Having been to Ireland a few times, I knew the Irish to be some of the nicest, friendliest and kindest folks on the planet. I love these people. But this trip was taking me to Scotland. Then onto England. And I was also visiting Northern Ireland for the first time. Would the “Northerners” be different…
So I promised another post on Northern Ireland — specifically the Giant’s Causeway. Here you go! On my second full day in Northern Ireland I decided to go to the Giant’s Causeway. This is probably THE top site in Northern Ireland. I was thinking of hitting this site late in the day as the…
One of the places I didn’t have time to write about was Northern Ireland or “The North” as it’s often referred to by those from the Republic of Ireland. So I’m going to cover my time there in a couple of posts. Let’s clarify this first. The Republic of Ireland is typically just referred…
The concept of home and being rooted is one that I often struggle with. I don’t own a home (nor do I want to at this point) and I don’t own a car. For me I can be “home” wherever I am. I remember being in Turkey back in 2011. It was my first…
I’ve struggled to connect with England. I have always felt that connection with Ireland from the day I first set foot in the country. And I definitely bonded with Scotland. England has not completely won me over despite meeting some incredibly kind English folks along my travels. Yes. York was a city I connected with. It…
As I got further away from London and began to see the countryside of the Cotswolds I immediately relaxed. I felt I could breathe again. I’ve given you my impressions of London. But this week I had a conversation with a woman working in a shop in one of the Cotsowlds towns about London. She commented, “London…
