Day Six | The Wilds of Connemara Today was an easy, but long travel day, with lots of beautiful scenery as we drove through what’s known as the wilds of […]
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Day Four | Road to Ennis
The Dingle Peninsula It looks like the weather is improving and supposedly warmer days are ahead of us. We checked out of our hotel after breakfast and climbed back into […]
Day Three | Ring of Kerry
After breakfast we boarded the van and headed on our way, this time to the Iveragh Peninsula. Our original driver/guide Mick was with us, but because of EU imposed regulations, […]
Day Two | Road to Killarney
After a leisurely breakfast, we loaded into the van and headed out to the town of Killarney , where we will stay for two nights. Our tour guide and driver, […]
Hiking the Italian Dolomites | San Candido and the Rifugio Baranci
We started this hike not too far from our hotel, taking the train from the nearby station south to the first stop, a trip of about four minutes! At the […]
Hiking the Italian Dolomites | Nemes Alp Walk
For this day’s hike, we walked up to the central bus station and hopped the 446 city bus for a 20-minute ride to Bad Moos/Bagni di Moso, and then jumped onto […]
Hiking the Italian Dolomites | Mount Elmo
On one of the sunniest and most beautiful days of our trip, we hiked along the impressive crest of the Carniche Alps. After a short bus ride from the center of […]
Hiking the Italian Dolomites | Tre Cime/Drei Zinnen
Not sure of the weather in the upcoming days, we took advantage of a “sunny, with clouds” forecast and headed to Tre Cimi/Drei Zinnen, one of the more dramatic of […]
Hiking the Italian Dolomites | Chapels and Churches Walk
After a 2.5 hour drive from Venice through the beautiful Italian countryside, we checked into the 4-star Park Hotel Bellevue in Dobbacio, located alongside the Rienza River and just a short […]
Hiking Northern Italy | The Dolomites
The time has finally come for another adventure. In two weeks I will be taking my first trip to Italy, northern Italy to be more specific . . . to hike […]
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