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Tag Archives: europe
Blarney Castle, Republic of Ireland
Blarney Castle sits north of Cork in the southern part of Ireland, its most famous for the Blarney stone which if kissed give you the gift of the gab! The castle is situated on an impressive estate where the entrance … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Home and About, Ireland
Tagged All Ireland Rocker, ancient, architecture, attraction, battle, battlements, blarney, blue, building, castle, century, cork, county, culture, eire, europe, exterior, famous, fantasy, fort, fortress, garden, green, Hill, historic, historical, History, house, ireland, Irish, landmark, landscape, Medieval, old, palace, park, past, republic, rock, ruins, saint, Shamrocker Adventures, Shamrocker Tour, sky, stone, tourism, tourist, tower, traditional, travel, tree, Vacation, wall
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Dingle Peninsula, Republic of Ireland
Nearing the end of the All Ireland Rocker trip with Busabout / Shamrocker Adventures. Today we explore the Dingle Peninsula, a stretch of land jutting out to the sea that like most of Ireland is breath taking and green. It … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Ireland
Tagged atlantic, background, bay, beach, beautiful, blue, Busabout, cliff, cliffs, clouds, coast, coastal, coastline, county, Destination, dingle, dunquin, europe, grass, green, head, Hill, ireland, Irish, island, kerry, landscape, natural, nature, ocean, outdoor, peninsula, rock, rocky, scenery, scenic, sea, seascape, Shamrocker Adventures, Shamrocker Tours, shore, sky, stone, summer, sunset, tourism, travel, Vacation, view, water, wave, waves, wild
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Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Republic of Ireland
Today we leave Galway to check out Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Islands just off the coast. We had to walk 1.5 blocks from the hostel to catch the charter bus, everyone from Shamrocker Adventures and some other … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged aengus, altantic, ancient, aonghasa, aran, background, blue, Busabout, cliff, coast, coastal, cycling, dun, europe, fabric, galway, grass, green, house, inis, inishmore, ireland, Irish, island, isle, landscape, natural, nature, needlework, outdoors, panorama, pattern, prehistoric, pullover, rock, ruins, scenic, sea, seascape, Seven Chruches, Shamrocker Adventures, shore, soft, stone, summer, tourism, travel, view, village
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Kinlay Hostel and Galway, Republic of Ireland
Finally after a long day of travel from Londonderry we arrive in Galway and get dropped off at our Hostel for the evening… a perfect fit for a day of almost zero exertions… you like stairs right? The reward was … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Ireland
Tagged architecture, attraction, Busabout, center, city, cityscape, coastal, cobblestone, colorful, crowd, Destination, europe, exterior, galway, Galway Ireland, historic, History, hostel, hotels, ireland, Irish, Kinlay Hostel, landmark, Medieval, ocean, old, pedestrian, port, pubs, quay, restaurants, sea, seaside, Shamrocker Adventures, Shamrocker Tours, shop, stone, structure, tourism, travel
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Connemara Countryside – Republic of Ireland
The quintessential Irish landscape, endless rolling hills of green. It feels like we drove through the region for hours but with every new bend in the road was another breathtaking view. In a way it was good I was on … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Ireland
Tagged beautiful, beauty, blue, breath taking, calm, clifden, clouds, cloudy, coast, Connemara, countryside, county, county galway, europe, fertile, forest, galway, grass, green, Hill, holiday, horizon, idyllic, ireland, Irish, lake, landmark, landscape, lough, meadow, mountain, national park, nature, old, outdoor, outdoors, panorama, reflection, rolling hills, rural, scenery, scenic, sheep, sky, summer, sunny, sunset, tourism, tranquil, travel, Vacation, view, water
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Europe Bound
Euro 4K It’s vacation time again and I’m heading back to Europe for my forth time* and quite appropriate given my photo/film hobby I’m packing with me a Lumix GH4 which records in 4K (well true cinematic 4K and UHD). … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure Travel Company, air france, Busabout, europe, KLM, Merit, West Jet
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Kronborg Slot – Helsingor
Kronborg Slot – Helsingor Kronborg Slot (Castle) is the castle setting for the Shakespearean play “Hamlet”.Â
ISS Flyby & Hercules Cluster
ISS Flyby & Hercules Cluster Tonight was a clear night with several visible ISS flybys. Using the GH2 for the first time I mounted it on my telescope mount to track the stars so that only the ISS itself was … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged amp, astrophotography, big dipper, constellation, europe, flybys, GH2, hercules cluster, iss flyby, jitter, Lumix GH2, north america, northern sky, russia, telescope
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To Amsterdam
To Amsterdam A quick glance at the white cliffs of Dover and we got on a ferry bound for Europe! The Trip over was pretty uneventful, time to talk to fellow travellers and start planning out Amsterdam. We had to … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, European Inspiration, Netherlands
Tagged amp, Amsterdam, belgium, bicycle, bike tour, canal, canals, clog, contiki, Contiki tours - European Inspiration, cycling in Netherlands, demonstration, europe, European Inspiration, fellow travellers, glance, good measure, multitude, Netherlands, place cheese, sabo, sabotage, white cliffs of dover, windmill, windmills, wooden shoe, wooden shoes
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Day 0 – European Inspiration – London Cabs and European Cars
Day 0 – European Inspiration – London Taxis and Big Cars Although I didn’t take a London cab during this visit to London, there were a lot of them, and what stood out was all the colourful advertisements painted on … Continue reading
Posted in England, European Inspiration, London, United Kingdom
Tagged advertisements, Arc, cabs, cars, D&G, double-deckered bus, dump truck, europe, european cars, fiat, fiats, Garbage Truck, hyde, London, london cab, london cabs, London England, nikkor, Nikon, oxford street, sherlock holmes museum, small cars, smart car, taxies, walking, wide angle lens
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