"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list."
December 21, 2025: The winter solstice was at 7:03 a.m. today in our time zone (PST). The days will now be getting longer every day for the next six months! With the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere quickly approaching,
Yes, we do keep track of the number of countries that we have visited! After returning from our “England and Ireland” trip we added the Republic of Ireland to our list of UN countries that we have seen and we
We arrived at our hotel in the heart of Dublin late in the evening after our afternoon at Newgrange. No time for sightseeing, just a dinner at a nearby pub, enjoying a Guinness and a football game (soccer to we
We left Galway by bus, but stopped to pick up a rental car at Dublin Airport so that we could go to visit the Neolithic sites of Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth, collectively known as Brú na Bóinne. One of just
Another morning’s travel brought us to the city of Galway in the northwest of Ireland (but not Northern Ireland). Galway was immediately appealing as we walked down to our hotel through the Saturday market, via pedestrianized streets filled with buskers.
From Killarney to Cork is less than 100 kilometres, but that takes you across the island from the west coast to the east. So, after jumping on a bus in the morning, less than two hours later we were in
While in County Kerry, we paid a visit to the Kissane Sheep Farm to watch a demonstration of the sheep herding skills of Irish border collies. These amazing dogs can be trained to obey commands by voice or whistle to
We began our visit to the Republic of Ireland by flying directly to the west coast to the tiny tourist town of Killarney. Killarney has been famous as an Irish visitors’ Mecca since Victorian times; the town of just 15,000
We arrived in England to be welcomed by typical English weather for the spring; kind of chilly, 13 degrees and drizzling, but only off and on. In fact, by the weekend it was beautiful – sunny and 15. Salisbury is
On April 30th, we jumped on a plane and headed off to London Heathrow to spend 2-1/2 weeks in England and the Republic of Ireland. Upon arriving in mid-afternoon the following day, we did not immediately head for London as
The Guinness barges were part of everyday Dublin life, transporting wooden barrels full of GUINNESS from the Brewery to the waiting cross channel steamers at Dublin Port and bringing the empty barrels back to the Brewery to be refilled. Dublin