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This is an absolute FIND!!! . Do NOT miss the Pian

This is an absolute FIND!!!
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Do NOT miss the Pianola Museum in Amsterdam if you have any interest in music!
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The Pianola is, for want of a better term, a self playing piano. The original pianolas were separate instruments that were placed in front of a traditional piano. They first emerged in the late 1800s and eventually peaked in popularity in about 1924.
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The Pianola Museum is not only a hidden gem of Amsterdam, it's covered by the @IAmsterdam City Card too!!!
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📍 Pianola Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Do NOT miss this Hidden Gem in Amsterdam!!! . This

Do NOT miss this Hidden Gem in Amsterdam!!!
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This is a mere snapshot of the delights of Our Lord in the Attic Museum in Amsterdam!!! Both @amylmorrison and I loved it. It was an absolute HIGHLIGHT of our time in Amsterdam!
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It's also covered by the @IAmsterdam City Card!!!
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📍 Our Lord in the Attic Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Do NOT miss this Hidden Gem in Amsterdam!!! . Our

Do NOT miss this Hidden Gem in Amsterdam!!!
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Our Lord in the Attic Museum is in a canal house that was originally built in 1630. The upper three floors were converted into a church between 1661 and 1663. This was when it wasn't exactly illegal to practice Catholicism, but it was prohibited to practice it overtly.
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It was refreshingly quiet when we visited and this made it all the more enjoyable! It has so many rooms and areas to explore that even when it is busy, you are unlikely to notice!
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It's also covered by the @IAmsterdam City Card!!!
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📍 Our Lord in the Attic Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The BEST way to explore Amsterdam!!! . The first t

The BEST way to explore Amsterdam!!!
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The first thing we did after we collected our @IAmsterdam City Cards and checked into our hotel in Amsterdam was go on a canal cruise with @loverscanalcruises
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It's a totally unique take on the walking tour or the open top bus tour! You get very different views of the picture postcard houses and bridges!
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It takes about one hour, and you might need to book ahead at busier times.
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The best part... It's included on the I Amsterdam City Card, so once you get the card, it's totally FREE!!!
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I recommend going for the semi open boats as you get a better view!
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📍 Lovers Canal Cruise, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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People watching in Amsterdam is next level!!!
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📍 Halvemaansbrug, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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A taste of what it's like to have a Personal Shopp

A taste of what it's like to have a Personal Shopping Experience in Kildare Village!!!
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I decided to avail of Kildare Village's FREE personal shopping service when I wanted to freshen up my wardrobe ahead of our recent trip to France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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It was nothing short of a few hours of excellent service from everyone, especially Clara, great quality clothes and new style ideas and inspiration.
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I would HIGHLY recommend it! But book ahead, they're very busy with appointments! And rightly so!
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I will be back!
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📍 @kildarevillage, Kildare, Ireland
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Ever seen the light of a Lighthouse up close? . Yo

Ever seen the light of a Lighthouse up close?
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You can at the Blacksod Lighthouse in Mayo! You can only access the building on a guided tour that is really affordable at €10 for an adult ticket!
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DO NOT MISS THIS!!!
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📍 Blacksod Lighthouse, Mayo
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A curragh, the boat that has been keeping the West

A curragh, the boat that has been keeping the West of Ireland going for centuries!
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Have you ever travelled in a curragh?
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📍 Blacksod Pier, Mayo
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Save this for something you should not miss when y

Save this for something you should not miss when you visit Mayo!
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Blacksod Lighthouse stands resolutely at the southern tip of Mayo's Mullet Peninsula. It is one of the small number of lighthouses in the world that is square instead of the usual round shape.
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It is also responsible, in part, for the downfall of Hitler and the Nazi regime!
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How? Well...
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The Liberation of Europe from the Nazi Regime couldn't have been achieved without the success of the D-Day Landings in Normandy. D-Day required a specific set of circumstances to allow it to be the military success that it was. One of these was weather.
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June 1944 was not a typical June, weather wise. One of the weather stations in Ireland at the time was Blacksod Lighthouse. The light keeper Ted Sweeney and his futire wife, Maureen gave weather reports unusually often at the request of the Irosh Met Office, at 30 minute intervals.
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On 4th June 1944, Maureen reported a break in summer storms. Little did they realise at the time, but this information was passed on, ultimately to the Commander of the Allied Forces, Dwight Eisenhower who delayed the invasion by 24 hours to avail of this break in the weather.
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If it wasn't for Maureen's reports, the world could be a very different place.
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📍 Blacksod Lighthouse, Mayo
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Save this post to add an essential North Mayo expe

