Randy and I had been talking about going to visit Jeremy in Ireland for several years and finally made it happen this summer! While we were over there, we decided to stay longer and visit some other places, too. Jeremy made it easier for us to decide by saying he 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…
Our luck ran out with good sight-seeing weather at Cliffs of Moher. But by the time we walked to the end of the trail and came back, it had stopped raining enough for better cliff photos. It was still an enjoyable visit, even with the rain. As Marissa has said Read more…
We did the Sky Road Upper Loop to get some great views of the area. Beautiful! Then we drove to the Kylemore Abbey, which is still being used as an Abbey today. We just walked around on our own, doing the self-guided tour, but eavesdropped on one of the guided Read more…