If you got here because some one added this blog to their blog and you wondered where you've gotten and why the name:
Chocolate because D LOVES chocolate. She is here in this fair city because she LOVES chocolate (and a job). She remembers every place she has been by how good their chocolate is. She will be your best friend forever if you give her really good chocolate or even if you tell her where she can get good chocolate. And I happen to have an affinity to liquids that have at their hearts, hops. I have had the good fortune to have experienced many wonderful moments in front of a glass of beer and made more than one decision, some good, aided by a pint or two of brew.
Two thoughts about good beer: You have a better chance of the 16 oz. being satisfying if the master brewer knows the name of everyone working for the brewery, and you can drive from where your drinking it to where its made in an afternoon

After the castle most likely the thing that fascinated us most was the the ancient places. Like stone henges, and passage graves and bee hive huts

Marcus has spent his whole life telling any one who will listen about the fact that all his family hails from Ireland. Dorothy, on the other hand, only gets to the Irish leg of the family in the "and others" category. So, who has the castle? You guessed it. These three shots are of the home the Talbot occupied from 1185 to 1975. Malahide Castle. There are also streets and bridges named for the Talbots, and a push to make one of them a saint.

The Talbot Home

Day 1

Day 1

One more step to catching up with the kids.

Our plan is to start, and see where this all leads us.

First, we want to download some pictures of our trip to Ireland

Next, we will spend some time adding our thoughts to the pictures

And then, well that will be decided later