Reblogged from Rebekah Lyn's Kitchen We woke Tuesday morning and found our excellent hostess, Pauline, had left out a bag of clothespins as well as her “clothes horse” drying rack. Tricia had sent Pauline a message during the laundry fiasco to see if it would be okay for us to use the clothesline. Pauline hadn’t received the message until that morning and left us a sweet … [Read more...]
Cliffs And Castles
Reblogged August 12 from Rebekah Lyn's Kitchen Filed under: friends,history,travel — itsrebekahlyn @ 8:15 AM Tags: Bucket List, Bunratty Castle, Cliffs of Moher, history, Hospitality, Laundry, Misadventures, Wild Atlantic Way The drive from Kylemore to the town of Barna, just outside Galway City, took about an hour … [Read more...]
What’s an Abbey?
Reblogged from Rebekah Lyn's Kitchen I wish we could have spent more time exploring County Kerry, but we had other adventures planned. We got an early start, making a brief stop in downtown Killarney. The blanket Tricia had purchased the previous night had a pull in it and she wanted to see about exchanging it. The lovely shopkeeper was able to fix the pull in the blink of … [Read more...]
Sheep!
Reblogged from Rebekah Lyn's Kitchen Boxty, Bricin Restaurant, Bucket List, Charlie Chaplin, Dark Sky Reserve, Ireland, Killarney, Muckross Abbey, Ring of Kerry, Ross Castle, Sheep, Skellig Island It was a little before noon when we left Liam and his birds behind, headed for the Ring of Kerry, a scenic drive around … [Read more...]
An Experience I Never Imagined
As part of the Apollo 11 celebrations I had the opportunity to attend an event with several of the children of Apollo era astronauts. Having a chance to spend time listening to many children of the Apollo astronauts was an experience I never imagined and I want to thank the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation for arranging the event. The moderator had a number of good … [Read more...]