Roselin, congratulations on your anniversary and I hope you have a wonderful time in Ireland.

Annie

Roselin, congratulations on your Anniversary and have a great trip!

35th? Wow! That's some accomplishment. My daily favorite is Whittard's original house blend. It's just as good in teabags as the loose tea is & if you buy 3 or 4 you get one free or a GBP off - I can't remember which. Just ask them. They also have several nice little sampler packs too. There are Whittard's of Chelsea tea shops all over the place, even in the shopping arcade at Victoria Station.

However, I've discovered a new favorite which is milder but REALLY good. It's Harrod's Ceylon Afternoon #16. Comes in a nice Harrod's green tin. If she's a tea lover, I bet she'd like either one. IOh, and it's also available at Heathrow in the Harrod's shop there.

Oh, and I really envy you the trip. How long will you be over there?

Thanks for the anniversary wishes, Woodie and Annie.
And for the information on the tea and good wishes, Ginger.
We will be gone almost 3 weeks-Ireland: Galway, Cork, and Dublin with some side trips and will meet a rosarian that I have emailed with for several years and then to Cardiff, Wales, and finally on to London for a couple of days. We are really looking forward to it.
Thanks again.
RL`

I KNOW you'll have lots of good things to eat.

Wow, that sounds like a great trip. Travel safely and we'll look forward to hearing about a lot of wonderful meals when you get back.

GET RECIPES!!! LOL

Annie

hey--that is fantastic! good for you, linda! best wishes to you on your accomplishment and i hope you have a wonderful trip, including the visit with your rosarian penpal! that is just incredible!

well congratulations on getting to 35 yrs! Hope you have a wonderful trip >

Ireland...oh if she's a tea lover, be sure to get some Bewleys or Barrys. Now this assumes she's a tea drinker who is not a sipper of lightly flavored tea. These two are heavily leaded. This is a good link to tea of the Isles Irish tea

For English, you can't go wrong with the oomph and Ah! factor of a tin of Harrods tea or one from Fortnum and Mason. I'd stick with the English Breakfast to be sure and safe. Given a choice of supermarket tea brands, I'd be happy as a clam with 8oz of Typhoo tea. I prefer that to PG Tips. If you know she's strictly a teabag drinker, then I guess that's the way to go.

If you know she uses a pot, a lovely tea cozy would be a treat too.

And have a wonderful anniversary!! Maureen who uses loose tea and a pot ;-)

I almost forgot this one which we enjoyed last year. It should be out by now overtheyah.

{{!gwi}}

Thank you all but c'mon, we are not going on an eating trip thru Ireland and Wales!! LOL. Will, no doubt come back with a cookbook............or two or........to add to my collection. Hope the Irish like their fish 'n chips like the Scots do!
Will check in when we get back.

Well, you sure could do an eating trip in London. The food's fabulous.

Take me with you! Take me with you!

I'm late and you are probably long gone. I hope you have a great time and trip!

Beverly

Is she suggesting that people travel for reasons other than eating?!?!?!? Well, we also search out bookstores but...

Maureen, some people actually travel to see architecture and local landmarks and historical sites....if you can imagine. LOL

Of course, those things are all entirely secondary to the food. (grin)

Annie

Annie, I do too, but I also lived in England for seven years, and the local housing authority is usually in an ancient building! One pub we used to go to claimed circa 900.

I also have this view from my office window. This is a very pretty and historic town.
{{!gwi}}

Maureen, I travel for all those other things, but also for the food. Recipes are a bonus, like an extra souvenir!!

Nice view, by the way.

Annie

Returned from our trip to Ireland, Wales, and London last evening and Ginger, thanks for the tip on the afternoon tea. Harrod's at the airport was out of the fancy tins but I did buy two boxes and it is lovely. Might have to have you send me some next time you go to London!! Know I can order it online though.
Had a great trip and loved Galway and Cardiff the best.
Thanks again for the recommendation-my friend is thrilled with the box I gave her too.

Welcome back. Glad you liked the tea. I'll be happy to get you more.

welcome back roselin! come on--ya gotta tell us at least a LITTLE more than that! what taste treats did you have? and congratulations again on a long and successful marriage--that's certainly worth celebrating!

Let's see,san, does fish and chips and Pub food count?? When we go to another country, we love to try the local foods so lamb was excellent and this "non-fish" lover really enjoyed the fish there. We had cod, halibut, haddock, swordfish, shrimp, mussels, etc. etc. etc. My husband even tried the black pudding and said it was very tasty. We certainly enjoyed the Bed and Breakfasts that we stayed at and I can honestly say we didn't have a bad meal.
Enjoyed the tea and scones and did all of the tourist things as well as some things that we just wanted to do. Went to Kylemore Abbey, PowerCourt Gardens, the Botanic gardens in two different cities, even spent a day in Belfast. For me though, the highlight of the trip was meeting a Rosarian/hybridizer that I have been emailing with for several years, sharing a bottle of wine with him and his lovely wife and enjoying the tea she graciously made for us. We really did enjoy the people we met and even plan to visit a German couple we met in Cardiff and look forward to hearing from a young lady who will soon be married in Russia-she waited on us in London and was a real sweetie. My husband and I were holding hands on the table and she came over and asked if we would mind telling her how long we had been married. So, now I look forward to her email telling me that she has married too. Great trip and thanks for the congratulations on our anniversary.

do fish & chips and pub fare count? but of COURSE they do! like you, when we were lucky enough to be travelling, we always made it a point to eat what the locals did and where they did! otherwise you might just as well have done all the cooking yourself.

and it sounds as if you had a wonderful time with the people while you were there! i can well imagine meeting up with a rosarian pen pal was probably the highlight of it all, wasn't it? yep--it truly must have been a fantastic trip! good for you!

It sounds like a wonderful trip, Roselin, welcome home.

All that seafood sounds delicious and the people sound lovely. I'm glad you did some things you just wanted to do, many people take those tours and just have everything planned, so it's all tourist stuff and nothing local.

Annie

Nope, no tour, Annie-we do all the planning ourselves and that way we see and do what we want. My husband loves the trains so we always travel that way if we can and you meet so many great people when you travel the way they do. When we were in Austria the last time, this gal and her entourage "swept" onto the train and watching her was like watching a movie-fascinating. Love to people watch.
Galway was our favorite stop this trip but Dublin and Cardiff were close behind. Cork was okay but mainly as a jumping off place to go to Blarney Castle and yes, we did kiss the Blarney Stone-the stairs leading up to the stone are killers though-steep, narrow, and maybe that is why you have to lie down to kiss the stone???? LOL.
Was just checking a website for a Blue Cheese that I tried at Harrod's-WONDERFUL but am not sure I can justify $42 for a pound of it. Will have to sleep on that one.

Sounds like a fantastic trip, RL, enjoy the happy memories! My cousin Irene and her husband stayed at a couple of B&B's when they took the train to Ireland from England where her daughter was living a few years ago. They had a funny story - the first B&B gave them a menu at night to check off what they wanted for breakfast the next morning. Her husband checked off everything - his first night in Ireland and couldn't want to try the famous full Irish breakfast. Well, Irene decided she would just nibble on bits of his big breakfast, so she didn't fill out any menu. The hostess assumed that they forgot to fill out the other menu, so she brought 2 of everything - and I mean EVERYTHING! LOL. They were very embarrassed and of course explained to the lady what happened.

Welcome home.