When we went to look at rental cars we had some issues. I wanted a nice comfortable ride and Chester was much more into conserving money and saving on gas. But if you can’t be comfortable while traveling…. well there’s just no point in suffering…is there? So, here’s the car I wanted to get…and we…
After leaving Florence we made our way via a confused GPS named “Betty” to Pisa. We didn’t actually arrive there until after dark, but my camera does quite well in the dark and without the flash. Actually the flash makes for darker pictures. While it was a wee chilly the evening that we were here,…
We arrived in Firenze about early afternoon the sixteenth of March. We might have landed in the city a little earlier but the GPS that Chester is now naming “Betty,” had us driving around in circles for some time before we just shut her off and followed the road signs. It’s funny, well maybe it’s…
After leaving the home of Gennaro and Adrianna as their natural family and supports streamed in from all over we initially set our sights on Rome. But that wasn’t the best of all possible plans as Rome is congested with traffic and nowhere at all to park. We attempted using the GPS “TomTom” that we…
At 9:50 this morning our Gracious host Genarro passed away. Even now the family is pouring in from all over. It was my great pleasure to have known him even for this brief period of time
When I was in Ireland four years ago we never got to go over the rope bridge that extends across a gully and over to a small island where there was in fact a small house which served as the base camp for a Salmon fishing business. I believe it was closed then due to…
Monday March 7 we took off up the coast of Ireland exploring on our own. Alas I lost my semi Irish Navigator Branden, but nevertheless we managed to have a full day of driving up and down the coast and appear to have survived rather unscathed. First stop was Carrikfergus. When I was in Ireland…
We essentially spent the day traveling from Galway to Belfast. I got to drive again and that was nice for me and a nice break for Branden. And the others had nice conversations in between naps. We managed yet another full Irish breakfast and because of that opted for a late lunch in Newry along…
Well, what we found was that it really wasn’t all that long a way to Tipperary even though we did cover a lot of miles or is that kilometers. We started out in Cahir after a lovely night’s rest in Cahir. We had arrived the night before and while it was dark and quite cold…