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Africa 2014 adventures
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The general category for all of Jeff & Jenn’s travel adventures around the world.
AFRICA 2014 – The Journal
The following is our journal from the trip, re-typed here for those of you interested in reading about our experience. For more photos from the trip, click here. The Journal: 12/2/14 – Jeff This morning I woke up at 3am. 12/3/14 – Amsterdam – 11am – Jenn We missed our…
Hawaii, The BIG Island – Day 1 and 2
Slacking a little on the blog, but hey, our motto this time is “we’re on vacation dammit” It took me a good 24 hours to figure that out and stop working but I just had a happy hour martini and I’m finally chillin. Got in yesterday without any problems. United…
Day 15 Mount Juliet morning and Newbridge Silverware Factory
This morning was a relaxing one at Mount Juliet as we got to sleep in and when up we packed for our trip home. After walking around the wooded areas of the grounds we finished our time at the lovely estate with lunch at the clubhouse out on the sunny…
Day 14 Waterford and Mount Juliet
This morning we got an early start and headed to the Waterford Crystal factory in… you guessed it, Waterford. The tour was great and showed us all the stages from the blowing the crystal into the mould to the design, cutting and polishing. It was a great tour and at…
Day 13 – Blarney Castle & Cork
After a delicious meal at the Druid Cottage Jenn and I got on our merry way to the city of Cork in the south of Ireland. Along the way we stopped at a very well known church in the Gogane Barra park for some photos. This was definitely not something…
Night 12 – Kenmare
Spent time in our room relaxing this afternoon then went out on a walk into town where we stumbled upon a pub with some excellent live and upbeat music. After our beers, we walked back down the street where it was a most stunning twilight outside. Got some Chinese take…
Day 12 – Killarney National Park via Bike
We happily slept in this morning before starting our short, 30km, drive to Kenmare, Breakfast was a traditional Irish one and tasty as usual. Because of our taking advantage of good weather in the past few days, we were ahead of schedule so went back to Killarney National Park to…
Day 11 – Forts and Castles
This morning we left Kilorglin to make the grand circle tour of the Ring of Kerry. The ring is littered with ruins from centuries old stone monuments and gives stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean. Of course the weather was rainier than it has been for us, so we couldn’t…
Day 10 – Killarney National Park & Muckross House
This morning we got a later start at 10 am and drove the short distance to Kilarney National Park. We parked at the famous Muckross house, currently undergoing some rebuilding. We took the path along the river up to Torc falls. A small waterfall but lovely none the less. As…
Day 9 Part 2 – The Dingle Peninsula
This afternoon once we were settled in the new B&B, Jenn and I went around the Dingle Peninsula. It says it should take 4 hours and we did it in about 3, with some longer stops for my necessary Ogham stone photo. We began with some stops at really old…
Day 9 – Driving to Dingle
Not many stops today so far today – just got into Vantry where we had to be reaccomodated at another b&b due to a family loss. I much appreciate the fact that the arrangements were made for us and we weren’t left trying to figure it out on our own….
Day 8 – Castles, Cliffs, and a Sunset
Yesterday had a relaxing start with a later breakfast before our short trip to Ashford Castle. The grounds were beautiful and we enjoyed a nice stroll into some hidden garden spaces. After the castle, we drove to Galway for lunch and dessert before heading to the B&B. Because we arrived…
Day 7 Westport and Kylemore Abby
After an hour drive down through county Mayo Jenn and I started our trip in Westport. We began by looking at St Patrick’s Mountain as well as stopping at a memorial to the Irish potato famine. Shortly after, we stopped near the side of the road to play in some…
Day 6 – Bushmills & Londonderry
This morning we took a brief detour back to Bushmills for some whiskey tasting and great working distillery tour. They make the entire worlds supply in this one factory in Northern Ireland. The 10 year old batch was pretty darn good if you ask me. I should have tried the…