Ireland Day 7 | Hiking in Wicklow Mountains National Park | August 2025 For our last day in Ireland, we had our hearts set on spending some time in the Wicklow Mountains. We did a lot of research on what would be the most time and cost efficient way to get there while also giving…
Ireland Days 5 & 6 | Last Day in Cork | Train from Cork to Dublin | A Day Exploring Dublin | August 2025 On our last day in Cork, we enjoyed one last delicious breakfast for the day before packing up and checking out of our room. Our train to Dublin wouldn’t leave until…
Day 4 in Ireland | Day Trip to Crosshaven | Touring Camden Fort | Hiking the Camden Walkway | July 2025 The day after our Carrauntoohil summit, our legs were still incredibly sore, to the point where I wasn’t sure how I’d keep walking as much as we had been throughout this vacation. Before our…
Day 2 in Ireland | A Day Trip to Kinsale, County Cork | Touring Charles Fort | Visiting the Cliffs at Old Head | July 2025 For our second full day in Ireland, we made plans to travel by bus down to Kinsale, a small town South of Cork and close to the Southern coast…
Day 1 in Ireland | Visiting Cobh, County Cork | Touring Fort Elizabeth & Blackrock Castle in Cork | July 2025 Our first full day in Ireland started off strong with possibly the best thing to happen to us all summer: Because of Curtis’ Marriott status, we got to enjoy the breakfast at our hotel…
Our 12th Wedding Anniversary | Traveling from Iowa to Ireland | July 2025 Earlier this year, if you had asked me what we were planning on doing for our anniversary at the end of July, I would have imagined that we would be somewhere around the Great Lakes region – maybe even in Ontario, recreating…