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Guernsey, Cobh, and Dublin

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Fronting the pier at St. Peters Port, Guernsey, the town cathedral welcomes visitors.
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St. Peter Port, Guernsey
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Our tour guide, setting the scene at St. Peter Port.
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Stone boundary marker for the city of St. Peter Port, Guernsey
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One of the old streets in what used to be the area populated by women of easy virtue.
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Here comes one now.
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An ancient lane where a foul and notorious murder of a local woman was committed in the 19th century.
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Providing details of the murder. Woman on left took copious notes throughout the tour. Now I wish I had done the same.
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Flowers growing from the wall.
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Climbing the old path to the top of the town.
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Above the town of St. Peter Port
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Our tour guide, Annette Henry, was informative, engaging and entertaining.
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Copper representation of a tobacco plant atop the city hall. Importation and the taxes derived therefrom were a major contributor to 18th and 19th century Guernsey.
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I loved the pretty flower boxes that were a fixture on many of the St. Peter Port businesses.
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Our guide showed us a photo of German soldiers parading past the building at the top of the street during the WWII occupation that lasted five years.
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Beams and planks repurposed from an old sailing ship.
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