my journey, destination unknown
I managed to sleep in a bit this morning, which felt great! Barbara and Camille went out to brunch at Cupan Tea and then to the cathedral while Chloe and I took care of things at home. In the afternoon, Barbara and I went to the entrance to the harbor to look of a geocache…
An early morning for the girls since we had to be out the door by 8:30 to walk over to the ferry office to collect our tickets. Barbara stopped for a geocache at the Spanish Arch, but we had trouble putting it back together. I ran ahead to the office where I stood in a…
While we got up early to prepare for the cleaning service to arrive, we took the morning slowly. We started the laundry (always complicated when in a foreign country), and Barbara walked to the grocery store. Chloe took a morning nap. Around noon, we walked down to the pedestrian area to have lunch (crepes and…
I slept in past 8am. It felt good to get a full night’s sleep for a change! I worked a bit and took care of other things, then tried to get the girls up. Barbara and Chloe went out for a walk while I tried to get Camille moving. We finally were all together to…
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…
After having stayed up past 2am, I couldn’t get up at 5am despite waking then. Instead, I forced myself to try to sleep past 8am. I then got up, despite not feeling totally rested. After taking care of a few things and then waking the rest of the family, we had some cereal for breakfast….
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…
As we boarded the plane in JFK, it was already the next day in Ireland. The sun was up before we knew it as the plane crossed the Atlantic. A quick breakfast and a quicker cup of coffee, and we then we landed at Shannon. We quickly made it through immigration and customs and out…
Zoom Zoom Zoom. In the end we decided to travel carry-on only, so the girls and I wheeled our bags out the door and across the street to MARTA. After getting no help from the Delta ticket agents about printing our boarding passes for the JFK to Shannon part of the journey, we headed to…
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While walking the beach at Hilton Head, we observed some of the local fauna. Lots of jellyfish, crabs and others.
Hurry, hurry, hurry. Gotta to get it all done and there’s no time to do it all! I feel like I’e been living this way recently, and I need to find a way to reset it.(Once I get everything done!) I still have a long laundry list of things that need to be done before…
Traveling has been on the back burner for some time now. I haven’t been out of town since January, when we went to High Falls State Park. In the past, there have been months when we would only be home for a handful of days. But those days are behind us. And I’ve run out…
As with MLK weekend 2014, we headed to a yurt at High Falls State Park. Not far from Atlanta, the park makes a perfect weekend getaway. The yurts are a comfortable home-away-from-home for a weekend. With heat, lights and electricity, we were comfortable (I remembered to bring my coffee pot….no going out in the cold…
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On the finaly day of our Thanksgiving week in NYC, we went shopping, breaking my “Buy Nothing Day” rules. First stop was the holiday market at Union Square, then on to Forbidden Planet and The Strand. We then wandered down to Washington Square Park and SoHo before heading back to Brooklyn and JFK.
And finally! The reason I decided we should take at least one trip to NYC over Thanksgiving …. the parade!! We got up early, very early. And dressed warmly. And headed to the subway to get to the UWS near Tavern on the Green. Just as we arrived at Central Park West, a gate was…
After our leisurely lunch at Tavern on the Green, we headed (in the snow!) down to Broadway. Over everything else playing, the girls had chosen It’s Only A Play. Chloe would probably have enjoyed a musical more, but Camille appreciated the play within a play. And both girls were happy to see Rupert Grint perform…
Another item on my NYC wish list was to take the girls to Tavern on the Green for lunch. More expensive than most places where we dine, we knew it was going to be a splurge. Watching the snow fall on the park as we ate our delicious meal was a perfect way to celebrate…