Landsdowne Hotel

... and invited people to come onto the grass area. At least that is what Graeme is telling everyone...  Not unlike Ottawa's Landsdowne Park, the stadium looks over a greenbelt/water site that in of itself makes the Sausalito Stadium look like a sagging ...

... campuses in the BPC system (North, Lower Constitution Hill). After breakfast, we met Lawrence at the Landsdowne campus and he walked with us to the Victoria Hotel, where the conference was scheduled. We had another spot of tea, then headed to the ...

... then drove to Holyhead thru Snowdonia which in the sunshine was spectacular, the ferry ride was smooth, we got to our hotel which is close to the new Landsdowne Rd stadium we caught the dart (train) into town just 2 stops and had a walk around ending up ...

... good, although the students seemed confused on who order what. At this meal, we met Lawrence Vincent, Vice Principal of the Landsdowne campus (equivalent to our college presidents). We also met Less Lees, an Academic Director (equivalent, in part, to our ...

... so incredible to be in touch from "across the pond." Our hotel is located next door (literally) to Bournemouth & Poole College (Landsdowne center) and we were able to take a look at some of their buildings (from the outside); some of the buildings ...

... tasty noodle dishes. I've been fighting off a cold, so the real fruit drink and these noodles were just what I needed. Back at the hotel, we met up with Julie. We ordered some tea and biscuits and sat down to catch up on our blogs. ...

... the internet in the lobby.  As you can see, I took a picture of the Bournemouth & Poole College (Landsdowne centre), some local creatures, and some hotels in the area before we began our outing for the day.  We then ...

... up on the couch, I could have stayed right there for days, but work was calling me home. Saw Ireland and Portugal play a friendly at Landsdowne,spent the train ride back being asked no less than ten times, "if I would like a bite of a fish cake?" No ...

... so I had to pack it in. Took almost two hours to get from the Dublin Port to my room at the Berkeley Court Hotel (up the road from Landsdowne Road!), which I think I could have walked in half an hour. Exacerbated by the rainy weather got a taste of the ...

... picks up for them at the weekend! On Tuesday we passed through some great country towns that had been lost in time inc. Landsdowne and arrived in Hunter Valley mid-morning staying at the Leisure Inn in Pokolbin.  Not having the first clue about wine ...