Save this post to add an essential North Mayo experience to your list!
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I've spoken a lot recently about Inishkea South, an island off Blacksod in North Mayo. I had the great fortune to visit it with @blacksod_sea_safari
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Well, they don't just bring you out to offshore islands, they also show you whatever sea creatures happen to be in the area when you visit!
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The nature of wildlife is that they are very much on their own schedule. You can't be guaranteed you'll see them. However, the guys at Blacksod Sea Safari, will do everything they can to show you a wide range of animals!
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You'll hopefully see loads of varieties of sea birds, plenty of seals, some dolphins and they've even gotten to a humpback whale, Queen Maebh that was in the waters there for a few days back in June.
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DO NOT MISS THIS EXPERIENCE!!!
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📍 The Atlantic Ocean near Blacksod and Inishkea South, Mayo
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Life near Inishkea . 📍 Inishkea South, Mayo .

Life near Inishkea
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📍 Inishkea South, Mayo
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Save this for the contact details for @blacksod_se

Save this for the contact details for @blacksod_sea_safari as well as a glimpse of some of the wildlife you can expect to see during their Sea Safari
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There's loads of different sea birds flying, swimming and chilling on the islands off Blacksod, and you'll get to see loads! The seals nearly always come out to say hello too!
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If you're lucky enough, you'll even get to meet a local pod of dolphins! We didn't get to see any when we visited, but they appear regularly enough and Mick will do his best to find them for you! He's so good that in June, he managed to get a close encounter with a humpback whale that was hanging around North Mayo for a week or so! That's skill indeed, and a great knowledge of the sea and the area!
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📍 Inishkea South, Mayo
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Save this post for one of the most powerful places

Save this post for one of the most powerful places you'll visit!
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It's haunting in it's beauty.
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You need to visit here, and the best way is with @blacksod_sea_safari
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📍 Inishkea South, Mayo
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My favourite photo from the absolute highlight of

My favourite photo from the absolute highlight of our trip to Mayo!!!
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📍 Inishkea South, Mayo
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Save this as your inspiration to explore the aband

Save this as your inspiration to explore the abandoned village on Inishkea South off the coast of Mayo with @blacksod_sea_safari this summer!
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📍 Inishkea South, Mayo
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Save this to add it to your MUST SEE list for a tr

Save this to add it to your MUST SEE list for a trip to Mayo!
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Inishkea South is an island that had to be experienced to be believed!
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You can visit the island and more by booking with @blacksod_sea_safari
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📍 Blacksod and Inishkea South, Mayo
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The last residents of Inishkea South finally left

The last residents of Inishkea South finally left to live on the mainland in the mid 1930s.
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A few years earlier, in October 1927 there was a sudden storm that hit while the men of the island were out fishing in curraghs to feed their families.
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In total, 10 men were lost. They were five pairs of brothers and were a huge chunk of the working men of the island.
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Keep an eye out for what is left of their village!
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You can visit the island and more by booking with @blacksod_sea_safari
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📍 Inishkea South, Mayo
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Ever wonder what it's like to visit an uninhabited

Ever wonder what it's like to visit an uninhabited island?
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The guys at @blacksod_sea_safari will bring you out to Inishkea South, an island that was abandoned almost 100 years ago.
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Why? Stay tuned for three reason
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📍 Inishkea South, Mayo
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Want a quick snapshot of what you can expect from

