Category: RTW Travel

  • Blarney Castle – Kissing the Blarney Stone

    Blarney Castle – Kissing the Blarney Stone

    I’m not sure about you, but I always visualized the Blarney Stone as being a huge rock in the middle of a field surrounded by tourists.  Maybe looking something like this (but with more tourists): But what the Blarney Stone actually looks like is this: As you may have read in Mikhaila’s post, legend has…

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  • In a Magical Land Far, Far Away….

    In a Magical Land Far, Far Away….

    Today we visited the Blarney Castle and Gardens to kiss the Blarney Stone.  Our visit was divided into three parts.  First, we took a walk through a lovely forest that had beautiful tall trees, as well as a fern garden and a horse graveyard.  Next, we went to the Blarney Castle, climbed to the top,…

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  • A Saturday in County Clare

    A Saturday in County Clare

    Saturday We woke up the second morning north of the city of Limerick.  We got out of bed got ready and had breakfast.  After breakfast we said goodbye to our new friends, who were off to their summer vacation in the south of Ireland. We decided we wanted to go to an Irish dancing  Workshop in…

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  • Ireland – Week 1

    Ireland – Week 1

    Note to our subscribers…we have been having some difficulties with our automatic posting, so please do check the blog for Mikhaila and Zoe’s posts.   After a fairly uneventful 6 hour flight we arrived in Dublin at approximately 11am, cleared customs (so far most friendly customs official we have EVER met!) and made our way…

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  • Dublin Tour and off to County Clare

    Dublin Tour and off to County Clare

    Today is Thursday the 17 and our last day in Dublin.  We left our luggage in the hostel and walked to Dublin Castle to start our walking tour.  Our guide was a lovely Irish lady named Lisa.  She walked us to some famous places in the city such as St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Dublin Castle,…

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