During May, my cousin Emily came for a couple of days. She is a few years younger than me and has 2 older sisters, so growing up, I always spent more time with them than with her. Well, I was missing out - she's awesome!
Emily is a chef and has her own marketing and catering company. She came to visit us Thurs evening after being in London for over a week managing some big corporate shin-dig. Friday, while Watson was at school, Jamieson and I took her on a walking tour of the neighborhood, took her to the Botanical Gardens, went for a very short visit to Ulster Museum, and then she wandered down to City Centre to do a hop-on/hop-off bus tour on her own while I took Jamie home to nap. Saturday, we all went down to City Centre to show her the Market, Victoria Dome, etc... and then she went to check out the Maritime Festival in the Titanic Quarter when we headed home. Both days, I was struck at how seemingly calm and happy Emily was. It was also amazing how independent and apparently fearless she was - guess that comes with the territory a bit when you are a business owner. She was really quite nice to be around!
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| Ok, perhaps not the BEST pic ever, but Jamie really, really wanted to run all over that day! |
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| The Victoria Dome - great views of the city! |
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| The 2 big yellow cranes out there are dubbed David and Goliath. |
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| The leaning clock tower is on the right-hand side. |
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| Love the way that they green-scaped the roofs here! |
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| We will certainly miss the St George's Market, especially the crepes and wheaten bread! |
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Kind of a funny pic, I know, but this demonstrates Emily well - the kids warmed up
to her immediately, in part b/c she just did whatever they did (including sitting on
the floor watching Signing Time with Jamieson as depicted here). |
I am so glad that Emily came to visit and that we got to know each other better (she really is lovely!).
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