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It's a once in a lifetime treat to walk into the oldest drinking establishment in Ireland for the first time! That's what we did here in Athlone on the banks of the River Shannon in the heart of the country. Sean's Bar is certified by the Guinness Book of World...
It's our fourth day in Ireland and our first drive on one of the Motorway highways, designated by the prefix M. We've traveled national (N) and regional (R) highways as well as local (L) roads. It's a cooperative effort. Alice is our driver and is getting more...
Our accommodations just keep getting better and better! This time it's an historic cottage on the ancestral lands of the Lynch family. We're in the very comfortable cottage that was once the servants' quarters for Ballycurrin House. Originally built in the...
As the light was just starting to fade the four of us left our cottage to walk the path to the Ballycurrin Lighthouse on the shore of Lough Corrib near Headford, Co. Galway. The experience of standing inside the compartment that once housed the fire that guided...
It's s glorious drive through incredibly green countryside. Yes, it looks like the scenes from The Quiet Man which was filmed in this area. We stopped at Maam Cross at Peacockes Hotel where we admired the view from the top of the observation tower and could see...
From Turlough to Ballycurrin near Headford, our next overnight stop could have been a less than one hour drive but we chose to take the great circle drive along the N59 through glorious countryside. Of course that meant a stop in Westport. First was a visit to a...
On out way from Ballina along N58 and then N5 toward Westport we spotted a brown sign. That's an international indication of a point of interest for tourists. So we made the spontaneous decision to stop at The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, the only...
After a long and exciting day of travel we pulled into the driveway of the delightfully modern Ballina Townhouse that is ours for the night and met Christian, our host who suggested that Crockets as a nice spot for dinner. He steered us in a great direction, a...
On Main Street in Ardara, County Donegal we met Eddie Doherty and his wife Evelyn. Donegal Tweed has been the heart and soul of this area in the north of Ireland for many generations. Eddie Doherty went to work in the mill at 16 years of age winding bobbins for the...
While we were waiting for the chance to order lunch at The Jolly Farmer we learned that we were less than a quarter mile from the world famous Belleek Pottery. Once we realized we weren't likely to get served soon, we paid for our tea and moved on. We started our...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Our recent travel misadventures seriously curtailed our time in Rome pre-cruise but we did get to visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel before making the trip to Civitavecchi for an overnight in the port city of Rome preparatory to departing on Allure of the Seas tomorrow.
Travel plans sometimes go awry. In this case flooding near Milan caused our train trip to be interrupted leading to one Flix Bus journey, three taxi rides, an overnight stay in Milan, and an airline flight to arrive in Rome more than 24 hours later than planned. Not exactly the adventure we had planned but giving us yet another campfire story!
With only a day and a half for exploring Paris we first visited Notre Dame then did a bus tour the first evening. On Day 2 we sampled some of treasures of The Louvre and Musee Rodin before walking back to Notre Dame, a ten mile walk!