The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain was believed to house the remains of St. John the apostle and in the 10th century became one of the…
Porto. I’ve been here before. The once familiar caress of an old lover. The ghostly remembrances of younger explorations. Embarrassingly inexperienced. Ridiculous notions of what to do. Fears. Words…
I’ve been continuously traveling now for 2 years. The coronavirus really threw us a curve but I think we adjusted the best we could with a bit of…
I didn’t know what to expect from Vienna. One of my favorite movies, Before Sunrise, paints a painfully romantic version of the city that I didn’t hope to be…
I had no idea what to expect in Krakow. My polish food knowledge comes mostly from Chicago and I haven’t had many reports from fellow travelers. I came…
Understanding Northern Ireland is in many ways understanding Ireland. In fact, the existence of Northern Ireland is a story that dates back before 1601 and you need at…
We only stayed in Cork for one full day and most of that time we spent in Blarney visiting the castle but we had a couple of nights…
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Day 680 – Portmagee, Ireland – So close to Skellig Michael yet so far away
When we first arrived in Ireland we were both excited to visit Skellig Michael, the island in the extreme southwest of Ireland used in the new Star Wars…
Killarney ended up being one of our favorite towns of the trip. A small town of under 15,000 people, but large enough to have loads of things to…
Galway is in many ways a traditional small Irish town but it’s also a college party town. The national University sits at the bottom of town and you can…