by suziquaif | May 12, 2018 | travel
May ushers in the fine weather and marks our fifth visit to the Republic of Ireland. One day we plan to visit the North where the scars of the Troubles are more visible and, for the generation that lived through them, still speaking loud from the static mouths of...
by suziquaif | Apr 7, 2018 | people, places & things
For a Brit abroad it is true that Normandy in Northern France does feel familiar not only with England, but also rural Ireland. Geographically of course the land is ever likely to be similar. In gobal terms Southern England, Eire and Northern France are close...
by suziquaif | Jun 26, 2017 | travel
It’s not surprising that Guinness has come to represent the darkly enigmatic country that is Ireland. And, no I’m not sidestepping the interestingly frothy top, through which you have to delve to get the true sense of all that rich darkness. The Irish have a...