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Cliffs of Moher and Doolin Town
We were very excited that when we woke up, the nasty weather prediction seemed to prove untrue. Our BnB hostess commented that it rained overnight, so maybe the storm had passed. It was all sun and puffy clouds when we arrived at the Cliffs of Moher visitor’s center. Note that the center and the shops…
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A Castle, a Coast and Christy Barry
The adventures today including learning how to drive on a different side of the road, visiting a thousand-year-old castle ruin, seeing the Atlantic Ocean and a night of traditional Irish music in a private residence near Doolin. I also added a few comments by Nezzie here and there below. No photos of the driving, but…
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Historical Tours, a Naked Composer and a Seagull Heist
This post includes three bird references, including a robbery. See if you can spot all three. Today we all moved a little more slowly but got ourselves ready for our first activity – a tour of the Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship, a replica of the real Jeanie Johnston, one of the many ships that Irish…
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Dublin Surprise
Today was the first day of our Ireland Portugal trip. I had asked Will where he would like to go in honor of his 60th birthday. These were two of the places he named. So, on his birthday, I presented him with an itinerary for both countries. What he didn’t know was that I coordinated…
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Final thoughts on 2010 trip
Our last day was spent seeing old Munich one last time. We ate lunch at the biergarten with the chinese style pavillion. Lest you think we were eating Chinese food, we were not. It is Bavaria after all. The Chinese tower is only a decoration. The food was all wurst, sauerkraut, potatoes and beer. The…
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Art, parks, and a trip through the Alps
So no big news from Friday. It was a travel day on the train. Next time, I would like to stop and see Verona and Innsbruck, 2 cities we passed through on the train. Yesterday, Astrid and I went the the Neue Pinakotek, an art museum that includes modern and contemporary art. I’m a fan…
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Last day in Venice
Our last full day in Venice began today with a relaxing morning. I got up earlier than Doug, had breakfast, showered, then left him still sleeping as I wanted to visit one of the other islands in Venice’s lagoon, and he did not. This was fine with both of us. Our bed’n’breakfast (I’m on an…
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Che bello giorno
Yesterday in summary, after showering and napping: — Took train to Padova, making it just in time for our 4 p.m. reservation into the Scrovegni Chapel to see the frescoes by Giotti. — Figured out how to buy soccer tix. Doug used his part spanish part italian with the ticket man. We called it Spanitalian.…
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Didn’t Hitchcock make this movie?
Does anyone recall the suspense film The 39 Steps? Was it a Hitchcock film? In any case, Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria beat that. Try going up and down 133 steps, 66 steps, 34 steps, etc. Yesterday, we saw 2 of his castles: Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein. Afterwards, my legs felt like quivering spaetzle. Obviously, the…
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Sporting news
Today was a day for athletics: soccer, Olympics, the Buckeyes, and a good sport in our midst (me). We attended our first European soccer game. It was with the second-tier team TSV1860 in the large Allianz Arena. The stadium was not very full, but the loud so-called hooligans made up for it. It was a…
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