We're home! We got home last night, actually (Saturday). The flight home was a bit longer than on the way over- maybe 7 1/2 hours, but everything went smoothly. One nice thing flying home from Ireland is that they do a U.S. "Pre-Clearance" for Immigration and Customs before you leave Ireland. Then, you just get… Continue reading Back in the USA + my worry stone!
Ciao da Roma!! Clearly, I failed immensely at keeping up on daily blog posts during our trip. 🤪🤪 I promise I had the best of intentions… but unlike our big New England trip last summer, where we had relatively slow mornings each day (i.e. a blogging window), I just have not had big chunks of… Continue reading Well, I tried.
Tuesday, March 15 After a couple of pretty full days, and a weather forecast that looked iffy anyway, the plan for Tuesday was a pretty low key morning. My nieces had school, so they went off to that, but the rest of us slept in a bit. The boys got a kick out of riding… Continue reading Day 4- lazy morning, Museum of Country Life, pub
Monday, March 14: My sister planned a full day “out” on Monday, just us, my parents, her youngest and her (while my nieces went to school and brother-in-law worked). She had mapped out a scenic driving route, with several stops along the way. Starting out- it was gloomy/rainy at first, but the weather was supposed… Continue reading Day 3- Scenic drive, Kylemore Abbey, Castle
Sunday, March 12: *We slept hard Saturday night, thankfully… I didn’t wake up until after 8 am, which for me is super late!! It rained and rained all night. I was so tired, and the sound of the rain on the roof was perfect for sleeping. 🙂 Peeking out my window in the morning- overcast/rain… Continue reading Day 2- Westport House/ Westport/pub!!
Shower 🚿3 hour bus ride 🚌~ 2 1/2 hour wait in the airport 🏢7 hour plane ride ✈taxi to train station 🚕~3 hour train ride 🚅😴 And then....finally..... (a favorite pic from my last time to Ireland...can we hope for at least a few blue sky days like this??? please???) The kids are sooooo excited… Continue reading Plan for the day
Yesterday morning I spent some time hashing out (or trying to...) some details for the "Rome" portion of our upcoming trip. We'll only be in Rome for a few days, which makes it a bit more important, in my opinion, to do at least some advance planning. only bought a pocket guide this time- shorter… Continue reading Trip planning/ advance tickets
FRIDAY- Day 3 GRACELAND We had 9:45 a.m. tour tickets for Graceland on Friday, so we got up and just had breakfast at our condo and got ready to go. Graceland was only about a 10-12 minute drive from the condo, so it was very quick and easy to get to! We paid the parking… Continue reading Day 3 Memphis Recap! Graceland and more.
Wednesday (Day 1): Left home after work (late afternoon) and drove ~5 hours! We all rode together in our van (my parents came along on the trip, too) and a major highlight of this first evening was listening to Elvis music and other 50s-60s music on the ride down! I played DJ from the front… Continue reading Memphis Trip Recap – Days 1 and 2!
We're back! Actually, we got back on Sunday evening, but I was too exhausted yesterday morning to get up early. It was the best little trip!!! It's not too often really that we take these "long weekend-type" trips. I guess when I plan travel for our family, I typically think of the full, week long+… Continue reading Back from Memphis
GRATEFUL KAE 