Back on the road today for a slightly more relaxed tour of the Highland capital, Inverness. We camped right by the Loch Ness and woke up a bit late after our exhausting day in the Highlands. Addam found his wallet! He had shoved it into his sneaker haha. Silly boy was...
If you look at the map from today’s activities you’ll notice that we did a mind-boggling amount of traveling. Once we hit London we won’t be driving too much but in Ireland and Scotland you sort of have to if you want to see the highlights of these...
We had lots of things scheduled for today but our plans fell through when we realized just how long it would take to drive north through the highlands. I think being quick to adapt to a new plan is one of my biggest lessons from this trip. I don’t believe one...
This morning we had some trouble. Addam misplaced his wallet. After pulling everything out of the van and calling around to the places he went we still can’t find it. It had his IDs, a $2 bill from his grandfather and our American sim cards. Hopefully someone...
We woke up at 6:00am at our hotel near the Belfast International Airport still a bit tired and in a sweat. In classic European hotel room style, the air con hadn’t been working all night and the room was plenty stale and stuffy. It was nice to have a bed (two...
When I prepared for our trip I read extensively on the tiny lane-sized roads in Ireland. Locals used travel forums to warn tourists from hiring large RVs. They won’t fit and you’ll miss out on the best parts of Ireland they would write. I am so glad we...
One of the strangest time warps on this trip has been adjusting to the short summer hours in the British Isles. The sun rises at 4.30am and sets at 10pm. When you’re sleeping in a camper van this means you’re waking up at 4ish because the sun glares...
I’ll be honest. I didn’t really expect to love Ireland. Don’t get me wrong, I knew it would be beautiful, and that I would enjoy my experience here, but my heart has always been with England. I never really had much of a connection to Ireland like I...
You will not believe how much we got done today with zero sleep! I feel like we’ve been in Dublin for days but as I write this it hasn’t even been 24 hours yet. One of the first positive impressions we got of Ireland came from our informative taxi driver who offered...
I’m completely fooling you if you think I know a word of Gaelic. To be honest it’s difficult to come up with a nice sounding title for a fairly quiet sort of day. According to Google Translate “Slán Meiriceá” means Goodbye America and “Dia Duit Ireland” means Hello...