Want a quick snapshot of what you can expect from the guys at @blacksod_sea_safari ?
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Take a look!
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📍 Blacksod Sea Safari, Blacksod, Mayo
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This absolute beaut of a monument is the Colonne d

This absolute beaut of a monument is the Colonne de Congrès (Congress Column) in Brussels!
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This 47m high column has a 4.7m tall statue of Belgium's first King, Leopold I on the top.
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It commemorates the National Congress of 1830 - 1831. This is where the building blocks of an independent Belgium were made!
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The important dates in the struggle for Belgian Independence are engraved on column's pedestal, together with the names of the members of the National Congress and the Provisional Government of Belgium, as well as important passages from the Constitution.
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📍 Colonne du Congrès, Brussels, Belgium
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Want a look inside some of Brussels' prettiest chu

Want a look inside some of Brussels' prettiest churches?
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Keep an eye out for more coming soon!
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📍 Church of St. Catherine, Brussels, Belgium
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Famous Belgian Pissers! . The original one is the

Famous Belgian Pissers!
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The original one is the Manneken Pis fountain (that's the one of the little boy). It was first installed in the 15th Century and originally provided drinking water! It's been in its current location since 1770.
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Legend has it that it was built to honour a little boy who urinated on a fuse for explosives that were due to blow up the city walls sometime in the 13th or 14th Century.
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Another legend says that it's a tribute built by a weathly merchant who's son went missing and was found urinating in a small garden. He is said to have built it to honour the local people who looked for his missing son.
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Which is true? I'm not sure, there are far better historians than I out there who still debate which, if either is actually true.
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He is also dressed up regularly to highlight social issues in Brussels and the wider world in general.
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The statue of the little girl is called Jeanneke Pis. It was commissioned by Denis-Adrien Debouvrie in 1985 as a counter point to the Manneken Pis. He placed in the small alley, Impasse de la Fidélité/Getrouwheidsgang to increase interest in some restaurants he had there! After designing it on a napkin, he is purported to have said, "Now we have gender equality!".
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The dog is actually a statue, rather than a fountain. It's called Het Zinneke, which in the Brussels dialect means "the mutt". Or was built in 1998 as a take on folk humour and a tribute to both Manneken Pis and Jeanneke Pis. You can find it at the corner of Rue des Chartreux/Kartuizersstraat and the Rue du Vieux-Marché-aux-Grains/Oude Graanmarkt.
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Which is your favourite?
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📍 Brussels, Belgium
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People watching in Amsterdam is next level!!!
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📍 Halvemaansbrug, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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This HAS to be one of the most futuristic building

This HAS to be one of the most futuristic buildings in the world!
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When do you think it was built?
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Stay tuned for the answer and loads more about Brussels' signature structure!
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📍 The Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
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Do NOT miss this Hidden Gem in Amsterdam!!! . Our

Do NOT miss this Hidden Gem in Amsterdam!!!
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Our Lord in the Attic Museum is in a canal house that was originally built in 1630. The upper three floors were converted into a church between 1661 and 1663. This was when it wasn't exactly illegal to practice Catholicism, but it was prohibited to practice it overtly.
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It was refreshingly quiet when we visited and this made it all the more enjoyable! It has so many rooms and areas to explore that even when it is busy, you are unlikely to notice!
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It's also covered by the @IAmsterdam City Card!!!
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📍 Our Lord in the Attic Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Buildings of Brussels. . How beautiful are they!?!

Buildings of Brussels.
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How beautiful are they!?!
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📍 Brussels, Belgium
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Ever seen the light of a Lighthouse up close? . Yo

Ever seen the light of a Lighthouse up close?
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You can at the Blacksod Lighthouse in Mayo! You can only access the building on a guided tour that is really affordable at €10 for an adult ticket!
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DO NOT MISS THIS!!!
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📍 Blacksod Lighthouse, Mayo
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The Atomium has become the symbol of both Brussels

The Atomium has become the symbol of both Brussels and Belgium!
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Believe it or not, the Atomium was built in 1958 for the Brussels World Trade Fair!
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📍 The Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
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