Our Polish Adventure

Our return flights on Wednesday went smoothly.  We went to bed in our own beds in Wichita almost 24 hours after waking up in Dublin...a long...

I'm still reflecting on our total experience and trying hard to get my 3 hour answer down to a 3 minute answer so I don't torture ev...

We went to an Irish pub with traditional dinner, Irish music and dance for our final night in Ireland.  It was a wonderful.  As soon as the ...

Tried some Belgium chocolate today... Milk chocolate fudge; dark chocolate with mixed berries; and milk chocolate with banana.  My favorite...

On our second-to-last day, we went to the National Aquatic Center (which houses the largest indoor water park in Europe).  We enjoyed the wa...

Galway Cathedral  Flags representing the "14 tribes" (14 founding families) of Galway

•  The double decker buses only have one entrance/exit at the front of the bus where you can buy a ticket with exact change (and a cool coin...

The return trip to Galway took us all along the coast.  We made another stop at a smaller set of cliffs, at a castle, and at an outlook poin...

Throughout our bus tour, we were driving through the lands called The Burren = barren.  These are high hills that are largely made of limest...

After the cave, we stopped at a Dolman (VERY old grave site dating back to 3000 BC).  The bones of 33 adults and children were found at the ...

Our first stop was at Aillwee Cave.  This cave was discovered in 1940 by a farmer who followed his dog into a hole in the ground as it chase...

We took a full day bus tour of the countryside in County Clare (just south of Galway, around the Bay) today.  It will definitely go down as ...

I'm in heaven, and it is called Galway. Dinner tonight at Busker Browns: fish chowder, baked sea bass with bacon, two FREE pints of Gu...

The chocolate tasting continues...Butler's is made in Ireland.  This choice was particularly yummy and smoothe!

At the end of the day we decided to stop in Grafton street in the shopping district to check things out.  There were street musicians every ...

The architecture of many of the oldest buildings in Dublin is quite similar - grey stone.  Both St. Patrick's and Christchurch Cathedral...