7-Day Nature Photo Challenge: Day 6

I was nominated by LivingTheQLife for the 7-Day photo challenge where each day you post a nature photo and nominate someone else.  Check out LivingTheQLife blog, it has lots of fun and interesting travel information and stories.   This photograph feels so representative of autumn in Vancouver, Canada to me.  These colourful maple leaves were stuck to a rain …

7-Day Nature Photo Challenge: Day 5

I was nominated by LivingTheQLife for the 7-Day photo challenge where each day you post a nature photo and nominate someone else.  Check out LivingTheQLife blog, it has lots of fun and interesting travel information and stories. In the 1930’s Japanese cities of Kobe and Yokohama gave a gift of 500 Japanese cherry trees to Vancouver, Canada. These trees …

7-Day Nature Photo Challenge: Day 4

I was nominated by LivingTheQLife for the 7-Day photo challenge where each day you post a nature photo and nominate someone else.  Check out LivingTheQLife blog, it has lots of fun and interesting travel information and stories. At the early onset of spring in Calgary, Canada, I encountered this little cutie in Prince’s Island Park. An island park on …

7-Day Nature Photo Challenge: Day 3

I was nominated by LivingTheQLife for the 7-Day photo challenge where each day you post a nature photo and nominate someone else.  Check out LivingTheQLife blog, it has lots of fun and interesting travel information and stories. I took this photograph a few years back in Van Dusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, Canada. The park offers several different sections …

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day I thought I would write a post on my favorite Irish treat: Guinness. I visited the Guinness Storehouse this past December. The main atrium of the building is in the shape of a Guinness glass in which you ascend through each of the seven levels of the popular tourist …

7-Day Nature Photo Challenge: Day 2

I was nominated by LivingTheQLife for the 7-Day photo challenge where each day you post a nature photo and nominate someone else.  Check out LivingTheQLife blog, it has lots of fun and interesting travel information and stories. I took this photograph on a beautiful, winter day in Howth, Ireland.  Howth was at one time a fishing village, but now …

7-Day Nature Photo Challenge: Day 1

I was nominated by LivingTheQLife for the 7-Day photo challenge where each day you post a nature photo and nominate someone else.  Check out LivingTheQLife blog, it has lots of fun and interesting travel information and stories. Just a 15 minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay in North Vancouver, Canada you will find Bowen Island. This photograph was …

Two Things: Arezzo, Italy

Another Two Things, my best thing and my worst thing. City: Arezzo, Italy Number of Times Visited: 2 Length of Trips: 1 day trip & 1 overnight visit Time of Year: Both times in the autumn Best Thing Passeggio del Prato - a large park behind the cathedral.  There are stunning views of the tuscan …

The Two Sides of Sofia

In January, I wanted to travel from Dublin, Ireland to Skopje, Macedonia.  Flying into Skopje can be very pricey, so instead I opted to fly to Sofia, Bulgaria and then take a bus from Sofia to Skopje.  I decided to book a few days in Sofia, as I had never been there before; and since …

Day Tour: Cork & Blarney

Yesterday I wrote about a day tour I took from Dublin up the Causeway Coast in Northern Ireland; today I want to talk about the other tour I took when I was in Ireland to Cork and Blarney. I took this tour through Extreme Ireland, the same company I took the Causeway Coast tour with. …