Final Full Day – Titanic Experience
During our last visit home to Cohasset and Scituate, I was talking to my old High School friend Jeff Treanor about this trip to Ireland. Jeff recommended going to the Titanic Experience Museum in Belfast if we could. Thank you Jeff for a FANTASTIC recommendation! What a moving, and emotional few hours. This is an […]
Seaglass hunting & Belfast 7/21/23
Our host Bridget told us yesterday that we should stay in Cushendun “into the afternoon” before leaving. She was happy to hear we tried. After sleeping in, we made ourselves a nice breakfast in the kitchen with the provisions of bacon, sausage and buns Bridget had left in the fridge. Then we walked down past […]
Portstewart to Cushendun
Today was one of those days where you just don’t feel like you can take enough pictures. Yet, you know pictures won’t quite do the spectacular scenery justice. After grabbing a coffee at the shop in Portstewart that won “best window decorations” at Christmas, we made our way to the Giant’s Causeway. This is simply […]
To the Causeway Coastal Route
The first time I saw Ireland with my own eyes was in 1997 from the periscope of a submarine. I was deployed on the USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN-690), and we were coming from a lot further north. We transited south before entering the Firth of Clyde on our way to a port call in Faslane Scotland. […]
Dublin Finale 7/18/23
Our first stop today was at the General Post Office (GPO), less than a mile from the hotel. I had wanted to visit hear because of its significance during the Easter Rising of 1916. This was a historic event in Ireland, and lead to the eventual break of the Republic of Ireland from the United […]
Good Music! 7/17/23
I realize this is the second post today – but it was a very worthwhile experience. Melissa and Ryan recommended that we partake in a Traditional Irish Music Pub Crawl while in Dublin, and so we did. This was truly a fantastic treat! Anthony (Booster) and Niall taught us a great deal about music, and […]
Trinity College and a stroll
I’m certain that we haven’t had a bad breakfast this entire journey, and I’m only slightly convinced we are countering the effects with the considerable amount of walking we’re doing! You only live once though, right? After fueling up here at The Morgan Hotel, we made our leisurely way on a short walk to Trinity […]
Celebrating 30 years in Dublin 7/16/23
First, Happy 30th Anniversary Stace! I love you very much, and I’m so happy to be here together in Ireland to celebrate! 😍 We definitely shifted gears today, driving from Athlone to Dublin with a fresh batch of clean laundry! On a two week trip, having a washer and dryer at the mid-point is KEY! […]
Family 7/15/23
Today is a day Stacey and I will always remember. We stepped out of our introverted nature a bit in the name of family, and for that we were rewarded immensely. After breakfast we started on our 20 minute drive to Curraghboy. I knew that Grandma had gone to church there at St. Brigid’s, and […]
Athlone – the heart of Ireland
I consider us fortunate that our 6th full day here is our first of steady rain. Fortunately, it was mostly a driving day, and any fool can drive in the rain – self included. We stopped in Kilkenny for a short stroll in the rain and a coffee for the rest of the drive. We […]