Though "The Troubles", a common term for the three decades of violence in Northern Ireland that began in the late sixties, continued well into my lifetime, they have always felt like something that happened long ago and far away. Even arriving in Belfast and walking around the city centre there are few signs of the... Continue Reading →
Cork Gaol – The Ultimate Timeout
It's become a bit of a tradition for us to take the hop-on hop-off buses when we visit a new city. As I've mentioned in the past they've proven to be a good way to get around and by definition they tend to stop at many of the places you might want to visit. Besides,... Continue Reading →
Busting a Move in a 15th Century Castle
Today was our first day with no travel. So, what did we decide to do...well, travel to the nearby town of Blarney. I'll give you one guess as to what we went there to see. There are a few options for getting to Blarney from Cork but we decided on just taking the public bus,... Continue Reading →
Lovely Day for a Guinness
What's the first thing you do as tourists in Dublin with a toddler? Why a brewery, of course. More specifically the Guinness Storehouse. Having arrived in Dublin before 6:00 am local time and around 1:00am Eastern, our first priority was sleep, both for us and for Ella. None of us had any trouble getting to... Continue Reading →
Dia duit ón Éirinn
Oh, hi. You're still there. Nope, we weren't kidnapped by the JW police for spreading bad reviews. We did actually make it home from Panama. One of these days I'm going to figure out how to a) finish the posts through the end of a whole trip and b) keep posting something of interest between... Continue Reading →
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