It was Jeremy’s turn to plan the next couple of days, which worked out well, since he wanted to meet up with a friend he knew from online gaming but had never met in person. We took a taxi to the airport in order to rent a car for the Read more…
After breakfast at the hotel, we walked 10 minutes to Pisa’s Botanical Garden. I must say, they had some pretty interesting looking plants. Randy introduced Jeremy to an app he used to identify plants, so Jeremy was working hard to get new badges and increase his rank by taking lots Read more…
Our first stop in Italy was Pisa and of course, you can’t visit Pisa without climbing to the top of its Leaning Tower! After putting our bags in the free lockers a short distance away we lined up for our timed-entry. It wasn’t as tiring as I thought it would Read more…
Since we no longer had the rental car, Jeremy took a train from Dundalk to Dublin and met us at our hotel. The timing worked out better for Marissa to meet us in Dublin instead of in Pisa, but her flight was about 20 minutes delayed. We just waited at Read more…
Our hotel was just a few minutes walk to Trinity College, which was nice. I really enjoyed the tour of the Old Library and the Book of Kells Experience. They are in the process of making the library more fire resistant and had cleared out most of the books. They Read more…
On our way back to Dundalk, we stopped to see Kilkenny Castle. Very pretty and very large! Well, that was our last thing to do before dropping Jeremy off in Dundalk. It’s been a long, tiring, but enjoyable 10 days! I can’t believe how smoothly all of various lodging and Read more…
I really enjoyed doing the Waterford Crystal Factory Tour. I like seeing how things are made. They require at least five years of training to be skilled enough to work in the factory, as each piece has to be EXTREMELY precise. The videos show the various stages each piece goes Read more…
We got a later start than planned and with an hour drive, we arrived at Blarney Castle after 10am. So, lots of tour buses had already dropped off LOTS of people! In hindsight, we should have walked around the gardens first and waited for the castle line to go down, Read more…
The Ring of Kerry is another popular loop to drive. Here’s the list of places we stopped along that route… Kerry Cliffs Derrynane House Scenic Views. We pulled off at a few places to try to capture how spectacular the views were (which of course is not nearly as good Read more…
The Dingle Peninsula is a popular loop to drive in the southern part of Ireland. It took a couple of hours to drive down to it from Bunratty. Here’s the list of the popular spots that we stopped at… Inch Beach. Cars could drive and park on the beach. Minard Read more…