What better way to kick off 2020 and sweat out last year's champagne than a beautiful hike along the Beara's coastline? Well, I couldn't think of a better way so off we went on New Year's morning to explore a new trail. Paul and I have stopped at the trailhead for the Pulleen Loop several times ... Read More
Ramblings
Ramblings-Donegal
Since February is the month of love, we have decided that this month for Wordless Wednesdays (which we missed yesterday) and our new weekly feature, Ramblings, we will focus on places in Ireland that we love. Dictionary.Com defines the word Rambling as: aimlessly wandering. taking an ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday
In keeping with our January theme of pictures from our vacation along the River Shannon in 2003, this week we are featuring a picture from Holy Island. Yes, we know that this picture, with its stone ruins and circular tower, looks just like our pictures from Clonmacnoise but, believe us, it is a ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday
For the month of January, all of our Wordless Wednesday posts are pictures taken along the River Shannon while we were on holiday there in 2003. We don't remember exactly where along the Shannon this picture was taken but, because it was the quintissential Irish countryside picture, we had to ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday
For the month of January our Wordless Wednesday pictures will be from our 2003 vacation where we rented a river cruiser and spent the week on the River Shannon. Last week's post included a picture of Clonmacnoise viewed from the river at sunrise. By the time Clonmacnoise opened for tourists, ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday
Last Wednesday we posted the picture of Paul's proposal in front of Portumna Castle in Portumna, Ireland. We had rented a boat and spent a week cruising the River Shannon. All of the Wordless Wednesday posts for January will be photos from that trip. We picked up our boat from Silver Line ... Read More