The Memories, come flashing back!
The vivid details, the signages, The bustling streets, the hop on and hop off buses,
The Lego store, Leicester Square and Times Square coming together in my memory!
The M&M World! Piccadilly Circle written faintly!
And the huge square, Trafalgar Square with the lion roaring.
The London Bridge! All that meets the London eye!
The erratic weather changing, like mood swings for humans in the city!
Brexit has happened from the last time we visited,
Still trying to figure things out here!
UK! LONDON! Seems …
Can’t get over it it’s been a decade since I visited London!
The memories seem crystal clear, walking up the bridge and witnessing the Thames…
Felt like a Lord! After taking them through the cricket ring that has so much history in the sport and St.John Woods Brownish, Beige rooftops and homes with a little redness never felt the same again!
Walking through the dining room and changing room of the Lord’s Stadium was a Kodak tour in so many ways! The sport that I couldn’t breathe & sleep without in childhood is a distant reality in my adulthood!
The Marketspace CAMDEN! IN Yellowish brown BOLD Font, was an interesting space of shops and cafes!
The London Tube and the Big Red Bus! Through Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and Notting Hill!
The Tourist’s ness was rubbing on our shoulders, Afternoon tea and scones at Claridge’s was one splurge we did on our trip!
Oh! The now famous Pret A Manager that has India sipping and eating was one of our hangout spots after we strolled through Oxford Street!
Oh! We passed through Covent Garden which years later became a hub for Contemporary interiors and places to eat! Like the BKC In Mumbai.
London, The UK! Hadn’t seemed to have changed much! But, what had changed was it had become expensive to live and holiday here! Transport fares had doubled, and the pricing of basic goods & services too had doubled. And on the other side, Ireland was thriving with tourism, and had seemed a better bet for the UK Locals to move there! Irish Cream was a nice country with beautiful bookstores and odd-looking people with colourful hair. The Vibe & energy in Ireland felt more for youngsters and youth. With Good food options and not just 90 minutes by Air from London City Ireland indeed became a good option for UK residents to shift.
Galway & Cork were two small towns, each having their charm & differences.
The Bars were hangout spots to enjoy the Guinness Beer or have a cup of Irish coffee.
A pizzeria in Galway was also not just in Ireland but had been accoladed with the 16th best pizzeria in Europe in 2022 and 37th best in the world in 2022.
Well! Ireland is also well known for Bailey’s liqueur – A popular coffee-based alcohol and Butlers chocolates. A bar of chocolate that melts away!
And last but not least the Jameson whiskey outlet – The Secret ingredient behind the Irish Coffee.
The last highlight, An 18th-century Century Church that was restored over seven years in the late nineties until mid two thousands was opened in 2005 and still has the rustiness and architecture of the 18th Century.
Information:
Ireland
Cities: Galway, Cork, Dublin and Belfast.
Enter through Dublin and travel through trains to the other cities.
Stay:
Ashkings Hotel Dublin
Buy a leap card from the station. You could use this across public transport (Trams, Trains, Buses)
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