Home Sweet Home

We made it home last night and enjoyed sleeping in our own bed! Still a little jet legged today, but hopefuly we will be good for work tomorrow morning. Now would be the time for me to share how many miles we walked since I bought this really cool Jawbone Up bracelet that tracks all […]

Last full day in Ireland

Since it is our last full day in Ireland, we stayed around and explored right around Ennis. Started off on a walking tour of the town given by Jane O’Brien, a lady born and raised in Ennis (her son Fergus tagged along).  The tour was very informative and quite interesting, especially with all of the […]

Today = Irish Castles

What we saw:– O’Dea Castle– Dysert O’Dea Monastery– St. Tola’s Cross– Dromore Woods– O’Brien Castle, ruin– Dunguaire Castle– Drumharsna Castle, ruin– Lots of random ruined churches– Quin Abbey/Friary What we experienced:– Driving on a one lane road and coming head first towards another vehicle with no where to pull off– Dinner in a pub Today […]

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 […]