Category: Trip 1
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Our BEST OF the British Isles
A lot of folks have asked us for recommendations from our British Isles journey, so in this blog I will highlight some of our favorites! Places to Stay There were many truly lovely places we stayed on this trip, thanks to our fantastic travel planner Janet Redler. The following were our absolute favorites and places…
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The final leg of Ireland – Galway and the Surrounding Beauty
After leaving the southern regions of Ireland, we headed up North towards Galway and spent our final days of this journey exploring some of the phenomenal scenery in this region. The city of Galway was lively and fun to explore on foot. Music and pubs are the prime attraction. We took two phenomenal day trips…
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To Inchydoney and beyond!
“The Wild Atlantic Way” is Ireland’s well-chosen tagline to brand its just amazingly spectacular coast. The trail stretches along the north, west and southern portions of Ireland, and at about 1600 miles in length, is one of the longest coastal routes in the world. We documented our travels along the northern portion in an earlier…
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Cashel…a great place for a stop
Going to make a quick post here, as I wanted to highlight this spot where we made a quick one night stopover. I would sure come back and spend more time here! The Rock of Cashel lies between Dublin and Cork, and within the little town under the old ruins sits a lovely place to…
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Game of Thrones!
Northern Ireland was the filming location of many of the northern locales in GoT (think Winterfell, Castle Black), and also the location of a large studio built to film many of the scenes. That studio (south of Belfast) has now been re-purposed as the Game of Thrones Studio Tour, and we took a day trip…
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Diverse Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and it’s largest city with a population over 1.2 million people. It’s most definitely a bustling city and was brimming with people especially along it’s main shopping area – Grafton Street – and in the many public parks when the sun is shining. That a good…
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Our first foray into the “Wild Atlantic Way”
Wow, and I mean wow. Spending time traversing Ireland’s incredible coastline was definitely one of the highlights of this trip. We started out with two day long trips, with our driver/guide Aiden at the helm. Aiden took us to some of his favorite spots around the Inishowen Peninsula and on the Eastern coast and provided…
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What is it…Derry? Londonderry? Derry-Londonderry?
Beyond the fact that this city still lives with the dual identity of Loyalist Protestants who refer to their home as ”Londonderry” and Nationalist Catholics who refer to it as “Derry”, this is a really charming and welcoming place. There seems to be further movement in reconciliation and the ability to live together here than…
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It’s complicated in Belfast
Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland and its largest city, is situated in one of 6 counties of the island of Ireland that remain part of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland). This all occurred toward the beginning of the last century as part of a treaty to give the remaining areas…
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Word to the wise – avoid EasyJet!
Before capturing our time in Belfast, let me document the first major hiccup of our travels to date – getting from London to Belfast. We were booked to take an EasyJet flight from London’s Gatwick airport to Belfast just after noon on Sunday, May 29th. That flight was cancelled several days before departure and we…
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