A whale of a time is a common Irish expression for a great night out on the town — we had several of them in the 14 days we spent in Ireland in August of 2017.
For unknown reasons, we plotted our course as though we would enjoy good weather and the luxury of traveling Ireland’s narrow, winding, country roads at warp speeds. Mistakes were made. Nevertheless, we saw lots of beautiful Irish countryside through our rain-soaked rental car windows, and I got a front row seat for the driving extravaganza…
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Wandering around when we arrive in a new place is one of our favorite things to do. I’m always surprised at what we stumble upon and Dublin did not disappoint. We started with the Temple Bar area, which is known as the cultural center of the city and also hosts The Temple Bar, probably the…
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I’m happy to report that by the time Tammy and Xavier got done spoiling us, I was in tiptop shape and ready to enjoy round two of Ireland. We started in Dublin where we decided to hurt our livers a bit at the Guinness Storehouse and the Old Jameson Distillery. It wasn’t all gluttony, though;…
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We visited Ireland twice for reasons that are not terribly interesting. The first stint was just 4 days and then we returned for another 10 days after our trip to Scotland. Now then, it’s Ireland so let’s talk about luck… Luck of Danyelle I don’t think I’ve mentioned that I had a bad run of…
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