Almost Famous Eating Shamrocks

What we saw:– Cliffs of Moher– Waterfall in Doolin– Cave from Harry Potter– Irish Coast Guard– Smithstown Castle– Leamaneh Castle– Sheep– Caherconnell Stone Fort– Hole of Sorrow– Tesco– Pay to use public restroom– Coad Church (ruins) What we experienced:– Communal breakfast with guys from London, New Zealand, and Ireland– Eating Shamrocks– My 15 minutes (hopefully […]

What a long, long two days it has been.

We’ve arrived in Ireland! I apologize for the nonsensical that may follow, exhaustion has set in.  Flights were pretty uneventful, and we were able to doze through the long one. I say doze, because who can really sleep restfully on a plane.  We picked up our car and that began a whole new adventure. Holy […]

Three Days and Counting!

These last four days have been filled with last minute shopping, packing and projects.   Shopping – Nothing like traveling to Walmart four times, Target three times, Walgreens twice, Best Buy twice, Bed Bath and Beyond and a local camera store all in the course of three days. Packing – Packing for 16 days is […]

Our belated honeymoon

We’ve officially planned our belated (over a year belated!) honeymoon… We will be spending sixteen days exploring Ireland and Scotland, conquering castles, and hopefully becoming royalty! It’s possible… Ireland has many castles that we could move into immediately (including in the town of Ennis…)!   They may not have a roof or indoor plumbing, but […]

Mini Honeymoon =)

In two weeks we are headed to Colorado for the weekend.  We may not get a fancy honeymoon yet, but I can’t wait =)

In West Philadelphia — Born and Raised

I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve been singing the theme song to Fresh Prince since we arrived in Philly last night =) Today we explored Philadelphia –– Liberty Bell (Long security check, but the bell was cool. I’ve always liked learning about it.)– Betsy Ross House– Christ Church (I sat in the pews that […]

Chocolate, Chocolate, and a little War History

We drove from NYC to Pennsylvania — we have settled into our hotel, and it is very much the best hotel we’ve stayed at. I could live here… we are on the Priority Club floor since I am a member (aka… I signed up for it when we booked the rooms haha). We made two […]

New York, New York

What did we see today? -Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island-Staten Island-NY Skyline n n What did we experience?-Ferry ride-More traffic-More tolls We finally made it to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty today. It was a nice little ferry ride over to each of the islands… you just take your time at each stop and […]