Waterford
2016年12月17日, アイルランド ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
Left Cork early and headed to Waterford. Dropped my stuff off at the hostel and started touring around immediately. Waterford is the most ancient city in Ireland conquered by the Vikings in 914 AD byもっと詳しく
Kilkenny
2016年12月17日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌙 3 °C
Wow this place is magnificent. Medieval town number two. I was going to stay for only one night but after trekking around today I only saw half of the town and so I will stay another day. It's beenもっと詳しく
Kilkenny Day 2
2016年12月19日, アイルランド ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Another misty chilly day but the sun is shining. I went to morning mass and set out about town again. Went to St. Mary's cathedral, St. John's church, the Black Abbey, and Smithwicks brewery.もっと詳しく
Leaving Kilkenny
2016年12月20日, アイルランド ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
Yesterday I spent the day walking the Nore River and finding my bus stop for today's travel to Dublin. Heading to Dublin for my last four days before I go to Harrogate to housesit. I will missもっと詳しく
Back in Dublin
2016年12月21日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Quick short bus ride and I'm back in Dublin. Staying at the same hostel I started out in when I came the first time, including the same bed. I dropped of my things and headed out in search of theもっと詳しく
A day at the museums
2016年12月21日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Started off at the museum of Science and Violence but the didn't open until noon so I headed to the National Museum of Archaeology. Had to burn off 1/2 hour because it was only 930 and the museumもっと詳しく
Winding down in Dublin
2016年12月23日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Last day in Dublin today before I head out to England at 5:30 am tomorrow. I'll spend the day today walking the River Liffey toward the docks if it doesn't rain. It's very windy and I don't think myもっと詳しく
Happy Christmas in Harrogate
2016年12月25日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
I arrived in Harrogate yesterday with Sandra and her sister Moira, who lives in Scotland, picking me up at the airport. The landing was like a teeter totter coming in because it was so windy. Iもっと詳しく
Historical Harrogate
2016年12月27日, イングランド ⋅ 🌙 1 °C
It's 4 degrees in December and the tulips have popped out of the ground already. I don't know if my walking shoes will make it another month. I set out this morning to walk the dog and when I got backもっと詳しく
Hoary frost & Knaresborough
2016年12月29日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Its's not only cold in Canada. It has been foggy and super frosty here for the past two days. Even the spiders are hiding! Walked the dog this morning to Starbeck and then came home had a quick biteもっと詳しく
Happy New Year 2017 in Harrogate
2017年1月1日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
I've been busy walking for the past three days checking out the neighbouring areas. It warmed up yesterday and back to the cold today. I made myself some curried carrot and ginger coconut soup with aもっと詳しく
York
2017年1月3日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
The dog walker was scheduled to come in at 1pm today so I took advantage after my morning walk with the dog and took off to York for the day. 35 minute train ride to York and paid £17 return. Worksもっと詳しく
Scotland bound
2017年1月6日, スコットランド ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Well my housesitting gig is done and Sandra was kind enough to drop me off at the bus station. I couldn't get my ticket online so I thought I'd get it at the station. Yup no such luck so I had to findもっと詳しく
Six hours of walking!
2017年1月7日, スコットランド ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Booked into a different hostel this morning 50 m away from Edinburgh Castle. The place is full and I'm in a dorm of 12. I walked and saw the sights for 6 hours today. Saw so much. Went to Holyroodもっと詳しく
6 more today!
2017年1月8日, スコットランド ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Ugh what a horrible night of sleep. I tossed and turned all night, the room was hot and 12 people breathing made it that much hotter. Thank god no one closed the window I opened. Took off again forもっと詳しく
Last day in Scotland-Portugal bound
2017年1月9日, スコットランド ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Blustery rainy day today. I toured Edinburgh castle today for 5 hours. Lots of history. I had no idea that the Scottish were so involved in wars; Waterloo, Independence, WW1&11, India, Africa,もっと詳しく
Faro, Portugal
2017年1月10日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Early start today and headed for the airport by 11. Flight was delayed by 45 minutes and when we finally boarded the pilot said that they had had 120 km headwinds coming in. Ugh I wasn't thrilled toもっと詳しく
Faro around town
2017年1月11日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Wow, spectacular! Reminds me a little of Piran but on a grandeur scale. Super clean and lots of authentic culture. Walked around in the beautiful 20 degrees sunshine just in my t-shirt. When I gotもっと詳しく
Up the Algarve coast-Lagos
2017年1月12日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Left Faro today and headed up coast and it took hour and a half by train to Lagos. Stunning! Reminds me a little of Nice, France except friendlier. Apparently this place has a lot of pirate stories.もっと詳しく
Cliff walk at Lagos
2017年1月13日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Set out for a walkabout with Hugo and three others from the hostel to see the city and the cliffs. The views were breathtaking and the sun was shining with a breeze throughout the day. The cliffs areもっと詳しく
Last day in Lagos
2017年1月14日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Today was a day of easy walking before I take off to Lisbon tomorrow. Had a great Portugese medieval sandwich for lunch. In the evening when the late American women checked in a group of us headedもっと詳しく
Lisbon
2017年1月15日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Departed at 10:30 from Lagos to Lisbon today. The bus was almost 4 hrs but a great and comfortable ride. I didn't book s hostel because there were so many choices and thought I'd wait. I had pickedもっと詳しく
Walking Tour yesterday
2017年1月17日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
Set out yesterday on a guided walking tour from the hostel. It wasn't as informative as I hoped. Once the tour was over Joni and I set out to the Almalfa area on our own. This is the the oldest townもっと詳しく
Cascais and Cabo da Roca
2017年1月17日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Set out on a day trip to Cascais and Cabo da Roca with my lovely Aussie friends Steph and Emily. Headed out by train and spent a good part of the day walking the promenade of Cascais; apparently theもっと詳しく
Sintra and the Moorish influence
2017年1月18日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 5 °C
There are so many amazing places in this planet and I've hit another one. Took the local train this morning and 40 minutes later I'm in another National Park. I was surprised how much influence theもっと詳しく
















































































































































































































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The marriage of Strongbow and Aiofe
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The clock tower
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The famous Waterford Crystal building
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A Viking ship in front of Reginald's tower(the original lookout tower which today still contains a cannonball shot by Cromwells army)