Today was a lot of driving. My main goal today was to do as much of a suggested waterfall route that I could. Norway has a large number of waterfalls and some of the more impressive ones are just east of the town of Bergen so it seemed like a good idea to run to…

My first nights’s lodging had a pretty simple breakfast where I got to try the brown cheese that the Norwegians seem very enthusiastic about. Good stuff and I will definitely have it again! Thankfully breakfast was all you can eat because that was all I got to eat until dinner, more on that later. My…

After a few years, I am getting to experience an entirely new country! There were a couple of places that were in the running but Norway won out simply because I have never been here before. Little bit of a trek to get here with a connecting flight in Iceland. Their advertisements on the plane…

With country borders closing due to the latest COVID variant I decided an in country trip was in order. It’s been a few years since I last traveled to Williamsburg, VA so I thought a new trip was in order. It’s about a 500 mile drive the way I came down and I even got…

I made the journey to my final lodging before flying back. I had to cross all of Ireland to get closer to the airport for my flight out tomorrow. I had looked for something to see ahead of time and decided on trying to see Newgrange north of Dublin. It was something I had not…

Today started my preparations to return to the U.S. In order to re-enter the U.S. you need to have a negative Covid test. One of the main reasons I chose Ireland for my trip was the ease with which you could schedule a Covid test. My test was in the city of Galway and about…

From the start I had sun today! My first day in County Mayo took me to Achill Island a bit west of Newport. From what i can tell, the island produces two thing; sheep and peat. It seemed like every open space was either sheep pasture or peat harvesting fields. Many of the peat fields…

I left Doolin and the Burren for Connemara and Mayo counties today. I also experienced my longest day of rain to date. Most of the day was spent driving north to get to my new lodgings in the town of Newport, nothing like Newport Rhode Island, but I did stop at a couple of locations…

Today was a day of long drives. I’ve pretty much seen everything up around Doolin so I headed south to the very tip of the coast called Loop Head. There are cliffs there similar to those at Moher and a walk as well. What I did not know was that the walk was much shorter…

On my first full day here in Doolin, I headed straight north to the coast of the Burren. The Burren is the name given to a fairly large area known for its limestone deposits that have been greatly shaped by glaciers and, later, erosion. The walks along the coast are some of my favorites in…