Photo taken in Killarney, Ireland, July 2015
Articles with Ireland
Serendipity: The Unexpected, Unplanned Moments of Traveling
I love the word serendipity. First I think it’s a fun word to say. More importantly is its meaning. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary it means: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. In other words finding unexpected good things. When that happens while traveling, it just makes the travel experience that much better. It can also offer moments of greater understanding or clarity about another culture or country. In this post I’d like…
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Travel Inspiration: Movies, TV, and Books
Where do you find travel inspiration? What makes you think, “I want to go there!”? Is it a picture in a magazine or hearing about your friend’s experience? Is it reading a travel blog or seeing some scenic location in a movie? Have you ever been inspired by a book or story? I have, and it’s a great way to gain inspiration for travel. If you think that people are not inspired to travel by such things consider the influence…
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Visiting Ireland’s Cliffs of Moher and More
For Americans traveling overseas for the first time, a great place to begin is a visit to Ireland, and a visit to Ireland is not complete without a visit to the Cliffs of Moher. Our visit there in 2015 is one of our great memories from our Ireland trip. Before we talk about the cliffs, let’s talk about Ireland itself. Ireland is a great country to go for one’s first overseas travel for a number of reasons. First they speak…
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Encountering Starbucks Throughout the World
I did not grow up in a coffee drinking family. My parents seldom drank any. They were much more likely to drink tea. In fact, as my father grew older, he would always have a pitcher of iced tea in the refrigerator. Coffee was just not part of our life. Shortly after college I moved to the Dominican Republic for four years. There I began to have some exposure to coffee. The Dominicans would serve coffee in small demitasse cups…
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The Blessing: Around the World
It has been eleven months since I started this blog. Initially I had a number of adventures to share with you, but then it stopped. COVID-19 came along and the whole world shut down. How do you write a travel blog when you can’t travel? Where do you get inspiration for that next post? The good news is my blog is not like most travel blogs. If you look at most such blogs they will have titles such as “The…