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Tag Archives: tourism
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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Travel Planning – At it Again
The initial musing of trip planning with actual time to plan a trip for once! Continue reading
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Tagged brexit, England, going it alone, Haggis Tours, ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, tips and tricks, tourism, travel planning
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark August 31, 2012 – Copenhagen is the first stop on our three country tour. The Copenhagen airport (Location) is very nice with real wooden floors and Danish furniture everywhere (not surprising but nice). To get here, we drove … Continue reading
Posted in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, Roskilde
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Canadian Tulip Festival starts May 6th, 2011
There are about 2 million publicly planted tulips in Ottawa just waiting to entertain residents and tourists alike when they burst into bloom. This year’s tulip festival takes place in Ottawa from May 6-23, 2011. My blog entries from Day … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged 2 million tulips, bloodroot, Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis, bloom, Canada, canadian tulip festival, Canadian Tulip Festival website, colours, Commissioner’s Park, daffodil, daffodils, Dow's Lake Pavilion, Festival canadien des tulipes, flower, flowers, forsythia, hybrids, les tulipes, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa tulip festival, ottawa tulips, shapes, spring flowering bulbs, spring flowers, tourism, tourists, tulip, tulips, turkestan
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Elgin Street Infrared Walk-Around
Elgin Street Infrared Walk-Around So, I was a few minutes early to a friend’s birthday party on Elgin; I had a camera in my bag. What happened next was extremely predictable…
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Tagged architecture, birthday party, cars, Church, elgin street, flare, garbage cans, heart of the city, Infrared photography, IR, modified Nikon D70s for IR photography, Ontario, Ottawa, paint job, photo, plants, restaurants, street traffic, streets in ottawa, symmetry, tourism, trees, walkway
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