Hi Cassy, Thank you for your newsy note. Sounds like a flight would work best for us. Thanks for the tip re taxis. Soda bread, eggs, bacon - "definitely" on the menu! Dad never was able to return to Liverpool although he loved being British and chose NOT become a citizen of the USA after taking out his first papers. I hope to see some of the places our Irish/English FORDs lived in (Tue Brook, West Derby), the English GEORGEs resided (Wellington Road, Toxteth Park), and perhaps where our English-Welsh JONESes lived in Kirkdale. My sis is paying for my trip, or I wouldn't be able to go. I am hoping to convince my sis and my cousin to include Liverpool in our itinerary, as it would mean so much to me. Sadly - won't be going to London to give Tony BLAIR (on whom I have a "crush," from watching him on BBC broadcasts) a peck on the cheek. Interestingly, it appears that his lovely wife, Cherie (Booth) BLAIR is related to the brother of John Wilkes BOOTH (actor and LINCOLN's assassin). Small world - you just never know what will turn up in your own family, either! Genealogy is absolutely fascinating! Jean, Washington State xx ----- Original Message ----- From: "cassy" <cassyfranklin@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <IRISH-IN-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [UK-Irish] Dublin to Liverpool. Query > Hi Jean > My husband travelled across the Irish Sea every week for 25 years , > Some times the crossing was rough but it depends on the time of year > but if the sea is to rough they wont sail. <snip>