Posts Tagged “Ireland 2013”
What’s worse than your child having a head injury? How about having your child have a head injury in a small town in a foreign country on a Saturday afternoon? Is there a hospital nearby? Not in this town. Next town over? The next? Are they open? Where is it even? Ciárán got hurt. He…
I haven’t had as much time and opportunity to blog about the trip as I had initially planned. I thought I would have more time, but that’s not the case. Almost every day we’re out of the house by 10 in the morning and by the time we return and get dinner and the kids…
When I was here three years ago I had no idea this was even here. It’s not even fully outside of Ballycastle! While I was away to Belgium one of the things Laura and the kids did was check this place out. It was disappointing as it was closed off, but I had yet to see…
Let’s try this again, shall we? The day after I got back from Belgium, which will be it’s own blog post (I want to try to get a bit more “current”), it was decided we should try to head out to Carrick-A-Rede and try getting across the rope bridge. Again. the weather was nicer and…
From one extreme to another. The hotel we stayed at in Dublin was a step up from a hostel. Barely. This wouldn’t necessarily have been a bad thing, but it was so run down it wasn’t pleasant. The shared toilet with the other three rooms on the floor wasn’t even an issue. There was a…
Now, if you’ve been reading the last few blog posts, you may be wondering what my friend Stephen is doing on what is supposed to be a family vacation. Back in … A while ago Stephen managed to convince Laura it was a good idea for me to go to Japan. Then we went to…
One of the impetuses for my family’s vacation to Ireland was Rock Werther, the concert festival in Belgium. This will bet detailed a bit in a later post, but Stephen and I had to get to Dublin to catch a flight. On the way, we stopped at Belfast. And again, as with my last time…
The day after checking out Dunluce Castle Stephen and I walked the Causeway Coast. There are a number of great looking hikes in Ireland, and this is meant to be one of the most spectacular. After taking in a portion of it, I have to agree. There is a writer, Britt Reints, who among other…
Sunday – 6 days of being in Ireland, and we’re settling into a routine. Time for Mass. We get up and head across the street to the church and attend the 10am service. It was quick too, less than an hour. We were rather surprised. I may post more about the specific church later. After…
Travelling takes a bit longer than one might want or expect with four young kids and everybody affected by jet lag. It took a few days, but about day 5 things started to settle down into a much more normal schedule. Despite this, getting breakfast, getting everybody up, dressed, figuring out where we are…