Positano: Our First Taste of Paradise
After we had a chance to decompress and settle into our new abode, we ventured down a long and windy path of steps onto the main road that runs through Positano. If you’re… Continue reading
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Getting to Positano: Beware the Cab Driver
After sampling pizza paradise, we wandered back to the train station to arrange a ride to our next destination – Positano, a little town along the Amalfi coast. Our AirBnB host in Positano… Continue reading
Napoli
From Rome, we headed to the Amalfi Coast via Naples (Napoli in Italian). The train seemed like the most cost and time-effective option to get us directly to Naples for an obligatory pizza-pit-stop,… Continue reading
Ramified Rome: Getting from Leonardo da Vinci to Rome Center
We arrived in Rome at about 9:00 in the morning, which perfectly tricked my brain into forgetting that we had just been awake for 24 hours straight (I have trouble sleeping in public).… Continue reading
Journey to Inis Oírr
Although many have heard of the Isle of Man or Skellig Michael* (where one of Star Wars sequels was filmed), few have heard of the Aran Islands, a group of three tiny islands… Continue reading
Let’s go to the Cobh, Bra
Southbound from Dublin after our brief stint in Scotland, we stopped at Fota Wildlife Park – a 100-acre animal park located on Fota Island, near Carrigtwohill. It is an independently charity that is… Continue reading
Glasgow
When we were planning our little Scottish jaunt, we had a choice: only see one city (Edinburgh, according to friends and family, was the must-see), or shorten our time to see both Edinburgh… Continue reading
Edinburgh
I didn’t know what to expect for Scotland – my mental images were the stereotypical “Scottish things – rolling hills of green, heavy accents, and kilts. We flew into Edinburgh (pronounced ed-in-burr-ah) from… Continue reading
Dublin, Round One
Our first stop in Dublin was FOOD. We wandered for a bit, eventually stumbling upon a small local pub for a pint of Guinness. We had no idea that the pub also offered… Continue reading
Further North: The Giant’s Causeway
From Belfast, we continued north in order to see Giant’s Causeway, a striking World Heritage Site on the very northern-most coast of Northern Ireland. It’s an almost alien-like formation of rock created by… Continue reading