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...
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...
This morning we had to get up bright and early to catch our 7.40am train out of Kansas City to Chicago. Luckily we were staying across the road from the train station! Union Station, Kansas City It’s a really pretty station built in the 1920s. There were photos of it...
And we’re off on our big Ireland / UK Road Trip! Addam had the idea to kick off our trip with a bang so rather than taking a flight from Fayetteville to Chicago we are journeying via car and train to meet our flight connection. We’re taking hiking packs instead of...
In just over a week we’ll be off! Since Addam told me that we’ll be going on our dream vacation I’ve been busy trawling through travel books, googling, planning and spreadsheeting. Today I’m excited to present my crazy spreadsheet and...
