Category: Travel Musings
Holiday Trip to Galway
December 21, 2016 For Christmas, Grant and I decided to do something special. We’d been wanting to see other parts of Ireland. The difficult part was deciding where to go. Our choices seemed like pr... Read More
Happy Hike Up Howth Head
December 17, 2016 (Dublin, Ireland) When Grant and I arrived in Ireland from Cherbourg, France by ferry, we got offered a ride to a train station by a lovely Irish couple. Of course, with all of our l... Read More
South of the River Walking Tour of Dublin
December 9, 2016 On this overcast Friday at 11:00, Grant and I met our tour group by the Spire (a recent Dublin landmark that’s a lance piercing the sky), the tip is lit so you really can’t miss ... Read More
Christmas Lights in Dublin (A Photo Tour With Video)
December 20, 2016 When Grant and I arrived in Dublin and began to explore the city, we were surprised to see the amount of Christmas lights and decorations that had been put up all around. From the po... Read More
Our Time at Kilmainham Jail
November 30, 2016 (Kilmainham, Ireland) A jail may seem like an an odd place to tour but I really enjoy Rick Steves’ guidebooks and one of the items on his list of things to do in Dublin is Kilmainh... Read More
Autumn Hues in Switzerland (a Photo Tour With Video)
October 22, 2016 In Hawaii, we don’t really get to experience seasons and we don’t get to see leaves changing color and falling. In Zürich, Grant and I were delighted to see the beautiful hues of... Read More
Zürich Lit Up at Night (a Photo Tour)
October 1, 2016 The largest city in Switzerland has a different mood to it at night than touring it during the day. We will be posting a day tour in another post, but we thought we’d feature the o... Read More
Sunset Cruise on the Lake to Rapperswil and Back
September 25, 2016 (Zürich, Switzerland) On this brisk, cool day, Grant had the idea to take a sunset cruise across Lake Zürich; so we purchased our tickets at noon for that evening. Because the boa... Read More