October 18 – 27 We left Tombstone on a clear morning with blue skies that would follow us all day. We decided not to stop in the downtown area (if you could call it that) to see the tourist street, multiple blocks of recreated late 1870’s cowboy town playing off the famous shoot out at […]
April 8 – 10 Finished with our snack, which cost 14.40 Euros ($17) we hit the reception desk and paid 34 Euros ($40) for the tour for the two of us. This was an enjoyable tour, similar in nature to the one we took in Louisville at the Louisville Slugger Museum, where you are up […]
April 8 – 10 Continuing down St. Kiernan Street we came to Alice Kyteler’s pub, made famous by the following bit of Kilkenny history. Back at the corner with the Butter Slip stairs is the site of the first known witch burning in the British Isles, in 1324. The tale involves Alice Kyteler, a Flemish […]
April 8 – 10 After unpacking and conversation with Nadia, we walked across the street for dinner at Lana Kilkenny Asian Street Food for what would be very good Thai influenced food. With nearly 20 locations in Ireland, it is a popular chain, and our meal led us to understand why. We each ordered a […]
April 8 – 10 What we thought would be a straight forward day quickly turned out otherwise when I received a call from John at the Hertz Sales office just down the street that due to the gas price protests around Ireland (bands of individuals using their cars and trucks to block on and off […]
April 4 – 7 We arrived in the small town of Doolin and first followed the GPS directions to the trailhead, up a steep bit of road and when we arrived, determined there was no parking and so returned to town and instead found parking in the designated lot there. We walked about a bit […]
April 4 – 7 A block or so from the castle we found ourselves entering Treaty City Brewery, which boasts of having “Limerick’s Greatest Toastie” and indeed we would put this claim to the test. Along with a round of drinks (beers, tea and coffees) we did get one of the sandwiches to split and […]
April 4 – 7 Joanna and I hit the breakfast buffet again as it would be a longish day of travel, first for Kris and Marty needing to fetch their individual rental cars (Marty’s included in his tour fee) and then by late morning, loading both vehicles with passengers and luggage (small cars required strategic […]
April 1 – 3 Joanna and I hit the substantial breakfast buffet the next morning (our travel partners typically don’t eat breakfast first thing) and soon gathered with the others to take off for a morning of walking and sightseeing. One of the first things we spotted on O’Connell Street was the Spire, a large, […]
April 1 – 3 As the first of the year rolled around, people asked us what our travel plans for the year were and for the first time in recent memory we had to reply that we didn’t have any son the books. Having done a two-month international journey in 2025 we weren’t likely to […]
January 27 – February 1 A few weeks later we took off for Yosemite for the fourth year in a row, taking advantage of the same deal as before, buy two nights lodging and get a third night free. This would reduce our cost for staying at the Lodge to $180 a night versus a […]
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