It was a dark and stormy night. No wait, it was a bright and sunny day and Blonde and Brunette were out and about on a dolphin-delight wave runner tour of the Everglades with Captain Ron's. Brunette had purchased a condo on Marco Island, Florida in the summer of 2012 and this was her first official snow-bird winter. Simultaneous with Brunette's fun-sucking husband getting onto … [Read more...]
Whiskey, a hooker then a gun – 18 hours in the west of Ireland!
There's an old Irish proverb that God invented whiskey to keep the Irish from ruling the world. We don't have any data to back up this statement but after an evening at Zetland Country House Hotel spent sampling (with enthusiasm) their whiskey, sushi and chocolates we can't imagine that ruling the world would be more enjoyable. We were on a trip in the Wild Atlantic West … [Read more...]
A visit to Cnoc Suain (easy for you to say)
Blonde and Brunette weren't exactly chipper when we received our morning wake-up call to go to a family-owned homestead to learn about authentic Gaelic experiences. We would have preferred some authentic sleeping in and we are usually loathe to learn actual information when we travel. However, this proved to be a case of the educational aspect being interesting (and some more … [Read more...]
How not to impress people with your love of Ireland
Brunette and I were staying at a lovely property outside of Hermanus in South Africa. (At the time it was the Westin Arabella but is, tragically, no longer a Westin property.) We decided to walk around the grounds as it was too cold for the dip in the pool we had hoped to have. We encountered a friendly couple from Ireland who had won their trip to South Africa. Brunette … [Read more...]