Happy Hours Ahoy – Page 2 – One Happy Hour A Place

10/5/25 Cobh/Cork, Ireland

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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

Caught a train from Cobh to Cork city which is about 30 mins away

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

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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

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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

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

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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 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

Our very wonderful guide and driver wee Davie

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 Clipper

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…