Ireland•England•Amsterdam•Vilnius
2023 August
We started this trip with stop in Ireland to shoot a video profile. Our hotel entertained us with a falcon meet-and-greet and we followed that up with a visit to our favorite castle on the Emerald Isle for dinner and a few wee drams. Then off to London for a few days of theatre, dinners and art exhibits. Heathrow has been a pain lately so we took the Eurostar to Amsterdam for one night which reminded us what a charming city it is. Then off to Lithuania (with a side trip to the Republic of Ǔz.)
Lufthansa First Class on a sunny day in Chicago
Caviar service
Lots of options for the hours ahead - Lufthansa Menu
LH first dining
Cheese course of course
A rose at altitude
Buying gifts for the grands
The seat across the aisle became my bedroom so I didn't have to give up my office.
Sunrise after a good night's sleep.
Waking to salmon
First class terminal bar
Nap time at LH First class terminal Frankfurt
Porsche duckie
Terminal driver pool to deliver us to our next flight
Fleet of Lufthansa vehicles
Jim in our chariot
Hauling our gear onto the plane. The service is remarkable.
Dublin bound
Breakfast on board
Mount Falcon lobby tilework
Mount Falcon reception
Mr. Falcon Irish breakfast
Foxford Woolen Mills
Foxford Woolen Mills purchase
Foxford cardigan
Guiry's Foxford
Foxford pub break
Pub libations
Guiry's Bar plaque
Foxford stream
Mr. Falcon bartender
Mt. Falcon tent dinner
Cut glass whiskey for a Mt. Falcon nightcap,
Mr. Falcon candelabera
Mr. Falcon breakfast again
Falconer. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.
Falcon Jim
Owl friend
Owl stare
Clean room guy
Belleek Castle for drinks and dinner.
Belleek Castle bar
Belleek Castle bar
Belleek Castle bar windows
Belleek Castle bartenders
Belleek restaurant
Belleek bread and butter
Belleek lamb
Belleek cheese
Down to the dungeon after dinner
Belleek dungeon
Belleek sword
Belleek armor
Belleek at night
On to London. The view from my hotel
London phone booths
Six the musical. The wives of Henry VIII
Six lobby waiting for cancellation
Six on stage
Six viewer
Six curtain call. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.
Six curtain call. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.
Bar at the Ivy
Ivy soufflé
Steaming cocktail at the Ivy
Dover beach bums
Dover beach
Flowery London pub entrance
Cinnamon Club bar
Cinnamon Club bar CU
Cinnamon Club cocktail
Cinnamon Club garnish
Cinnamon Club starter
Cinnamon Club menu
Cinnamon Club Butter Chicken
Gordon Ramsay?
Westminster at dusk
Elizabeth Tower and Underground
Charles and Camilla
Elizabeth Tower and Doubledecker
Duke's Bar Martini making
Duke's Bar Martini
McCartney photos at the Portrait Gallery
McCartney photos 1963-64
McCartney photos at the Portrait Gallery
McCartney photos at the Portrait Gallery
Radisson at night
Radisson Room Leicester Square
Jugged Hare
A jug of hare
British Museum
British Museum treasures
British Museum
British Museum treasures
British Museum - Enlightenment Room
British Museum - Enlightenment Room
British Museum - Coins
British Museum pillars
Oklahoma
Oklahoma set
Dr. Semmelweis - Rylance
Dr. Semmelweis - Curtain call
Mark Rylance - a treasure.
Haymarket bar
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Accidental Death of an Anarchist ceiling
Accidental Death of an Anarchist Closing scene
Old men in a London park
Getting a haircut in London.
Neil and Winston
Churchill War Rooms
Churchill War Rooms bedroom
Churchill War Rooms
Churchill speech poster
Churchill poster
Horse Guards
Horse Guards and Neil
Pall Mall
Portrait Gallery Entrance
Portrait Gallery Bowie
Lord Nelson from the Portrait Gallery Restaurant
View from the Portrait Gallery Restaurant
Portrait Gallery Restaurant
Leicester Square
Donovan's bar
Donovan's bar head
Donovan's bar cocktail
Dover yacht club
Dover yacht club plaque
Dover yacht club bar
Dover yacht club gent
Dover restaurant - Mr. White's
Dover beef
Dover ferry
The White Cliffs of Dover
Beware of Pigeon
Amsterdam from the Doubletree
MOCO Museum Amsterdam Banksy
MOCO Museum Amsterdam
MOCO Museum Amsterdam
MOCO Museum Amsterdam Banksy
MOCO Museum Amsterdam Banksy
MOCO - Yayoi Kusama
MOCO - Yayoi Kusama
MOCO - Yayoi Kusama
MOCO - Yayoi Kusama
Two guys at the Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam metro
Rijsttafel Amsterdam
Rijsttafel Amsterdam
Rijsttafel Amsterdam dumplings
Rijsttafel Amsterdam
Rijsttafel Amsterdam beer
Rijsttafel Amsterdam Tashi Deleg
Amsterdam bridge
Duck shop seen while walking back from dinner
Amsterdam night
Off to Vilnius
KLM meal
Vilnius from the air
Vilnius airport
Kempinski room window
Vilnius church
Kempinski room
The Republic of Užupis is a neighborhood in Vilnius.
What began as a tongue-in-cheek April Fools’ Day joke has evolved into one of the smallest republics in the world, with its own government, constitution and currency.
The Republic of Ǔz beer
The Republic of Ǔz main square
The Republic of Ǔz swing under the bridge
The Republic of Ǔz charcuterie
The Republic of Ǔz shop
Vilnius balloons
The Republic of Ǔz church
The Republic of Ǔz city hall
The Republic of Ǔz love locks
The Republic of Ǔzupis passporrt stamp
The Republic of Ǔzupis
Kempinski cocktail
Octopus
Herring breakfast
Off to work
Vilnius clean room
Kempinski cocktail
Lithuanian Benedict
Curious not judgmental
Vilnius interview
Dziaugsmas
Tasting menu
Tasting menu
Tasting menu
Tasting menu
Tasting menu
Tasting menu
Tasting menu
Tasting menu implements
Tasting menu dessert
Tasting menu dessert
Dziaugsmas
Vilnius clean room
Tasting menu tipping mechanism
Kempinski Breakfast
Vilnius Benedict
Kempinski Flowers
Frankfurt Train Station
Frankfurt Square
Frankfurt Square
Frankfurt beer
Frankfurt pork
LH First terminal drivers
LH Rainy Frankfurt
LH First cabin
Lufthansa Cappucino
LH Oktoberfest
LH Champagne
LH First bed
LH Pretzel
LH Salmon
LH Caviar
LH Veal
LH Cheese course
SFO Shower