Dublin (The Little Museum, Museum of Archaeology) By our second day at the Wynn’s we were already nearly masters of breakfast. We got down a bit before 7:30am before the room became crowded. I got salmon with scrambled eggs, Barb had half of a full Irish breakfast along with oatmeal/porridge. The Little Museum of Dublin …
Dublin (Book of Kells, Kilmainham Gaol) Breakfast at the hotel was good, served by a very efficient and polite gentleman. We both had full Irish breakfasts which was more than either of us could finish. We headed out on foot across the River Liffey to Trinity College and the Book of Kells exhibit. We were …
Wednesday, Sep 18 – To Dublin I made our flight arrangements with the idea of stopping in Boston on the way to and from Ireland to see Allie. As it turned out, Allie was quite busy in this September window with several weddings and other activities so she didn’t have as much time or patience …
The Pittsburgh leg of my solo Cleveland-Toronto-Pittsburgh baseball sojourn in June 2024. Cleveland | Toronto Thursday, June 6 – Drive to Pittsburgh I got on the road by 9:30am for the 5 hour drive to Pittsburgh. I had tickets for the Dodgers game against the Pirates at 6:40pm and wanted to be at the park …
With our big 2024 trips to New Zealand/Australia in February and Ireland in September, we deliberately made no summer plans other than Barb hanging out at the Cattail Creek pool. On my birthday, I floated the idea that I might take a summer road trip of my own. I had for a while wanted to …
The Toronto leg of my solo Cleveland-Toronto-Pittsburgh baseball sojourn in June 2024. Cleveland | Pittsburgh Monday, June 3 – Drive to Toronto I got myself on the road out of Cleveland around 9:30am, pretty much on my own schedule. The drive to Toronto was reasonably easy and nondescript on interstates all the way. I wasn’t …
Our 2024 return to Iberostar Grand Bavaro. In order for Barb to work on her tan and to see Allie, we returned to Punta Cana for a short winter/spring break. We let Allie bring a friend to keep her entertained. We thought it might be her boyfriend Jimmy but he ended up at a sales …
Here’s a single summary post of our 2024 week in Sydney, with links to my individual posts and more gory detail. You can also view it as a Google Doc or as a pdf. I have a separate summary post of our cruise from New Zealand to Australia which preceded this week. Monday, Feb. 26 …
Here’s a single summary post of our 2024 cruise from New Zealand to Australia, with links to my individual posts and more gory detail. You can also view it as a Google Doc or as a pdf. I have a separate summary post of our week in Sydney which was kind of a second vacation. …
Here are a few observations from our journey, some mundane, some slightly more profound but I’m not sure which is which. Previous Post NZ-Australia Trip Page