2018 travel recommendations
It’s that time again, when every travel magazine and website publishes their list of the places you should visit this year. And some of those 2018 travel recommendations seem just a little weird.
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It’s that time again, when every travel magazine and website publishes their list of the places you should visit this year. And some of those 2018 travel recommendations seem just a little weird.
I’ve been to Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic), but I’m ready to go back again any time. In part that is because we have friends there (I miss you Andrew and Lesley!) and Read More …
In 2004 I visited Ireland for the first time, spending my time in the northern half of the country. Less familiar to most travelers than the south, northern Ireland (both the Republic and Northern Ireland Read More …
Travel journals Ireland 2004 Touring the North of Ireland (December 11, 2012) Ireland 2009 (London and Ireland)
Touring London Day 1: In Christopher Wren’s City (June 17) Day 2: Exploring London’s history (June 18) Breakfast at Apostrophe Apostrophe is the neighborhood bakery and coffee shop where we eat a scrumptious breakfast of Read More …
This was another place I wanted to get to on my last visit to Ireland with Michele in 2004 and didn’t because of howling winds. Today couldn’t be more different, with clear blue skies and Read More …
The Giant’s Causeway World Heritage site in Northern Ireland is a geologic wonder steeped in legend. The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast is the only UNESCO World Heritage site in Northern Ireland.
The northern coast of Northern Ireland can be lonely place that feels lost in time. Dunluce Castle (Dún Lios) is a melancholy-feeling place that hangs forlornly above the sea as if the ruins are perpetually Read More …
The commercial center of Belfast is a pleasant , walkable place, with a host of historic buildings, including the opera house (which we don’t enter) and the Ulster Hall (which we do). Among the historic Read More …
The Crown Bar as it exists today goes back to 1885, a time when Catholic churches were being built throughout Ireland and highly skilled Italian craftsmen were in Dublin to do that work. It was Read More …