Mon07

In Old Dublin Town

:: in September 7, 2015 :: in Ireland :: 3 comments

Back in Dublin. It’s novel to be taking pictures of cityscapes, not landscapes.  Yesterday we went to knock off the two things we wanted to see in Dublin: Dublin Castle and the Trinity College Library.  But we didn’t get to either of those yesterday. Instead we went to the old…

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Sat05

Release the Balloons

:: in September 5, 2015 :: in Ireland :: Comments Off on Release the Balloons

Well, I wasn’t going to post tonight, which is why I didn’t have my camera, which is why you’ll forgive me these pictures.  ‘What’s that?’ ‘I don’t know,’ I answered Daddy, staring into the night sky, forgetting whatever our topic of conversation was. ‘It looks likes flames.’ ‘Yeah, it does,…

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Wed02

Walking distance

:: in September 2, 2015 :: in Ireland :: 1 comment

    O, colourful Kinsale. I started this post yesterday, but stopped when I realised that no post about Kinsale could be complete without dozens of pictures of colour-saturated stucco. I probably should have taken pictures of more monuments and landmarks, but no matter.  Enjoy.  (Maybe that gallery worked? I blame PHP…

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    Tue01

    Kinsale at Large

    :: in September 1, 2015 :: in Ireland :: 1 comment

    Meant to post this last night obviously, but had reached the end of my patience with wandering for Wifi.  Well, the Wifi’s not great in the room we’re in, so I’ll leave with the fact that we made it to Kinsale.  Interestingly, we both separately were desirous of visiting this…

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    Thu27

    Over in Killarney

    :: in August 27, 2015 :: in Ireland :: Comments Off on Over in Killarney

    Today we drove south, through The Burren again and past it, around and down towards Killarney. And yes, I keep having Toora Loora Loora stuck in my head.  We said goodbye to our lovely hosts Anne and John in Galway and took the scenic route so we could take more silly…

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    Wed26

    Galway Walking Tour

    :: in August 26, 2015 :: in Ireland :: Comments Off on Galway Walking Tour

    After two driving days, we took ourselves on a walking tour of Galway. I won’t post too many pictures today lest I repeat myself. I wish that I could post something more useful, too, like what it’s like to drive in Ireland (awesome, but impossible to depict without videos), but…

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    Sun23

    Galway

    :: in August 23, 2015 :: in Ireland :: Comments Off on Galway

    Today we wandered around Galway some more. It was an easy task. This will be a post mostly in pictures, since I’d like to rest up before our drive up Connemara tomorrow. Anticipate more pictures.  In a weird way, Salthill sort of reminds me of the colourful Victorian houses around…

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    Sun23

    West coast…best coast?

    :: in August 23, 2015 :: in Ireland :: Comments Off on West coast…best coast?

    Today we decided to travel to Galway. Well, technically, yesterday evening we decided to travel to Galway. We’ll stay here for a few nights and use it as a jumping off point for a few destinations in the area before heading south.  I was admittedly anxious about picking up our…

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    Sat22

    Made it!!!

    :: in August 22, 2015 :: in Ireland :: Comments Off on Made it!!!

    It still feels a little surreal—to be in Ireland, finally on the other side of a trip that I’ve been planning for years.  And for a short while there, I was afraid we wouldn’t make it. Here’s a list of the #firstworldproblems that we had to overcome: Disabled train (Red…

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