Category Cultural Attractions (Museums, Historical Sites, Etc.)
Ireland 2026 – Kilkenny, Part Two
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 […]
Ireland 2026 – Kilkenny
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 […]
Ireland 2026 – Limerick, Part Three
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 […]
Europe 2025 – Barcelona, Part Two
May 12 – 14 Having finished lunch, we went outside and caught a taxi to take us closer to where the Picasso Museum (Museu Picasso) is located. One nice thing about Barcelona is that it is a taxi town. Uber does operate there but the black and yellow city taxis are ubiquitous, and can sometimes […]
Europe 2025 – Barcelona, Part One
May 12 – 14 Our final drive of the trip with Bev would take four hours or more as we needed to drop the rental car off at the Barcelona International Airport and then take a taxi into town and to our Airbnb, the Excellent Modernist Apartment, located in a nice neighborhood full of amenities. […]
Europe 2025 – Madrid, Part Three
Blog Post 12-21-2025 Europe 2025 – Madrid, Part Three May 3 – 5 To kill time after our Taco Bell snack we drifted in and out of some of the shops on Calle del Arenal and then walked over to the area where the flamenco venue was located. This took a little longer than it […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Rabat, Part Two
April 17 – 18 Leaving Chellah in another Tuk Tuk for the same fee as before, we rode the mile and a half to an esplanade that contains both the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Hassan Tower. The Mausoleum contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, King Hassan […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Fes, Part Two
April 9 – 10 Leaving Moulay Idriss, it was a short drive to Volubilis, a partly excavated Berber-Roman city that may have been the capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania. Built in a fertile agricultural area, it developed from the 3rd century BC onward as a Berber, then proto-Carthaginian settlement before being the capital of […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Fes, Part One
April 9 – 10 As mentioned in the earlier post, we were scheduled to meet with our tour group at 6:00pm in Cities, the hotel restaurant. Joanna and I went downstairs a few minutes early and finding seats at one of the tables, ordered a drink apiece while we waited to start. Mine would be […]
Europe 2025 – Lisbon, Part Three
April 1-3 We were up and out early for our planned day trip to Sintra through Viator on their Sintra Highlights and Pena Palace Full-Day Tour. Joanna and I visited this area in 2014 but did not take a tour. Instead, we drove our car out to the coast and parked near the lighthouse there […]
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