Di and Dan
Battered Baggage and Borrowed Keys
We rented on this sketchy platform to avoid the extortionist pricing of the rental agencies and now we were stuck with heaven knows what kind of service and a dead car.
To be honest, we were losing faith in Ireland. Northern Ireland was outstanding with the Giant’s Causeway and Belfast, the scenery and the conviviality of the folks we met who permanently...
We were thrilled when they called us 5 minutes later to offer us the housesit: 3 months in a beautiful home on the Big Island with animals and fruit trees and...
In Northern Ireland, on the far northern shore, there is a beautiful coastline named The Giant’s Causeway. You can drive the coastal route, if you have some serious driving skills and...
The floats and the parade were fun for sure, bu it was the families playing with the confetti in the wind and sunlight that stole the show for me.
We spent most of our time trying to figure out if we should skip Epernay and Paris and buy a one way ticket to California, bring Enzo with us, get out...
So there it was, the end of my epic hunt. Moby Dick and family even better than I had hoped for and a far better ending for me than poor...
Ok, that is seriously beautiful! There were gasps of disbelief from the people behind me and I think I heard one horrified voice exclaim "They only take reserVAtions!" I...
Around nightfall our host, with a mighty twinkle in his eye, asked Dan and I if we had ever had apple pie. Instinctively we knew he wasn't talking about a delicious...
Could there be a more charming place? Harbor wrapping around the city center, flowers planted and hanging from every possible spot, well maintained lovely architecture and polite foot traffic. We stayed...