England
In England we saw heaps of pub names some were like The Slug 🐌 and Lettuce 🥬 and others were more boring like The Horse 🐎 and Cart. List of pub names... * Slug 🐌 and Lettuce 🥬 * Horse 🐎 and Cart * Eagle 🦅 and Child🧍 * The Greyhound 🐾 * The White Swan 🦢 * Dog 🐕 and Bacon 🥓
Italy
While our journey to Naples from Rome was lovely (highly recommend the train... was very pleasantly straightforward and stress-free after all our airport experiences), our first introduction to Rome was less so. Within 30 minutes of stepping off the train, I had my phone stolen. We'd known this
Ireland
The next batch of haikus (these come around quickly!)... Day 36 • 10 Oct • Ballymoney to Edgeworthstown “See the Northern Lights?” We scream and bolt out of bed. Pink and green and WOW! Day 37 • 11 Oct • Edgeworthstown A day to catch up On sleep, life admin and blog. B is
Italy
On Wednesday, we continued our run into the really accident world with a visit to Pompeii. Buried under ash following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the city was forgotten until being rediscovered in the 1700s. Excavations and restorations have been going on since. However, the city itself
Italy
Doors in Naples were a bit boring (comparatively speaking), but they did have lots of cool entry arches/gateways leading to the inner courtyards of many buildings.
Italy
Here are some more things we saw (mostly on Tuesday) in fascinating, gritty, busy, chaotic, overstimulating Naples! Bookshops (all within a few steps of our AirBnb)... Food shops... Side streets leading off Via Toledo; so interesting to just wander... Galleria Umberto I (a very fancy shopping mall)... People doing their
Italy
On Tuesday, our first full day in Naples, we did a LOT of exploring — we walked more than 11km! — but the absolute highlight was Napoli Sotterranea (Underground Naples). This was a guided one-hour tour of (a small section of) the 450km network of aqueducts, reservoirs and tunnels under the city
Italy
Welcome to Naples! Today involved an early wakeup and a two-hour drive to Dublin Airport through this gorgeous fog... ... then saying farewell to the orderly identical houses and bright green fields of Ireland... ... and hello to noisy, chaotic Naples! B and I have been to Italy a couple of times
Ireland
On Thursday, we headed south to our next destination — Edgeworthstown in County Longford, Ireland — where we're currently enjoying a four-night stay in a gorgeous rural AirBnb. We've been having a relaxing time here while B recovers from his illness. But something extremely thrilling happened on the
England
Week 5 haikus! Here you go... Day 29 • 3 Oct • London Gunpowder treason! We sneak through dark passages. Beware! Trust no one. Day 30 • 4 Oct • London to Ballymoney J teaches me chess. We play en route to Dublin. Goodbye, King and Queen. Day 31 • 5 Oct • Ballymoney I cuddle
Northern Ireland
On Tuesday we set off for a scenic drive, as recommended by Sharon. While we didn't quite manage her recommended route, we still had a lovely (if very cold and windy) day. We actually ended up spending the most time wandering/hiking/clambering around Ballintoy Harbour (for the
Northern Ireland
On Monday, we drove to Belfast to visit the Titanic museum, called Titanic Belfast. We learnt about the conception, building and launch of the RMS Titanic, the sinking on her maiden voyage, and the subsequent quest to locate her. The museum also contained artefacts recovered from the wreck. Titanic Belfast