I love me a road trip. Anyone who knows me well, knows this is an incontrovertible truth. I’ve personally driven to each of the 10 Canadian provinces, some of them multiple times. Get me in a car, get me a good traveling companion, and I’m set. I’m quite lucky to have married an ideal traveling [...]
I know I married the right person. That was proven in many ways today, and I’ll be sure to point out these instances as they occur in this tale of our second day in Hawaii.
We start the day with the very first instance of how I know I married the right person, because my lovely [...]
On Thursday, we went from a climate of 35 degrees Farenheit to 79. It took three airports, two planes, two airplane meals, one TSA screening, and 12 hours from beginning to end.
On Friday, we went from a climate of 83 degrees Farenheit to 27. It took one van with 13 people, one picnic of stew, [...]
About a month back, I decided to surprise Tisha with a long weekend getaway for Valentine’ Day, our 15th together. What with the complexities of getting time off work and booking things in advance, she had to know we were going somewhere, just not exactly where. After finding the right schedule and her confirming the [...]
Here I sit in our room at the Days Hotel Dublin Airport. Tomorrow is a long day of travel (Dublin -> Frankfurt -> NYC -> Chicago) … oh it’ll be a hoot and a half, I can assure you!
We did some more touristy things today, like visit the Guinness [...]
Hm, where did I leave off? I’ve sadly lost count of how many Guinness, Smithwicks, Murphy’s, and Kilkenny I’ve had. Suffice it to say, it’s a lot.
We drove from Galway to Dublin on Friday — it was uneventful. We had a brief stop in Athlone to [...]
Galway is an amazing place. We just had to stay another day, since everything was so great. The B&B, the music, the atmosphere — it’s all so worth the time.
The highlight, without question, is the music at Tig Coili (or, I guess the more appropriate spelling is Tigh Choili, and it’s pronounced chee [...]
Oh my god. I love Galway. The evening started a bit rough, with me getting us completely lost trying to find some food, drink, and music.
I failed horribly, so we settled for the food while I got my bearings. Being a male, I’m genetically predisposed to avoiding [...]
I found this sign terribly amusing, though I’ve no idea why.
Belfast was a nice stop. We spent the night at The George Guest House, and we were quite happy with it.
We happened to be in town the night they turn on the Chistmas lights at City Hall, so [...]
Found a pub in Drogheda on the way to Belfast.
Guinness makes a fine breakfast.
