We got some really good sleep last night (8 hours!) in Dublin. We both missed out on a couple of things we wanted to see but we had to have some downtime to get over walking an average of six miles a day on hard pavement. The exercise is great but pavement is not a … Continue reading Europe – Day 4 – January 28th, 2018: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Europe – Day 3 – January 27th, 2018: Dublin, Ireland
And it's back to the motherland for this Irishman! I woke up at 1:45 this morning. That sucked. Setting an alarm for 3 AM was bad enough but even earlier was worse. We walked to the bus stop after we finally found out which one to use and got to the airport with plenty of … Continue reading Europe – Day 3 – January 27th, 2018: Dublin, Ireland
Europe – Day 1 – January 25th, 2018: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
We finally made it! We arrived in Amsterdam in the late morning after our brief stopover/plane change in Iceland. We had the option of staying in Iceland when I bought the tickets but we will save doing that for some other time. I hear it is an expensive place to visit and we wanted to … Continue reading Europe – Day 1 – January 25th, 2018: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
January 23rd, 2018
Vacation is officially underway! Jim flew in last night from KC and boy are his arms tired! We have been so excited for this trip and it is finally and really happening! We had breakfast and then took off to do some running around. It started out as a overcast and sprinkly morning. We threw … Continue reading January 23rd, 2018
January 21st, 2018 – Making a List… Checking it twice…
We're not talking Santa here. We're talking about Europe! It's been a long wait since buying those tickets two and a half months ago. Many sleepless nights, spending a few dollars buying some travel items, weighing the backpack repeatedly, whittling down the contents of it and cutting what we can get by without. But now our … Continue reading January 21st, 2018 – Making a List… Checking it twice…
