Monthly Archives: September 2017

Just some total mileages for the last trip and the summer as a whole this year. We added about 9,000 miles for the Ireland trip, which brings us to approximately 28,350 miles for the whole summer. Fortunately most of those … Continue reading →

Just a few parting thoughts on the Ireland trip. Ireland was much more fun than Northern Ireland – there was a tension in Northern Ireland that just doesn’t exist in Ireland. We loved the scenery in both places but we … Continue reading →

We made it! The nice Aer Lingus agent guy was right! Our travel agent was right! Our flight left nearly on time and landed almost exactly on time, albeit after an 8 1/2 hour flight. We were bushed when we … Continue reading →

Since our wonderful travel agent was on the job back in Daytona Beach, we opted for a day on the town in Dublin, which is a marvelous city. We never expected to spend anytime downtown in Dublin this trip but … Continue reading →

Well, yesterday was a day of ups and downs and “the troubles” continued a bit. As of Tuesday morning we had a flight to New York on Wednesday and then on to Orlando by 7 p.m. We stopped at the … Continue reading →

The first picture below is the exact place “where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea”. If any of you have ever heard “The Mountains of Mourne”, you know what I’m talking about but I’m assuming that many of … Continue reading →

We hopped on the Hop-On-Hop-Off (HOHO) bus tour just outside our hotel yesterday morning. The first thing we heard was that our Europa Hotel was the most bombed hotel in Europe. The guy added “not to worry, it hasn’t been … Continue reading →

Our weather angels showed up again yesterday – our visits to the Giant’s Causeway and the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge were in wonderful sunlight. The rain washed us down on the drive to and as we walked back from the Giant’s … Continue reading →

We did the Derry (Londonderry) Hop-On, Hop-Off bus tour yesterday after we had started our walking tour and found it just as the rain descended on us. We learned much more about “The Troubles” along with many other interesting things … Continue reading →

We left the castle yesterday and traveled northeast to Glenveagh National Park. It was a “liquid sunshine” day but it cleared for a bit while we were in the park. The castle tours in the park were booked up but … Continue reading →