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Dear friends and colleagues,

This week’s Newsletter will mark the beginning of summer, and the end of our Newsletters as you know them! From next week we will be welcoming an exciting change with our ‘Summer Newsletter’. Each week we will be featuring some of Northern Ireland’s incredible people and makers, plus we will have some very special ‘wee stories’ from Northern Ireland’s incredible authors. Don’t miss it!

This week we mark World Wellbeing Week with a recent blog post from our team. We dive into summer with some refreshing gin cocktails by Boatyard Distillery and Strawberry Semifreddo recipe by Paula McIntyre. Something to give you a bit of a giggle with Theresa Livingstone, and finally a look at Northern Ireland’s ‘best bits’.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a wonderful summer. Feel free to reach out and let us know how you are doing! @BrusselsNI.

Best Wishes,
Lynsey Moore, Director

World Wellbeing Week

If the past year has highlighted one thing, it is the importance of looking after our health and wellbeing. We have gone through a lot of changes to our daily lives in a short period of time, and many of us have noticed the joy and benefits of simple things such as getting outside for some fresh air! As World Wellbeing Week has just ended, we would like to re-share our recent blog post for Mental Health Awareness Week which collated advice and pictures from members of our team here in Brussels and back home in Northern Ireland. We hope you will continue to enjoy the great outdoors over the summer months.
World Wellbeing Week

Refreshing Summer Cocktails

Summer isn’t complete without a refreshing cocktail, and what’s more refreshing than a perfectly made G&T? In Northern Ireland we love our gin, and Boatyard Distillery in County Fermanagh have a fabulous selection of gin-based cocktails to try. Check this video for some recipes. For each cocktail they have also paired some delicious local produce that would make the perfect match.
Refreshing Summer Cocktails

Strawberry Semifreddo with Orange Roasted Strawberries

A delicious summer recipe that you must try, by the amazing Paula McIntyre. Listen to this podcast episode where Paula joins from her home on the North Coast to share the recipe to this mouth-watering Italian-style dessert. A creamy homemade ice cream with hot, orange roasted strawberries makes a heavenly combination!
Strawberry Semifreddo with Orange Roasted Strawberries

Welcome July with a Giggle

As the saying goes, if you didn’t laugh you would cry!

Watch the wonderful and hilarious Theresa Livingstone with her ‘Goodbye 2020’ song to raise spirits now that our lives are getting back to some form of normality.
Welcome July with a Giggle

Embrace a Giant Spirit

For now we wish you a delightful summer and leave you with this inspiring video showing some of the amazing places to visit in Northern Ireland. We may not be able to travel freely yet but when the time comes (and it will come!), you can be prepared to take a small step to a giant adventure.
Embrace a Giant Spirit