my journey, destination unknown
On our road trip from Galway to the Giant’s Causeway, we decided to stop in Londerry to see the walled city. As we approached the city, we saw that the signs for Londonderry had all been marked up, with the “London” part of the name being crossed out.While there, we learned that the city goes…
Always interesting to see the street art while traveling. The colors, the themes, the variety.
Today is National Gummi Worm Day and National Tapioca Pudding Day. Up early to work and take care of things. Rob’s friend Bobby came with his family for a few hours. Camille and I went to the Cape Cod Mall for her comic books, but we also went to the bookstore for books and to…
Today is World Population Day and National Blueberry Muffin Day and All American Pet Photo Day. We had a later start than hoped, but still got on the road in time to beat the traffic (mostly). We headed into Falmouth and stopped at “Eight Cousins” our first bookstore of the day. We then drove down…
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…
Despite not being caught up yet from our last big adventure (Ireland) due to too many doctor appointments and too much work and too many celebrations and too much volunteer work, it is time almost time for us to hit the road once again. I’ve tried to catch up, keep up and get ahead in…
TIGER! Have you been Tiger? Rob and the girls stopped by one in Dublin and were impressed, but then we kept seeing them. Everywhere. A short search brought me to New to the US: Danish Tiger Store’s Colorful, Inexpensive Home Goods. Yep, that’s right. And we’re in love. When we finally stumbled upon the one…
Daily Trip Diary Day 0: ATL > NYC > Shannon Day 1: Shannon > Galway Day 2: Galway > Mullaghmore > Londonderry (UK) > Portballintrae (UK) Day 3: Antrim Coast and Giant’s Causeway Day 4: The Dark Hedges > Belfast > Galway Day 5: Galway > Salthill Day 6: Around Galway Day 7: Ferry to…
Heading home. As is my normal, I woke every twenty minutes to be sure I wouldn’t sleep too late. I finally just gave up on trying to sleep and worked a bit. The girls had claimed to be packed, but I kept coming across things that had not been packed. With their delays, we were…
Our last full day in Galway! I spent 6 hours working and catching up on things after our weekend away. The girls slept in a bit, then played Camille’s new computer game. When the cleaning service arrived, we headed out to do some final shopping. The first stop was Charlie Byrne’s for some books. Then…
An early morning in hopes of taking a boat trip to Skellig Michael. We dressed, packed and loaded the car, then called the boat company. Sadly, the trip was cancelled due to the weather. So we headed back into the apartment and relaxed a bit, reading and playing games until it was time for breakfast….
After an early morning photo processing session, I got the rest of the family out of bed and ready to go. First stop was across the street for a full Irish breakfast (hold the meat for me and Chloe). We then hopped in the car for a day circling the Ring of Kerry. Unfortunately, we…
I was up early (as usual) to work and get everything in order for our final weekend trip. I had hoped to hit the road by 9am so we could have a chance to go to the Cliffs of Moher on our way. While we had the time, it didn’t work out. Everyone packed, and…
Another quiet morning of relaxing, catching up and getting ahead. We needed it! The girls didn’t get up until after 10am. Around 1:30pm, Camille and I met up with her AP Chemistry teacher and walked down to the Keep of the Red Earl to join a walking tour of Galway. While the guide was doing…
I spent the morning working and cleaning up. The girls and I then went out to do some shopping. Chloe bought a new iPhone case at EuroGiant for 1.50EUR. We then made our way over to the mall, but the Dunne’s door was closed; we found another side entrance to the mall and Camille went…
I had hoped to sleep in, but nope, up around 5:30 again, not feeling rested at all. So though I was up early, I couldn’t get much done. I caught up on photos and blogging and worked during the morning. I let the girls sleep until 10am, then asked them to get up and get…
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…
Our Dublin apartment is in an amazingly central location. While central is good, it has also had its drawbacks. The crowds, especially on this celebratory weekend, are noisy. Our “in the eaves” apartment that has lots of light and nice views also gets stuffy. Windows open means noisy nights. Combined with the very short nights…
The sun sets late here and the sun rises early. And so did I. Lacking the internet and thus the ability to catch up on uploading my photos and updating my blog, I decided to read a “for fun” book while waiting for everyone else to get up and get ready to go explore Dublin….
What started out as a slow morning turned into a bit of a race to the train by the end. I got up and worked a bit and caught up on some things on my computer. After getting the girls up and warning them to get packed while we were out, Rob, Barbara and I…