Driving along the Ring of Kerry is a very touristy thing to do, but it is beautiful and we had perfect weather. We started out after breakfast and gave ourselves a whole day to complete the drive. We stopped everywhere that took our fancy and by the time we got back to the hotel, it […]
Postcard from Dublin
While researching things to see and do in Dublin, I often came across this sentence: Dublin- you either love it or hate it. On my first trip to Ireland, the capital was completely ignored. The more we looked into where we wanted to travel to, the more Dublin became interesting. We also heard from others […]
Discovering Palermo
We fell hard for Sicily’s capitol as we wandered around the city. Our first day there was very rainy and the streets quickly turned to rushing rivers, but once the rain stopped we walked everywhere, visiting museums, marveling at the architecture, people watching while sitting in cafés and enjoying delicious food. Churches: With too many […]
Hiking Mount Etna
One of the highlights on our trip was hiking up the side of Mount Etna (3,403 m / 11,165 ft). In order to bypass the tourists, we decided against going to the top and instead hike up towards the top of the mountain. As always, there was a bit of smoke rising from the caldera, […]
Temples of Sicily
Before we traveled to Sicily, I read that if one wanted to see a lot of Greek temples, this was the place to go. I didn’t really believe it until I actually saw it with my own eyes. Sicily has a plethora of temples and they are beautiful. Some are in ruins, some have been […]
