10/5/25 Cobh/Cork, Ireland

The port of Cobh also had a Titanic connection.. It was the last port where it stops and picked up 123 passengers before their ill fated voyage

Finally!! The sun is out after MIA for couple of days
Titanic, Cobh, our ship….
Caught a train from Cobh to Cork city which is about 30 mins away
Snap shots of the city of Cork
Have sukiyaki for lunch…. Because, why not?!…. And its mid autumn festival tomorrow 🙌🙌
Train back to the seaside town of Cobh….
These colorful Deck of card houses are iconic here
Snapshots of this beautiful seaside town
Ending the journey with Guinness…. This pub has 100 % Irish pub vibe complete with live music…. We walked back to the ship with with them serenading us with U2’s One 🙌🙌

10/4/25 sea day

Because of storm Amy, our itinerary was in havoc…. But we don’t care, we already make the special trip to Edinburgh which we will miss if we did nothing…. Cheers to that….. So now we can relax, enjoy the sea day,  do special dinning crab shack and  captain’s circle… We will also enjoy one day of internet fasting…. So goodbye for now!!

10/3/25 Edinburgh Scotland

We woke up before dawn and catch the old city of Edinburgh at its full  glory

Leaves are turning yellow and red and they framed the old city and Edinburgh Castle very nicely
The whole city is dripping with flowers

So happy that we spent the night at Edinburgh… The train ride from Glasgow to Edinburgh (cross country actually) is only 1 hour long

10/2 Greenock/ Glasgow Scotland

It’s kind of gloomy and drizzling but so happy to step foot on Scotland for the first time

The famous Sterling castle and former royal palace during the Renaissance
The unicorns are popular here
The charming town of Callander in the  trossachs
Highland cows are Scotland’s endearing mascot.. this one is called ginger
A beautiful moment by the river with swans
the bony banks of Loch lomond…
Our very wonderful guide and driver wee Davie
Catching a train to Edinburgh


			

9/30 Dublin Dun laoghaire port

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!!
National Gallery of Ireland
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
Street scenes of Dublin

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..

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

A room with a view
View of  an alley during our morning walk
English full breakfast at Jack the Clipper
Borough Market is buzzling, the highlight is a group of gentlemen singing hallelujah
Iconic Tower bridge

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

National portrait gallery

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

9/26/25 London

Hello London!!

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…

Underground
Double decker bus
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

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!!