my journey, destination unknown
While out and about today, I spotted an old friend. I almost went around the block to see if it really was who I thought it was. Even if it wasn’t that old friend, I enjoyed reminiscing about all of our fun times together. My old Subaru wagon took me and the girls on trip…
THe fast ferry is more expensive, but worth it! We had comfortable seat, wi-fi, and power. Out through Hyannis, past all the sailboats, and through the fog to Nantucket. Parking was a little confusing, but we managed it without any mishap.
Chloe and I went on an adventure … We hiked the five miles up to the Hike Inn at Amicalola Falls State Park! Chloe did great! I was amazed at how well she handled it. I had been to the Hike Inn before and knew that there were some hills that would cause me to…
I’ve posted a few photos (sunrise at hike inn and foggy woods) from my trip to the Hike Inn but here a few more. A five-mile hike up, possible but a bit strenuous at times. A simple room and simple meals. A gorgeous sunrise. My time there was far too short.
There’s nothing that I love to do more when in Paris than walk, especially if I am there on my own. I could walk and walk. Sometimes I enjoy visiting a museum or a monument, but mostly I prefer to just walk. The sights, the sounds, the smells. The people watching. I woke early, but…
I can’t get enough of Paris! If I’m there, I’m trying to spend as much time on the streets as I can. In general, I much prefer to walk the streets, the canals, the parks than to go into museums.
As I left Bercy Village and walked back through the park, my destination was the Promenade Plantee, the original Highline. I had stumbled across it once before in my travels to France, but decided that I would try to walk most of it this time. I found the beginning with a little help from my…
I arrived in Paris very late on a Friday night, but managed to get up fairly early on Saturday morning. I was in Paris – there was not a second to waste! As I had no real desire to visit any museums on my own, I decided to walk and enjoy just being there. I…
As I planned my trip to France, I started to think about things to do while I was in the area around Nice. I’ve been to most of the touristy places in the area and wanted to do something different. I thought about traveling to Corsica, but I I didn’t have enough time. Are there…
The morning after the big rains and flooding in Cannes, I headed out to the docks to catch the ferry to Ile St Honorat. Everything seemed washed clean and gleaming in the beautiful sun streaming from the blue sky (little did I know of the destruction elsewhere).
Bursting with the excitment of heading of not just a trip, but a solo trip for work, and anxiety, as I haven’t seen many of my co-workers for almost a decade, I had no idea of just how the adventure would turn out. Would my pre-work weekend of fun in the sun be rained out?…
Though probably not the fastest nor cheapest choice, I made the decision that for our weekend trip to Ireland, we would ride IrishRail. Since all five of us were going together, but Barbara was flying out of Dublin and Rob had to head back to Galway a day earlier than the girls and I were…
On one of our days in Galway, we took the ferry over to Inis Oirr, one of the Aran Islands. Daily trip diary entry.
While spending the weekend near Giant’s Causeway, we came across the Giant’s Causeway & Bushmills Railway. Though we didn’t get the chance to ride the railway, the train passed my mom, Chloe and I a number of times as we walked the trail to the Giant’s Causeway. Looks like a fun ride!
Our first stop on our road trip from Galway to the Giant’s Causeway was in Mullaghmore, County Sligo. On the spur of the moment, we decided to get off the “main” road and head down to see some of the coastline. And we are so glad we did! A beautiful beach, a lovely harbor, and…
When we booked our tickets to Ireland, we had a nice, reasonable layover at JFK. But with schedule changes, our layover at JFK increased to be NINE hours. Nine hours!! Who wants to spend nine hours in an airport? Instead, the girls and I looked into heading into the city for a couple of hours…
I tried, really I did. But working, taking care of last minute crises, cleaning, preparing the pets and house for our departure, etc. took too long. We hit the road late. So late that it was the start of rush hour getting out of Atlanta. We pushed on through, but didn’t make it very far…
Again I was up early, this time at 4:30. I read for an hour and a half then finally fell back to sleep for a bit longer. Barbara got up and packed, then went out to find a geocache. Once that mission was completed, she went out to find her bus to the Dublin Airport…
I woke a little after 5am and read for a few hours. Around 8, I tried getting the girls up. Barbara and I walked down to the harbor to look for a geocache. A little after 10am, we finally were all packed up and ready to head back to Galway. Our first stop was only…
Though I was up early (5:30), the rest of the family slept in a bit, some more than others. After some preparation and packing we hit the road a bit after 10am. After a few missed turns, we were finally on the road out of town. No real motorway as we headed north, mostly just…