Monthly Archives: June 2013

June 9, 2013 Kerry, Here We Come We checked out about 11 and would have gotten to Kenmare, Co. Kerry early except that we had to go back to the Wineport to retrieve Joe’s forgotten sweater. Then just as we’re … Continue reading →

June 8, 2013 Mass and Dinner with Declan The day dawned brilliantly and we had a delicious breakfast. I love Irish porridge and the way they scramble eggs and serve them with broiled tomatoes. Then we had to check out, … Continue reading →

June 7 Ancient Irish History Visited We arrived at Newgrange Lodge last night after a series of wrong turns. Fortunately it stays light in Ireland until about 11 o’clock so we were not driving in darkness. The Newgrange Lodge reminded … Continue reading →

June 5 and 6, 2013 Zagreb to London to Dublin – Lydia is a Jackrabbit We made it to our train in plenty of time. There were only two passenger cars. We went to our reserved seats and found them … Continue reading →

June 4, 2013 Tour Day to Medjugorge, Mostar, and More We had pre-arranged an all-day tour and arrived at the appointed meeting spot with a little anxiety because we didn’t know if or how many people would show up. There … Continue reading →

June 7, 2013 If I’m in Ireland, What Happened to the Past Week? OK, I confess, I’m on my veranda at Wineport Lodge braving the blazing Irish sun, yes sun, to try to catch up on my writing. But I … Continue reading →

May 27, 28, 29 and 30 Goodbye, Barcelona; Hello, Vienna Thought of Andrew a lot today. We slept in and took our sweet time getting outside to re-explore Barcelona. We picked 3 places to see: Gruell Park, Gaudi’s idea of … Continue reading →

May 25 and 26th, 2013 – Banales Time I was very concerned that Aricelli would go to a lot of trouble to satisfy our American breakfast way of life due to her past experience with us. Several times we had … Continue reading →

May 22 and 23, 2013 Back to Joe’s Roots We picked up our car in Leon without problem. We had two days until we needed to be in Artajona and decided to go to Portugalete, near Bilbao. I called the … Continue reading →

May 24, 2013 Artajona Reunion We weren’t sure whether we were supposed to be in Artajona before 3 pm (my understanding) or after 3 (Joe’s understanding) because Jeru had some kind of appointment in Madrid. We were able to get … Continue reading →