23 more sleeps!

Only 25 more days until I depart for my next big adventure. Guinness, and sheep shearing!
13 days and counting

Flight and hotel are booked. Staying until the 3rd of October for the first leg and then heading out on the 3rd to meet Christy in Venice for two days...Sooo excited!
25 hours to go

and counting...just booked two tours in Dublin! Oct 1 - Guinness Storehouse, Oct 2 - Wicklow Mountains and Lakes - visiting a weaver's guild and Fitzgeralds Pub (known for great whisky). Standby forLæs mere
Made it!

What an exciting city, I feel the energy already. Going for the pint and some fish and chips
Dinner and a bevy

It just started to rain do I'm having Irish potato and lemongrass soup with soda bread and of course a Guinness
Todays tour

After getting lost for a hour I found the Guinness storehouse. What an amazing place! Learned how to pour a pint the right way and now I'm certified. The city is on fire with energy as there is aLæs mere
Wicklow mountains and national park tour

What a stellar day! Beautiful sunshine and spectacular views. Went through the the mountains where Excalibur, Saving private Ryan, Braveheart, The Vikings and PS I love you were all filmed.Læs mere
New home for 2 days then off to Slovenia

Checked into the Spire hostel today and am rooming with 7 other females. Not sure how much sleep I will get. Out and about Dublin today and found the shopping district. Was enticed by the inexpensiveLæs mere
Part deux

Check out the pirate ship called Jeanie Johnson, and the architecture. It's pretty warm here today. Put on another 20 km today and already need a new pair of shoes. Waiting to get to Slovenia whereLæs mere
Last day in dublin

Spent the day on a 5 hr trek. Found where Oscar Wilde lived and a statue of him across the street. See the shots. Went the museum of natural history today and saw some very interesting species. IrishLæs mere
Franky's bar-ljuljana

Well I made it and am just waiting for Christy to show up in the next five minutes. What a magnificent city so far. You could eat off the pavement here it's so clean . 360 degree difference fromLæs mere
What an adventure today!

So much action today. Started the morning within a one hour walk in the city while Christy slept in. It was cool but the sun was shining and I found the centre and market with a short 7 minute walk.Læs mere
World smile day!

Been smiling since we got here! It was world smile day today and we had yet another great day. Toured the castle, food festival in the square, found a wine bar referred to us by Blair winemaker fromLæs mere
Up next- vineyard tours in Goriska Brda

Walked into town from our Airbnb today and the artisan market was on. Checked out a few sights and tried some fabulous food. One of the restaurants we had dinner at and the second restaurant we hadLæs mere
Incredible wine tour today!

I didn't write yesterday but here's a brief summary. Got a lift into town with our Airbnb host Irena had breakfast and toured around. Checked into our hostel and had a traditional Slovenia dinnerLæs mere
Goriska Brda, Medana, Jakoncic

Neza(the student we met at the wine store two days ago) picked us up at 9am from our hostel. We drove out about 140 km to the west and started our first wine tasting at Medana. The Kristancic familyLæs mere
Postojna and Predjamska Jama Castle

What s phenomenal day today. Started the day with walking to the Grotto Caves called Postojna. We took a small train into the caves about 1 km down. We then meandered through the caves for two kms. WeLæs mere
Piran-Breathtaking

Didn't write last night because we had too much fun and got into our room really late. We got into Piran which is in the farthest west coast point of Slovenia. Absolutely stunning. Climbed the bellLæs mere
Trieste and Hungary bound

Leisure day today scouting around the piazzas. Dinner at an Italian restaurant in the square and the cost of food is twice as much. Luckily breakfast is included in our hotel. Hitching a ride withLæs mere
Beautiful big Budapest

Well we met up with our bla bla car ride Matteo, who happened to be a policeman in terrorist investigations and cruised at 160km/h into Budapest. It was a five hour drive and he dropped us off at ourLæs mere
Yesterday's Tour

We did the big bus city tour yesterday which was 90 minutes. There is so much to see here and the sites are huge. We went to the Jewish sector and found a great restaurant called Mazel Tov and I hadLæs mere
Royal Palace, Ruin pub, Fisherman bastio

Spent the day at the Royal Palace and covered four floors of the art and history gallery. From the top you could see the panorama of the city. We walked over to the St. Mattys church and FishernansLæs mere
St. Stephens Cathedral, Litsz museum

I spent the afternoon on foot touring around and getting a holistic feel of Budapest. I walked for 2.5 hours and found the St. Stephens Cathedral (not the most ornate church I have seen) and also sawLæs mere
Bratislava, Slovakia-home again

Didn't write yesterday because not a lot happened and honestly it was time to move on. Hungarian facts-everybody smokes,a lot, and it's killing me. When hungies say they speak English 'a littleLæs mere
Bratislava. Sk

Made it here in two hours by train and the ride was great. Christys first train ride and we had a couple of beers on route. Our hostel was 7 minutes from the train station. Checked in and found aLæs mere
RejsendeDoesnt look like Guinness to me. :o)
Judy Sylvester
cool looking place...