Ireland…The Burren

Want to experience Ireland?..the harsh unforgiving beautiful Ireland that has been the setting of so many novels? Yes? Well, here we are. Join us as we continue our tour of Ireland through The Burren area of northwest Ireland. (Hint: Click on the map to make it larger) Photo is of a map in the lobby of the […]

Waterford Crystal Tour

Today we join a tour of the Waterford Crystal plant in Waterford, Republic of  Ireland where the Waterford Crystal story began so many years ago. Our tour is scheduled to start at 11:10 so we have about 20 minutes to explore the retail floor where lovely pieces of crystal can be admired (and purchased if […]

The Best Thing about Blarney Castle

I always knew that if we ever made it to Ireland, the number one thing on my list of things to do would be to kiss the Blarney Stone. Well, we made it to Ireland and here we are at Blarney Castle about to kiss the Blarney Stone. You know how sometimes one dreams about […]

Cliffs of Moher (from below)

Landlubbers challenge: Be adventurous! Join us for a unique view of The Cliffs of Moher (Ireland’s second most visited tourist attraction) as we take a boat tour right to the base of the cliffs. For a landlubber taking a boat cruise is adventurous, right? Right. First we need to purchase tickets. I would suggest the […]

Cliffs of Moher (from above)

Failte (that means Welcome in Irish) to the second most visited Irish tourist attraction…The Cliffs of Moher. We are on the west coast of Ireland in County Clare. (Don’t you just love the way the Irish refer to the different regions. Co. Clare, Co. Cork, etc. The names just roll off one’s tongue with a sense […]

La Mancha

“To dream the impossible dream. To fight the unbeatable foe” Those lyrics from the musical  Man of La Mancha float through our rented car as we drive highway A4 south from Madrid, Spain. What could be more perfect as we are in the autonomous region of Castitle-La Mancha…the very region that was Don Quixote’s stomping grounds. As […]

Ronda, Spain

Today we are leaving the Mediterranean (Malaga area) and heading north…up into the mountains. Soon after turning off the A7 highway at San Pedro de Alcantara, we find ourselves on a paved road that goes up and up and up…winding back and forth and back and forth and up and up. The valleys get deeper […]

Where is Gibraltar?

Where is Gibraltar? That is not a rhetorical question when one is driving the highways of southern Spain looking for the turn off to go to Gibraltar…because you will not find any signs that say Gibraltar. Instead one must either look for signs that say La Linea (the community on the Spanish side of the […]

Montevideo, Uruguay

  Hurry! Our car and driver will soon be here to take us on a tour of Montevideo, Uruguay‘s capital city. Never thought I would say something like that in my lifetime…“My car and driver will soon be here”. Rather pretentious, huh? But on second thought, not really pretentious. More practical I would say. Hiring […]

Isle of Skye

Today we are leaving mainland Scotland to head over to the Isle of Skye. Our drive through the Highlands has been both spectacular and lonely. Celtic music playing on the car’s stereo adds to the romantic atmosphere created by this breathtakingly wild landscape. Spatial perception is easily thrown off kilter here. That landmark that looked […]

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