right in the middle of busy part of Dublin

Another wonderful Irish pub… Where we have shepherd’s pie and potato and leak soup… And of course, Guinness!! The group of German tourist right next to us are here for football game and they are super friendly

So, here’s the update : Globalization happened to Dublin too!! Everything is super expensive here, especially clothing… And there are much more immigrants than before..

9/29 Sea day on the English channel

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Woke up to a sunrise with hundreds of Pink ribbons

Free champagne during captain’s Champagne waterfall event…. Cheers

9/28/25 London to Southampton

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Woke up at 5am to catch a bus to Southampton( almost 3 hours bus trip) …. Our ship awaits!! It will be 31 days of no packing and unpacking. 🙌🙌

Looking forward to this 31 days of voyage

9/27/25 London, a day of great fun and culture

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View of an alley during our morning walk

English full breakfast at Jack the Chipper

Borough Market is buzzling, the highlight is a group of gentlemen singing hallelujah

National Gallery of London is free and it has an amazing world class collection!!

P’s good friend told us to definitely check out Oliver the musical at the Gielgud Theatre…. And it surely exceeds all our expectations!! We were both in tears clapping when the cast took their bow… We can’t believe why such a wonderful show didn’t come to US

The lead who plays Fagin is magnetic and charismatic

Our friend told us Oliver is the best musical production he has ever seen and we agree

The Theatre district is right next to China town, so we ate Vietnamese pho for lunch and Indian food for dinner…. Most crowded China town we have even seen lately

China town is right next to the Theatre district

After dinner we ran into National portrait gallery and it’s another cool gallery that is free for all…… The museum tour guide is very unique

What a long and fun day….. Everything exceeds our expectations… Thank you London for being so special and captivating 🙏🙏

9/26/25 London

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It’s been a while since we were last here… which was probably in year 2016… We were doing a crystal cruise from London to Northern Europe…. Cant believe that was almost 9 years ago…

Tate modern museum is always a must see for us

Iconic buildings of London, the Lloyd building and the Gherkin

Victorian marvel Leadenhall market is a wonderful new discovery!!

9/25/26 LAX to LHR Los Angeles to London

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We are again going on another adventure…. Flying from Lax to London… It was supposed to be a disaster if we did not caught the mistake yesterday that they duplicated our name twice 9n the plane ticket….. Luckily princess ez air fixed the problem quickly without us needing to spend more money to fix it…

So for now we are relaxing at united airs lounge which we have never been and let the adventures begin!!

This new airplanes has cool windows where you can adjust the light!!

6/10/25-6/11/25 40 hours bus/train ride from Vancouver to LA

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Needs to wake up super early to catch a 3.5 hours bus ride from Vancouver to Seattle.. and then catch a 36 hour Coast starlight train ride from Seattle to LA. We have done this train ride before and totally enjoyed it

Taking a 5:30 am bus from here to Seattle king street station

Passing through US custom… We need to exit the bus for that

We really love our little roomette on coast starlight….. Like a cozy cat box

The two green shirt gentlemen are the volunteers and gave me a klondike gold rush national historic park stamp on my journal

During dinner, they are playing the last waltz in the dinning car and that suddenly puts everyone in the mood…. The wonderful wait staff decided to perform the waltz for us…. We are over the moon😍

6/9/25 3rd day in Vancouver

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We did not plan anything today, just relax and get ready for tomorrow’s epic train ride… So this morning we checked out the famous Stanley Park and it’s seawall

The walk this morning helped us racked in 8500+ steps.. Yeepee

Lunch at our hotel… They gave us each cad$15 coupon when we checked in we figured we better make use of it….. Love the ahi tuna tartare

6/8/25 Day trip from Vancouver to Whistler

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Whistler is a famous ski resort here and it’s only 1:45 hours away from Vancouver via Epic rides bus..Whistler is known for its skiing and snowboarding in the winter and mountain biking and hiking in the summer.

The drive there was scenic