Notice: Undefined index: limit in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 26

Notice: Undefined index: location in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 36
<rss version="0.91">
<channel>
<title>Travel Blog | BatesFamily</title>
<link>http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/BatesFamily/</link>
<description>Travel adventures in journals and photos from BatesFamily</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
<lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><item>
                    <title>Home Sweet Home</title>
                    <description>It is sooooooooo good to be home Thanks for all the messages comments and facebook notes. We are so blessed to have gone and to be home. Looking forward to seeing everyone once the jetlag wears off. Everyone was up by 500 am this morining... gonna be a long day</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Cape-Cod/blog-733568.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>A Beach Day in Galway and Trad on the Prom</title>
                    <description>Finally some nice weather this week. The Irish have been complaining about what a terrible nonexisitent summer they are having... thank goodness we didn39t come here for the weather. At the end of the promenade on Salthill Beach is a giant diving platform...after much trepidation all three kids jumped Jake was actually firstLast night we saw Trad on the Prom which is a huge show of traditi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Salthill/blog-733150.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Inishbofin Island off the coast of Connemara</title>
                    <description>Today39s trip brought us through the Connemara countryside to a boat that took us to Inishbofin Island population 140. We hiked the island through more sheep poop than I could ever imagine. The scenery was so dramatic that pictures don39t do it justice...cliff edges splashing surf fjords bogs and of course sheep It rained for the entire morning. Just off the boat is a hotel that provid</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Connemara/blog-733144.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Galway Cathedral  Mass in 42 minutes</title>
                    <description>Galway Cathedral  despite the record 42 minute mass I39ll admit a highlight it was an incredible church and service. We went to the 1100 because the choir would sing with mass 1200 mass would be song in Latin. The choir and the organ were amazing...biggest I have ever seen or heard. Music in a church is the most meaningful and moving for me. While Sam was off in the gift shop before mas</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Galway/blog-732477.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Cork and Cobh</title>
                    <description>A long 2.5 hour drive to Cork and Cobh. Stopped at Blarney castle in the morning. Travelled on to Cobh which was a beautiful seaport. The second largest natural harbor in the world. It is where the majority of our Irish ancestors emigrated from and it was the last port of call for the Titantic before it39s fateful sail. Great museum and special exhibition on the Titanic for it39s 100th anniv</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Cork/Cobh/blog-732485.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Bunratty and Blarney Castle</title>
                    <description>Can39t go to Ireland without visiting the castles. Kevin had Friday afternoon through Sunday off so we went to Bunratty on Friday night and then Blarney the next day on our way to Cork. Bunratty does a great job with the folk park that shows life in the 18th19th centuries. Keep running into other MA families which is fun. One woman at Blarney pointed at Jake39s black dog tshirt and said I </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Clare/Bunratty/blog-732482.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Horseback Riding</title>
                    <description>Over hills through the streams up and down the rocks. Fantastic views of Galway Bay. Watched a dog herd cows. A tad nerve wracking for Mom. Abby and Sam loved it... Jake and I were a little reluctant to start trotting Love that my horse39s name was Butt Ironically when I swung my leg over the back of the horse I missed the saddle and sat on his butt. I then started to laugh so hard I was ba</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Galway/blog-732478.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs...</title>
                    <description>Kevin and I had a night out with his class during the Galway Arts Festival. We went to Black Box Theater to see Out with the Tide with John Mahoney Fraser39s father. It was really good tough topic alzheimers but really well done and funny. Strange to see a Chicago theater company in Ireland but at least no effort to understand the accent.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Galway/blog-732487.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>It's the little things weather food...</title>
                    <description>Today we are here 3 weeks and 1 day. This is a much longer time than I thought it would be. Homesickness is kicking in for everyone. We hear that you are having a heat wave that would be welcome here. Picture taken is the last bit of sun we saw on Sunday probably the best weather we have seen in Ireland. It has raineddrizzzzzled and been cold no higher than 52 degrees for two straight days. </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Galway/blog-731074.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Cliffs of Moher past and present</title>
                    <description>A beautiful sunny day in Ireland... who knew Tried a to recreate a photo with a 28 year time lapse at O39Brien39s Tower see pics. That39s me in the top right... not sure what I39m standing on because it wasn39t there today. Traveled here in 1984 to play soccer...we kicked a ball around and joked about it going over the cliffs  Cliffs of Moher a much bigger tourist attraction to</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Clare/Cliffs-of-Moher/blog-730614.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>PUPPIES</title>
