Ireland
Music Travel Monday ANNOUNCEMENT from VERA MARIE: Kerry Dexter’s blog, Music Road is a finalist in the 2012 Bloggies. You can go to the Bloggies page and vote for Kerry as the BEST Music blog on the Internet. Voting closes in mid February, so do not delay. Destination: Romance Music: Lover’s Well by Matt and [...]
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Culture Travel Tuesday Destination: Ireland Museum: Derrynane House By Dr. Jessica Voigts Exploring History at Derrynane House, County Kerry, Ireland Imagine Ireland in a time of great change, both political and religious. There was great social inequality as well as religious persecution. In times like these, great men arise. And indeed, the story of Daniel [...]
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING–whether you’re in the U.S. celebrating with family and friends or in a country that does notstuff themselves with turkey once a year like we do, stop a moment and give thanks for the most precious things in your life. On Thanksgiving, I am thankful for many things. One of them is travel. Dora [...]
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We’re kicking off this month’s Contributor’s week by interviewing my friend Kerry Dexter. She’s your friend, too, if you read A Traveler’s Library Great American Road Trip last year, because she provided the musical accompaniment for each and every place we visited. I enjoyed that partnership with Kerry so much and also am always delighted [...]
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Destination: Ireland Book: My Lady Judge: A Mystery of Medieval Ireland by Cora Harrison (2007) The Burren of Ireland fascinated me when we traveled through County Clare. Long, flat tables of gray stone stretch toward the sea. Cracks and ridges and deep fissures make walking across the limestone ground an adventure. Lovely little wild flowers [...]
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MOVIE MONDAY: TRAVEL MOVIES Coming Attractions:
Destination: Ireland Movie: The Secret of Kells (2009 Europe; 2010 on DVD and BluRay) A GUEST POST by Jane Louise Boursaw
Destination: Ireland and Scotland A GUEST POST by Jessie Vogts Jessie writes: For our upcoming trip to Ireland and Scotland, I contacted several of my favorite travel writers and asked them for their top tips. Here are Favorite Books about Ireland and Scotland.
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