Travel

Kenmare is a lovely town, ideally situated between the Rings of Kerry and Beara. It’s outside the hustle and bustle of Killarney, but still has plenty of shops, restaurants and pubs. We rented a wonderful house a mile or two outside of town, called Dunkerron…

Ireland’s southern coastline is known for three peninsular drives- Kerry, Beara and Dingle. The Ring of Kerry is beautiful, but seemingly the most popular with tours. Read about it here. Dingle has a reputation as the wildest. The Ring of Beara, alternatively, is rugged and…

As I mentioned previously, I’ve broken my second trip to Ireland into several posts by location. So, I’ll start where I started upon arrival to Dublin Airport. For reasons obvious, Dublin is much busier than the Shannon airport, with customs lines befitting a major city.…

I had barely written my Paris trip summary and the terrible news of Notre Dame’s fire came out. While I’m relieved the damage wasn’t worse, it saddens me that Paris has taken another blow, and a world heritage site has been forever altered. Today, Wednesday,…

At last, the final leg of the journey! I hope you will read all three parts of this trip, for an idea what you can cram in 11 days!  Day 9: Return to Dublin and Drive to Galway Day 8 was mostly travel, with sightseeing…

The journey continued from Killarney onto Cahir, Cashel and Kilkenny, Dublin, Galway and finally Shannon. Day 3- Blarney to Cahir to Kilkenny  After our Torc Falls adventure, we picked up the rest of the crew at the B&B and drove towards Blarney Castle, in Blarney, Co. Cork.…

Puerto Rico offers much to see, and allows for a quick and easy Caribbean getaway. For US citizens, there is no passport control, and it’s just a couple hour flight from Florida. My friend and I planned a weekend girls getaway to San Juan, heading…

Jumping between countries and cities throughout Europe is so easy, with navigable trains and cheap airfare. My first time in Paris was a 3-day jaunt from Ireland. It was amazing, inspiring, jammed packed and for a bit, downright frightening, but I’m so happy to have…

Torc Falls At Dawn  Our schedule was so full, the only chance we had to visit Torc Falls was on the day we left Killarney. To squeeze it in, my dad and I got up at 5am and snuck out while everyone else slept on til 7am.   From downtown Killarney to Torc Falls, it’s only about a…

We arrived late evening to the Dublin Airport Manor Hotel, which is about a 4-5 minute drive to the airport, but a 20-30 minute drive into the city. We opted for this location because we were only spending 1 full day in Dublin, and then flying to…