                    <description>We drove an hour into the most beautiful countryside I have ever seen. Mountains lakes green everywhere sheep also in the roads and best of all down in the valley is Joyce39s Border Collie Breeding farm with live herding exhibitions. So worth the drive... the dogs were amazing and if we could have I would have brought one of the little guys home. We miss Rudy and Misty</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Connemara/blog-730111.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Never a Dull Moment and the Kindness of Strangers</title>
                    <description>So taking a nice mellow day to do some food shopping really should have paid attention when we were learning the metric system visited with the landlords of our house...who could not be nicer Tom and Mary Geraghty... and a great visit to Atlantaquarium where you can touch sting rays and sharks We decided to go to the park while waiting for Dad to finish class. This is when Jake decides it w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Galway/blog-730108.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Driving on the Ocean Floor and "I see dead people"</title>
                    <description>Took a fantastic tour today with Kevin39s class. We went to Klymore Abbey and Omey Island. The Abbey was beautiful and carries a wonderful love story...someday Kevin will build me a castle Omey Island is an island that can only be reached a low tide... we drove across the ocean floor...six hours later the same area would be covered in 7 feet of water when the tide came in. I have to follow the</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Connemara/blog-730096.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Turn left at the cows and Irish Basketball</title>
                    <description>I kid you not those are the directions for my new running loop. After the donkey stuck his head over the fence and scared the begeebus out of me my next direction was to turn left at the cows. The cows looked at me like I was crazy and continued to munch the grass. I held my breath cows do not smell good and when you are sucking wind running they don39t taste good eiither and continued UP th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Galway/blog-729419.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Flash Back in Time</title>
                    <description>The neighborhood here reminds me of a typical summer growing up. There are kids everywhere and our boys are treated like local celebrities. We pulled in the street the other day and I heard they39re home I overheard one boy talking to our neighbor say I hear you have new neighbors and they are Americans Not too many Abby39s age however she seems content to watch for the wild horses at </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Salthill/blog-729268.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Galway  Home Sweet Home</title>
                    <description>We have arrived at our final stay and I am finally up to date with the blog.... many many computerwifi issues in London.OUR HOUSE IN GALWAY IS FANTASTICGreeted with a plate of fresh made scones a pound of irish butter and a jug of milk Four bedrooms and a beautiful area to run.Wild horses are our neighbors at the end of the street and Abby couldn39t be happier.This weeken</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Galway/blog-728746.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Ireland here we come</title>
                    <description>After much schlepping tubes trains and planes we have arrived in Dublin.ltspangtltspangtltspangt Almost ltspangt instantly more relaxing.ltspangt We checked into two rooms at the Holiday Inn Express Dublin and to our pleasant surprise it is across the street from a terrific park.ltspangtToo exhausted to move we had cheese and crackers and peanut butter and fluff for din</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-728744.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Gratefulness</title>
                    <description>Went for a Sunday morning run around Kensington Palace Gardens where I once ran back in the day.ltspangt While it was not a church morning I certainly felt more blessed at Round Pond than anywhere else of late.ltspangt I am overwhelmed with the notion of how blessed we arehaving many years ago determined that I was already a winner in lifes lottery these icing on the cake moments are</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/South-Kensington/blog-728743.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Coffee Fruit Kids and Smoking....misc entries</title>
                    <description>SORRY THIS INCLUDES 20 UNINTENDED PICTURES...ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM DUMB DUMB THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS AND MORE Learning to make coffee in an Italian press machinenot fun and not very good.Being in the market with fresh fruit and vegetables not 20 steps away is a wonderful treat. Amazingly the only thing less expensive in London than the US is the market  fruit and veggies and oh my are they</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Notting-Hill/blog-728739.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Barclay Bikes and Richmond College</title>
                    <description>Abby and I took an early Sunday morning bike ride on our rented bikes through the parks and over to the main building of the college I once attended 25 years ago. A security card gave me his key and let me wander around. It is amazing what the far reaches of my mind can remember. I was able to locate my old dorm room and showed Abby and later Kevin and the kids where we ate some of Londons w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/South-Kensington/blog-728737.html</link>
                </item></channel></rss>