This summer we spent 5 weeks back in North America visiting many of our favorite places and people. Overall it was a terrific adventure...

In late July/early August 2022 we spent 5 days/4 nights on the Salmon River in Idaho rafting with our friends the Norman-Banerjee family,...

We wanted to make sure Susanne got to enjoy some other parts of Europe so we headed off to Provence for a weekend. We flew in and out of...

This past weekend we ventured to County Clare, sort of the middle of the west coast of Ireland. None of us have been here before, save...

After our first St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, which we celebrated in style with face-painting, a trip to the parade (packed, difficult to...

The last week or two have been packed full of delightful Irish experiences - some high-brow and cultural, some kid-friendly, and some...

This year we were lucky to spend mid-term break (which lines up with Presidents’ Day/“ski week” in the U.S.) in the Dolomites, Italy....

Last weekend we rented a car and took a day trip to Kilkenny City, which turns out to be one of Ireland’s “most popular tourists cities”...

There was a lot of apprehension building up to this trip…COVID omicron numbers were soaring, lockdowns were going back into effect...

As an early birthday surprise weekend, David planned a trip to southern France (Nov 19-21). He picked this area because: 1) direct Ryan...

We got back from our fall break trip to southwest Ireland and had gorgeous weather in Dublin. Sally and I did an afternoon hike at...

I’m long overdue on mentioned our day trip to the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland way back in September. Several fun...

The final part of fall break was checking out County Kerry. The first day we drove the Ring of Kerry clockwise from Kenmare. A storm was...

Part two of our fall break trip was to County Cork. The first day we checked out Charles Fort, a huge, massive star-shaped fort from the...

Sally had fall break last week from school so we took advantage and did some further exploring around Ireland - a trip through counties...

Last weekend we undertook our first international travel since we arrived in July. I am so happy to report that it went swimmingly from...

A couple of weekends we ago we spent the day in Phoenix Park...a mere train, bus-ride, and walk away. Phoenix park is the largest urban...

Labor Day weekend is always busy for us...Sally was born ON Labor Day, 2013, and David and I got married the day before Labor Day, 2010....

I am a little behind on blogging... With the great weather this week (they call it a heat wave here, which it is for them, but for us...

With only two weeks left of summer/until school school starts, we've been continuing our expeditions around county Dublin. An unexciting...