It’s a gray day as we leave Dromoland Castle on our four-hour drive to Dublin Airport. The sky is gray, and the clouds are weeping. Heavy...

Martin arrived to pick us up and delivered today’s newspaper headline: “The 2016 Rising!” It is implying that the election is as...

Today’s focus is on the scenic Dingle Peninsula, widely regarded as one of the most beautiful areas of Ireland. It was the location for...

Today is a big day in Ireland – the national election for a new government to replace the current leadership. Every person we meet talks...

With Cork as our home base, we ventured out to several sites in the immediate area. But first, we turned on our iTunes and played the...

A new day! The sun was shining – for the third day in a row! We got into our car! We turned on iTunes, and played Forty Shades of Green...

Yesterday we traveled by train, plane, and automobile to start the second half of our trip in Ireland. Arriving in Dublin in the...

As night settled in yesterday, so did a cloud cover and rain. So much for weather forecast accuracy. There went our last, albeit small,...

Our voyage last night was very rough, with the captain deciding to bypass one of the stops during the night because docking would have...

We had an early morning start on the third day of our voyage. We left the ship for a guided four-hour excursion that would take us from...

Shortly after boarding our temporary home for the next six days, we headed out to sea on the way to our first stop – Vardo. We could not...

After a two-hour flight from Oslo, we landed in Kirkenes– 30 shades of black, grey and white – lots of snow and ice. It is –2 degrees C....

Today we ventured out with a locale guide, Agnes, to see some of the top sights. Agnes was born and raised in Oslo and has served as a...

We are now into our 14 hours of flying to Norway. Norway is ranked as the number one country in the world to live, by the United Nations....

The centerpiece of this year’s first trip is to view the Aurora Borealis. This has been at the top of our ‘must see’ list for many years....