Cork City Photo Walk

March 10, 2015 7 Comments »

Red abbey cork city ireland

It’s a sunny, brisk day in a city that is new to me; the perfect day to grab my camera and go explore.  Fluffy clouds, blue skies, people out bustling around city center, a river bank, fall trees, it doesn’t get much better than this.  But wait…it does.  Cork City in Ireland has a series […]

Border Crossing Surprises

February 26, 2015 6 Comments »

belfast sightseeing

I looked at my Google Maps serving as my GPS on my dashboard and was completely confused. The numbers made no sense. The GPS voice started talking to me as she always did, “in 2 miles turn left on….” Wait a minute – miles? My brain had been trained to kilometers for the last 2 […]

Sometimes You Just Have to Walk It Alone

February 3, 2015 11 Comments »

I found myself alone in a strange landscape as the taxi drove off in the rain. I looked around at my foreign landscape and could see for miles – and for miles there was nothing or no one. Not even a tree. I felt like Katniss at the beginning of the Hunger Games – but […]

Things to do in Dingle Ireland

January 15, 2015 10 Comments »

Dingle Peninsula hiking ireland

Yes, there’s a place in the world actually named Dingle. It makes you smile doesn’t it? Located in Ireland and part of the Wild Atlantic Way drive, there was nothing in the world that would stop me from traveling to the Dingle Peninsula. It is located in County Kerry; and not only was I excited […]

Seeing Quiet: Kayaking Ireland

January 13, 2015 14 Comments »

kayking ireland

The waves were lapping up against the shoreline in that comforting rhythmic fashion that coastal living brings. The sun had already dipped below the horizon and had left a perfectly clear night sky glowing in pinkish orange and midnight blue. “It’s going to be a great night for star gazing, “ Jim said as he […]

Don’t Fence Me In

January 9, 2015 6 Comments »

The Irish landscape is made up of magical green rolling hills, rocky cliffs, burnt orange bog land, and grayish limestone – and it’s begging to be photographed . But with great beauty comes…well…a lot of people taking photos of it.  And with that, the gauntlet has been thrown down.  One of my eternal personal challenges […]

Taking on the Wild Atlantic Way Solo

January 6, 2015 12 Comments »

driving solo

I was anxious and nervous as I waited for the guy from Hertz to give me my keys to my rental car. After all, I was taking off on my own driving around a foreign country for 3 weeks exploring the infamous winding, narrow back roads of Ireland. All of this was going to happen […]

Week In-stagram Review Northern Ireland and Beyond

November 6, 2014 3 Comments »

Trinity College Autumn Leaves

This week I covered a decent amount of ground with by car, bus, foot, and plane.  I started the week in Northern Ireland on a fabulous day for photography.  I took a Viator Tour that took me to Northern Ireland where I got to experience the stunning coastal sunsets, a harrowing walk on a rope […]

Week In-stagram Review Wild Atlantic Way

October 30, 2014 4 Comments »

wild atlantic way donegal

I moved a bit quicker through 3 counties along the Wild Atlantic Way this last week. My driving moved up yet another level closer to ‘local’ as I zipped past tourists and tractors on the small winding roads that reminded me of ribbons blowing in the wind. At one point I actually decided that I […]