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Continue reading →: Ireland’s County Clare: The Burren National Park, Doolin, & the Cliffs of MoherCounty Clare is flush with ringforts and ruins of old castles, monasteries, and abbeys. It’s like most people have a castle or something ancient in their yard. No big deal.
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Continue reading →: Mamaw Festival: Celebrating Music, Arts, & Wellness in HarlanYou are going to hate me for this, but Harlan County is what they call a “moist” county. Darrell Scott’s song “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” has been covered by even more well-known names like Brad Paisley and Patti Loveless, but my favourite rendition is by the Ruby Friedman Orchestra.
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Continue reading →: Heidelberg, Ich Hab’ Mein Herz VerlorenMark Twain wrote about Heidelberg, “I have never enjoyed a view which had such a serene and satisfying charm about it as this one gives.”
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s Famous Ring of Kerry Pt. 3: Waterville, Cahersiveen, & KillorglinRING OF KERRY The Ring of Kerry is a world-renowned scenic driving route that follows N70 around a loop, or ring, to the best of County Kerry and the Iveragh Peninsula. I have just written two previous blogs about The Ring of Kerry that lead to where we start in…
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s Ring of Kerry Pt. 2: Kenmare, Sneem, Caherdaniel, & DerrynaneRING OF KERRYThe Ring of Kerry is a world-renowned scenic driving route that follows N70 around a loop, or ring, to the best of County Kerry and the Iveragh Peninsula. You can stay on the N70 road for about 111 miles and drive the entire ring in a matter of…
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s County Kerry: The Ring of Kerry, Killarney National Park, & The Historic Lake HotelCOUNTY KERRY County Kerry is known as “The Kingdom” in Ireland and includes the towns of Killarney, Kenmare, Sneem, Waterville, Cahersiveen, Caherdaniel, Dingle, Blennerville, and others. The name Kerry comes from the word “Ciarrai” which is pronounced more like “Keer-ree” and means “the people of Ciar.” “Ciar” itself is used…
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Continue reading →: Connemara National Park & The Kylemore AbbeyIRELAND’S CONNEMARA REGION After narrowly avoiding the destruction of Hurricane Ophelia back in 2017, my best friend and I excitedly arrived at the Connemara National Park in Ireland’s western County Galway. “Connemara” refers to the Connemara National Park as much as it does the entire region, which is largely a…
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s County Galway: From Renvyle to Bell Harbour in a HurricaneBACKSTORYMy best friend and I had been having the time of our lives on a whirlwind tour from Dublin to Belfast, all through Northern Ireland up to Bushmills and the Giants Causeway, back down to the Republic to tour various small towns, and then some. We had met wonderful people,…
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Continue reading →: Céad Míle Fáilte to Dublin, and Good Luck Finding Your Way AroundI really love Dublin, honest, but the city needs to get it together when it comes to street signs. First, my best friend and I quickly learned the signs were made of some type of paper composite and that a heavy rain did away with most of the lettering a…
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Continue reading →: Dayton ‘Til I Die: All Local in the Historic Oregon DistrictMy dad always says “Ohio is a great place to be… from.”
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Continue reading →: A Fifth and Two Thirds: Dayton’s Historic Nickel, Third Street, and Wright-DunbarAnyone who was someone did their best to be seen hanging out on The Nickel among its shops, restaurants, jazz clubs, at the Palace Theatre, the Classic Theater, and other Black-owned businesses.
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Continue reading →: A Slice of Mitchell County: Spruce Pine & Little SwitzerlandDr. Mitchell was the first scientist to suggest that the historic Black Mountain was the highest peak east of the Mississippi River. To prove this, he climbed the mountain to take measurements in 1857 and met his untimely death. Black Mountain was renamed Mount Mitchell to honour him, and later…
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