Thursday, June 29, 2023 Today is our last day in Dublin, and it’s a full and joyous one. We start off a the Little Museum of Dublin, which is just down the street and on the other side of St. Stephen’s Green. We’re a bit too late for the 10:00 tour so we go next …
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 *Note: This post contains a lot of historical and political information that was told to us directly by a person with a clear bias. I fact-checked afterwards with research of my own, but it's still likely that I got things wrong. If you're an expert in this area and have a …
Continue reading Ireland and UK Day 8: Belfast and the Giant’s Causeway
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Mom goes out for a walk this morning for a few hours. I drink a couple of slow coffees, write, and mess around on the internet, and am reminded of zero days on trail. I didn’t often succeed in getting up before my tramily on these days, but there were a …
Monday, June 26, 2023 This morning is luxurious because I have instant coffee in the room, and I can actually drink it and become human before we leave. Once we do leave, we take the bus towards the center of town and gather with a large group of tourists, largely American, and wait for our …
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Bye, cute Airbnb! We’re exhausted after our big Aran Islands and Cliffs of Moher tour yesterday, but we manage to get ourselves up at a decent time. We pack up, enjoy another delicious breakfast prepared by Ronnie (but I opt for tea instead of coffee this time), and set out for …
Saturday, June 24, 2023 This post is a bit of a novel. Feel free to pour yourself a nice cup of tea or a fizzy water, or heck, even a Guinness, and take your time with it. Settle in. We’ll be here for a while. I’m groggy when my alarm goes off because I stayed …
Continue reading Ireland and UK Day 4: Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher
Friday, June 23, 2023 This morning we catch a National Express coach to Stansted airport at the ugly time of 5:00 AM. I accept my fate and go without coffee for several hours, and, if I’m being honest, I think I do a pretty good job of not biting my mother’s head off, or the …
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Hello from the other side of the Atlantic! I’m traveling with my mom for four weeks through England, Ireland, and Scotland, and I’m going to write about it. I debated for a long time whether I was going to blog this trip. I brought along my bluetooth keyboard that I used …
Continue reading Ireland and UK Summer Extravaganza: Day 1 in London
Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 