Make a Plan and Get to the Must-Sees Long a do-it-yourselfer when it comes to traveling, I am a bit overwhelmed trying to put together an itinerary for a week-long stay in Ireland. So many castles, bluffs, beer tours. Sifting…
Ireland in a Week
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Finding the Oldest Bar in Ireland
A Visit to Sean’s Bar in Athlone A series of unfortunate events lead us to Sean’s Bar in Athlone. Driving from Galway back to Dublin but willing to take detours should we see a reason to frolic and detour, we…
Driving in Ireland
Getting Around on the Wrong Side of the Road Driving on the right side of the car on the left side of the road turned out to be more challenging than I thought it would be on a recent trip…
How to Reinforce Travel Memories
The Bashful Adventurer does some targeted souvenir-shopping and takes other fun measures to reinforce travel memories—and to keep her passion for travel alive.
A Book about Adventures in Travel at an Uncertain Time
The Bashful Adventurer picks up a romance novel written in the late 1930s hoping to see if and how the author addressed the coming war—and ends up getting a lesson on careers in the travel and tourism industry at a time when adventures in travel were far from mainstream
Galway Getaway
Using Galway as a Base for Daytrips Our time in Galway is limited—we will use the place as a base, a place to sleep and keep our gear while we explore nearby Cong. Staying at Flannery’s Hotel, we take a…
Trim: Saint Patrick Was Here
Big Castle, Big Saint, Big History On the last leg of our roadtrip in Ireland, driving from Galway back to Dublin, we take a slight detour north to see what is billed as the largest Anglo-Norman fortress in the country.…
Encountering the Titanic in Athlone
Remembering Margaret Rice and Her Five Sons As ambivalent as I might feel about disaster tourism—is it really okay to go and look?—I am still drawn to all things Titanic. Of course, I loved the James Cameron movie, reenacted actor…
Flannery’s Hotel Offers Affordable Convenience
Staying in Galway on a Budget Our stay in Galway will be a short one, so basically we want to check into a hotel that is inexpensive, safe, and clean. We get lucky and book a visit at Flannery’s Hotel,…
Cong Beyond The Quiet Man
If you are not into the film, should you bother visiting Cong? As robust as one’s Netflix account might be, some of us just are not big fans of The Quiet Man, the John Ford-John Wayne-Maureen O’Hara film about a…