These are all hand etched. I took pictures of my
favorite ones




















Look at the precious babies on this vase!














Paul and I toasting, sort of, our trip to Ireland and the Waterford Crystal factory!! Next posting will be the Blarney Castle!

Papa throwing an imperfect Waterford Crystal glass into the box to get recycled. If a piece of crystal is imperfect it is thrown back into the refiners fire and made again. All Waterford Crystal is perfect or they won't sell it.

Some Waterford Crystal trophies. Their logo is the Sea Horse. Look and see if you can see the 4 leaf clover in its tail!

Making a water pitcher. I wanted one sooo badly, but I knew Ala would break it!! It was amazing watching them make something so beautiful!

Waterford Crystal in the making.

More history of Ireland

More pictures of the church

Here is a beautiful old church in Ireland. You can see some of the incredible history of Ireland. Ireland is so beautiful!!

The start of our trip. We flew into Dublin, Ireland and here's the traffic going out of Dublin. Notice that they drive on the "wrong" side of the road. Incredibly stressful. These street are some of the widest we drove on. Most streets are 2 lanes large enough for 2 mini coopers to pass each other. If you have anything larger than a mini cooper, you hold your breath and hope that your side view mirror doesn't get ripped off when the car passes you!
Ok one of the things I feel in love with is the chimney potts on top of the chimneys. It reminds me of Harry Potter and Mary Poppins! I loved Ireland. The people are so sweet and kind.
I only took 999 pictures and so I'll try and narrow them down to my most favorite.

It's been awhile since I've blogged. We went on a wonderful trip to Ireland (loved it), Aran Islands, Scotland, Shetland Islands and Amsterdam. We went for 2 weeks and had a wonderful time. As I sort through the pictures I'll comment on them.