We began our second full day in Copenhagen just as begun our first - on the hop on - hop off bus which we caught to the main train station and then transferred to the green line which took us past the Copenhagen Zoo and the Carlsberg Brewery. We were not sure why you would spend your time here in Copenhagen at a Brewery but for some people I guess this wold be the highlight of their visit to Copenhagen. After returning to the train station, we caught the red line to Christiania which is a commune type area established by hippies in 1971 white most of the buildings built by actual hippies. The area is built on public land around a river and public authorities have turned a blind eye to construction and habitation as ... read more

Today is just a day of travel as we move our holiday from Ireland to the Baltic Sea so our journey started at 5:00 am as we packed the remaining of our belongings, loaded the bags into the car and commenced the 3 hour drive to Dublin Airport on the N8, N7 and M50. We allowed an hour and a half to drop off the rental car given the time it took to pick it up but dropping a car off at Dublin airport is much more efficient than picking one up and within 15 minutes, we were on the shuttle bus toward terminal almost 3 hours before our flight. We left Dublin on a dreary overcast day but arrived in Copenhagen to warm bright sunshine. After collecting or baggage, we caught the train directly to ... read more

We spent the day with Kevin, Olivia and family in Wintergrasshill which included a visit to the neighbouring Farmhouse Restaurant for lunch with Kevin‘s mother Bridget, her brother Robert and grandson Conner. A grand time was had by all around the lunch table as we indulged in an organic feast as all food prepared in the restaurant (meats and vegetables) are grown on the property. We then took a walk around the farm checking out the diverse array of animals from Emu’s to Shetland Pony’s to Deer which culminated in a walk through the fairy forest, home to a number of fairies who have carved their homes into the tree trunks. Sounds like Port Adelaide you may say but its not. Bridget, Robert and Conner then returned with us to Kevin and Olivia’s house where we ... read more

After one of our best days on the holiday so far on Skellig Michael, we did some washing and ironing, said goodby to our pet ginger cat, Labrador dog and Air BNB abode and continued our travels on the Ring of Kerry. First stop was Waterville where the weather was a little better than yesterday so we wandered around the town amongst the throngs of tourist bus visitors all clambering around the sights of Waterville. After lunch, we resumed our road trip around the Ring of Kerry stopping at numerous vantage points including the pass just outside Waterville which gave us great views of the village on one side and the coast with islands on the other side. A little further down the coast near Caherdaniel, we got our first glimpse of the two Skellig’s from ... read more

We made an early start on our journey down to County Kerry and tomorrow’s big trip to Skellig Michael (weather permitting). Leaving our suitcases at Kevin and Olivia’s, we packed a few clothes and some food and headed towards Killarney, driving through scenic countryside and using little villages before reaching Killarney, at place where we spend Father’s Day in 2011 with one of Tish’s cousin’s. Killarney was much as we remembered it however we hadn’t discovered the old part of Killarney during our last visit and this is where we would spend the next few hours including grabbing some lunch tucker in a a pub that had been converted from yet another Pharmacy. We eventually found the Killarney tourist information office and grabbed some maps and brochures for the local area and surrounds and then meandered ... read more