tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post801369704481109580..comments2024-03-20T06:13:43.116+00:00Comments on Joy and Forgetfulness: Visitors & BelfastConrad Kinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-34880824192445074892014-07-26T14:23:22.002+01:002014-07-26T14:23:22.002+01:00Couldn't agree more on the architecture. I did...Couldn't agree more on the architecture. I didn't care for Berlin zoo - the closures were very small and there were very few keepers to be seen. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-85077875570829256812014-07-26T14:21:46.150+01:002014-07-26T14:21:46.150+01:00Will do. It will be interesting. Will do. It will be interesting. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-49132862644868275052014-07-26T14:21:10.208+01:002014-07-26T14:21:10.208+01:00There are also a number of regimental museums that...There are also a number of regimental museums that remain to be explored. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-55155739226617529132014-07-26T14:20:19.259+01:002014-07-26T14:20:19.259+01:00It is a bit pony to be sure - but the reality make...It is a bit pony to be sure - but the reality makes up for it. Or you could say, sound in practice rather than theory. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-10875302394148429052014-07-26T13:36:36.461+01:002014-07-26T13:36:36.461+01:00Roger. Roger. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-8328745427022720532014-07-26T13:19:42.457+01:002014-07-26T13:19:42.457+01:00Thank you. Thank you. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-87245176196087723632014-07-26T13:19:06.208+01:002014-07-26T13:19:06.208+01:00We'll see if we can't do another before th...We'll see if we can't do another before the year is out. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-29880563314350004042014-07-26T09:47:52.314+01:002014-07-26T09:47:52.314+01:00We did. It was great. We did. It was great. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-55960863796813721592014-07-26T09:46:54.622+01:002014-07-26T09:46:54.622+01:00A cavalcade of travel ideas! Mrs Kinch is very fon...A cavalcade of travel ideas! Mrs Kinch is very fond of New York - I've never been. Though I've heard that San Diego is very fine. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-36837157415738643132014-07-26T09:44:30.501+01:002014-07-26T09:44:30.501+01:00Not really a beer drinker, but proper boozers are ...Not really a beer drinker, but proper boozers are a thing to be treasured. I shall look it up if I ever find myself in the neighbourhood. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-12005894454268129452014-07-25T12:09:03.554+01:002014-07-25T12:09:03.554+01:00An excellent travelogue and with the right focus a...An excellent travelogue and with the right focus as well (ie. drink and soldiers..) I've always been drawn to the straight lines of Georgian, so Dublin is a pleasure... Victorian is all a bit.... gothic... I guess.. :o) Much enjoyed the manifesto of the Aether... it reads like it has been fed through a Google translator a few times... "Our objective is simple and experience led, absent of pretense through patron interaction we utilise perfected culinary techniques and preparations and invite you to envelope in a thought provoking forum of choice food, libations and song"... purleaseeee, as the young people say!Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-45915681303136383832014-07-25T05:18:12.311+01:002014-07-25T05:18:12.311+01:00If she was looking for a boat, the SS Nomadic migh...If she was looking for a boat, the SS Nomadic might have been more her style. A friend is a tourguide on it.<br /><br />The architecture really is wonderful isn't it? Like a miniature London, but with much better air. Makes me wish we hadn't replaced half of ours with those concrete and glass boxes.<br /><br />Were you not impressed with Berlin zoo? I found it to be decent, but we had a rushed trip and it was in October so less than warm.Arquinsielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290858295232803685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-89926661929618415272014-07-25T01:46:06.789+01:002014-07-25T01:46:06.789+01:00Sounds like you had a lovely time. Well done on t...Sounds like you had a lovely time. Well done on the booty.<br /><br />FMBfireymonkeyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833974263127787678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-28449858646561544272014-07-25T01:30:22.149+01:002014-07-25T01:30:22.149+01:00Really enjoy seeing your travel log. Great stuff!...Really enjoy seeing your travel log. Great stuff!Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-36301106816981143132014-07-24T21:51:47.927+01:002014-07-24T21:51:47.927+01:00Let me know when you are heading to Fermanagh Mr K...Let me know when you are heading to Fermanagh Mr Kinch.decbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675858295040861192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-30959155145557274232014-07-24T21:23:23.000+01:002014-07-24T21:23:23.000+01:00"From Sepoy to Subedar" looks particular..."From Sepoy to Subedar" looks particularly interesting to me . . . please report on it after you've read it.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-55027292662627282522014-07-24T20:53:09.400+01:002014-07-24T20:53:09.400+01:00A very entertaining post - I've never been to ...A very entertaining post - I've never been to Belfast and now I want to go!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-67792982484162889982014-07-24T19:02:19.790+01:002014-07-24T19:02:19.790+01:00Looks and sounds like a fantastic time was had by ...Looks and sounds like a fantastic time was had by all. Glad you enjoyed yourselves.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />StokesWSTKS-FM Worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-67573902296115613732014-07-24T18:40:58.343+01:002014-07-24T18:40:58.343+01:00Dear Conrad,
Sounds like the whole group had an ex...Dear Conrad,<br />Sounds like the whole group had an excellent time of it in Belfast, the place of origin of a great grandmother. The reason I'm writing is to recommend a number of zoos on the eastern side of North America if you ever are so bold as to make a vacation of it. If you are visiting Canada, you must go to Toronto. The zoo there is first rate and visitor friendly. If coming to the States and flying into New York, you definitely have to visit the Bronx Zoo. Definitely avoid the much inferior Central Park Zoo. However, places to visit that would not be zoos, include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History and, of course, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. If warm weather is your forte, you must (How do I underline this?) visit the Metro-Dade Zoo in Miami it is fabulous! And to underscore the meaning of visitor friendly, on any hot day you can stand under a cooling mist of water to lower the body temperature. And, if headed west, you have to visit the San Diego Zoo - first rate all!<br />I'm glad you had a good time and your collection of used books is very nice.<br />All the very best,<br />Jerry<br />The celtic Curmudgeon<br />"Grumpy is good."<br />CelticCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687177512999052331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-66395773187014877452014-07-24T17:35:50.654+01:002014-07-24T17:35:50.654+01:00The Crown looks very much like the Philharmonic in...The Crown looks very much like the Philharmonic in Liverpool - and from the sound of it the Phil has better beer. Do try it if you ever cross the water.<br /><br />Apart from anything else they have a snug with stain glass of Lord Roberts and Baden-Powell.Diplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.com