For the Easter holidays, my mother-in-law came for a visit from the U.S. She came last year during the same time, and we had a grand time walking around with the kids and visiting different nearby sites like Newgrange...
Dingle: Connor’s Pass
Conor Pass After Fungie, it was only about 3pm. Too early for dinner, so we decided we would eat dinner back at the hostel and take a drive up Conor Pass, the highest mountain pass in Ireland. You take...
Dingle: The Slea Head Drive & Famine Cottages
For our last full day in Dingle, we decided to do the Slea Head Drive to the point of the peninsula. Our hostel manager had highly recommended it, and I was like, why not? Our kids are highly susceptible to...
Dingle: Hiking & Fungie The Dolphin
Hiking the Dingle Peninsula When I had booked our hostel, I had read on their website that there was a lot of hiking/walking trails nearby and I knew that was right up J’s alley. I had to concede some...
Dingle: Inch Strand
When we decided to start planning our summer holidays this year, I foolishly thought that booking something 4 months in advance was sufficient to book flights and accommodation for our party of six. Well, I realized that I was...
Dingle: Hike over the Dingle Peninsula
Before the end of our trip, J and the Monkey wanted to take on one more hike. This time they decided they wanted to hike across the Dingle Peninsula. I was a bit nervous after driving across Conor Pass,...
One Day to explore Cork
When my mother-in-law came for her first visit, she was mostly pre-occupied with finding documents of her Irish ancestors and accordingly, I obligingly dropped her off for two days at the National Archives on Bishop Street. She is Irish...
Halloween Break at the Cliffs of Moher, Bunratty Castle and the Aillwee Cave
We’ve just finished our first six months in Ireland, having arrived in late May. It’s been an amazing six months and we are finding ourselves adjusting well still happy to be here! The most important part of the transition...