Almost Time!
June 9 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Roll Call
June 16 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
It's time for our roll call! The following "Duck Travelers" are present and will be traveling to Ireland, Wales, Scotland, & England. We'll be visiting Killarney, Dublin, Edinburgh, London,Read more
Security
June 16 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
We're through security. One shampoo got dinged, so we'll be buying some Irish shampoo! Now off for some food! Second breakfast time!
Ready to Board
June 16 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
T minus 30 minutes until we board! We're excited!
All Board!
June 16 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Flight #1 to Chicago leaving in 15 minutes!
Chicago
June 16 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
We made it to Chicago!
Lunch
June 16 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
The girls went to the food court, and Cole went to McDonald's!
Flight #2
June 16 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Time for flight #2! Next stop, Shannon, Ireland!!
Flight Update
June 16 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Our plane's pretty small for a transatlantic flight. It's only 6 seats across. For reference, the plane from last summer's trip was 10 or 12 seats across. Leaving any minute!
Ireland 🇮🇪
June 17 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We made it safely to Ireland! Next stop, passport control. Still rainy this morning, but it should be stopping within the next couple hours.
Bunratty Castle
June 17 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
This is Bunratty Castle. Our first castle!
Frodo's House?
June 17 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
I know its not the Shire, but if it were, this would be Frodo's house.
Bunratty Folk Park
June 17 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Inside the Bunratty Castle
June 17 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
This was a 15th-century medieval castle in the town of Bunratty.
Tralee Park
June 17 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
We took a walk so we don't crash between getting to the hotel and dinner. This park had a sculpture for 4 senses (hearing, seeing, tasting, and touching), and then a special flower for the 5thRead more
End of Day 2
June 17 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
We successfully finished our first full day in Ireland! The Ducklings and I are EXTREMELY tired, so it's a very early night for us. The good news is, when we wake up tomorrow, we should be over ourRead more
Kerry Bog Village
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
This was a stop on our way to the Ring of Kerry where everything is set up like an old village (except for the gift shop...lol).
On way to Ring of Kerry
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
On the bus to our first excursion.
Ring of Kerry
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
We're on our way to see the Ring of Kerry! This was a cool bridge we went across.
Mountain Stage View
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
Our first stop on the Ring of Kerry!
Sheep Herding
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
We saw a sheep herding demonstration. The man used both verbal commands and whistle commands for the dog. The dog mostly did as it was instructed.....lol. But the dog did a great job of getting theRead more
What view!
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
This is across from the place where the sheep herding demonstration was held. What a view!
Sundial
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Waterville has a very cool sun dial. It's crazy how it was actually the correct time!
Waterville Beach - Part 1
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Waterville's beach is a pebble/rocky beach. We thought the rocks that were green were cool. I'd like to think that there were emeralds inside them!
Waterville Beach - Part 2
June 18 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
The beach here is a pebble and rock beach. It's cool that some of the rocks are green colored. I like to think that they were hiding emeralds inside!
Safe travels! [Tanka Jahari]