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3 Weeks in the (North of) Ireland and Scotland
Spring 2025 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: What started as a weekend trip for an Irish wedding turned into a two-week road trip around the north of Ireland — both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic’s counties Donegal, Mayo, Westmeath … Continue reading
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Tagged Antrim Coast, Aviemore, Ballynahinch, Belfast, Bushmills, Connemara, Craigellachie, Donegal, Edinburgh, Europe, Giants Causeway, Glenveagh, Inishowen Peninsula, Ireland, Londonderry, Mount Druid, Northern Ireland, Pitlochry, Scotland, Slieve League, Speyside, Travel, Trim, Whisky
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Northern Exposure: 4 Weeks in Scandinavia
Fall 2024 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: A four-week, five-country tour of Scandinavia — okay, technically it was Scandinavia plus Finland (a Nordic country, not Scandinavian) and Estonia (a Baltic country, neither Nordic nor Scandinavian) — starting and ending in … Continue reading
If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be… 2 weeks in Amsterdam, Ireland and London
Spring 2024 Itinerary & Trip Notes Overview: Having just wrapped up a 3-week trip in South Africa, we had planned to head home until we learned our entire family — three daughters, two sons-in-law, and baby granddaughter — would all … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Camden Town, Dublin, Europe, glendalough, Ireland, London, Netherlands, Sligo, the-netherlands, Travel, Wicklow Mountains
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3 Days in Istanbul
Spring 2024 Trip Notes & Itinerary Overview: A quick 3-day, 3-night layover in Istanbul, Turkey, on our way to South Africa, with quality time spent in the Eminönü, Sultanahmet, Karaköy and Kadiköy neighborhoods. Bottom Line: Why Istanbul, and why only … Continue reading
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Tagged blue-mosque, Europe, hagia-sophia, istanbul, Istancul, topkapi, Travel, Turkey
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Croatia – Slovenia – Italy – Switzerland
September 2021 Itinerary & Trip Notes Overview: Dubrovnik (4 days) > Split (1 day) > Adriatic Coast Sailing (7 days) > Plitvice Lakes National Park (2 days) > Ljubljana (3 days) > Lake Bled (2 days) > Soca River (2 … Continue reading
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Tagged Croatia, Dubrovnik, Europe, Italy, Plitvice, Sailing, Slovenia, Switzerland
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