Dingle, Ireland is both a town and a peninsula. And most folks who visit Dingle make the drive around the peninsula and stay in the town for at least one or 2 nights. Now I have some strong opinions on Dingle — both the town and the peninsula — which I’ll get to at the…
What can you expect from travel in the new year? What are the travel trends for 2019? Well, as usual it’s a mixed bag of good and bad. I prefer to focus on the good. But that’s because I’m a glass half full kind of gal. So I’m going to start with a bit of…
For the last post of 2018 I thought I’d share some of my favorite travel moments from the journey I took earlier this year to Ireland and Wales. There were so many wonderful travel moments that I wasn’t quite sure where to begin. Some of my favorite moments were visiting the monastic settlement at Clonmacnoise…
Newgrange and Knowth are part of the Brú na Bóinne area of County Meath, Ireland. Brú na Bóinne means “palace of the Boyne” and it was so named because it’s this area of the Boyne River where the ancient people of Ireland built these incredible structures. This is the place that was sacred to them.…
Eating in Europe is part of the travel experience. In fact, I know many of you travel to certain destinations specifically for the food. There’s so much tasty food in all of Europe from delicious meats and fish to fresh veggies and fruit to delectable desserts. So what should you eat in Europe? And maybe…
There are loads of towns in Tuscany. And most of them would certainly qualify as beautiful. Some are large towns such as Siena which is quite well-known. Others are quaint villages and maybe not a town you’ve heard of such as Casole d’Elsa— which you’ll find out about soon enough. Admittedly, Tuscany is über popular.…
