Vacation: Ireland

  Day 11  began with a double rainbow and clearer skies. The first photo captured one of the rainbows well but not the other. It’s visible in the second. Much to my dismay, a leprechaun wasn’t waiting with a pot ‘o gold.   Kel and I drove (This means Kel drove.) to County Tippary. On … Read more

Hurricane Humberto was still at it for day ten. Kel and I headed back to Gougane Barra to Cronin’s Café for lunch. Again, it was delicious. While we ate, the wedding party was departing the Hotel Gougane Barra. We couldn’t get to St. Finbar’s Oratory and its island because of the flooding from the hurricane. … Read more

After getting back to the hotel in Edinburgh late last night, we were up early—3 a.m. early—for a flight to Cork, Ireland. He arrived at the airport, got through security, and sat down for breakfast at 5 a.m. I ordered tea and a breakfast sandwich. Others around us ordered mimosas with barely enough OJ to … Read more