23 Aug 2011 | thoughts, travel-UK/Ireland
Dublin is a city full of characters, shops and visitors; amazingly heaps of people walking in the main, side and mean streets, from anywhere to somewhere. Like many travellers, I bought a copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses in a bargain bookstore. I should have...
15 Aug 2011 | thoughts, travel-UK/Ireland
Sometimes a small town gives you surprises more than you expect although It is mentioned very lightly on the travel guides. Like Bradford on Avon, a place which remains vivid in my memory. I once mentioned this town is a gem on an early post. Today when I reviewed...
13 Aug 2011 | thoughts, travel-UK/Ireland
In England, we met people with good manners, especially in terms of giving way on the road. They drove patiently to let you have time to maneuver comfortably on your rented car. I also have a good impression of London. It is overcrowded with people but it won’t...
30 Jun 2011 | thoughts, travel-UK/Ireland
Of all the drives in Ireland, the Slea Head Drive in the Dingle Peninsula is definitely the best. If you travel on a fine day in an off-peak season, starting from Dingle, you could enjoy the most spectacular scenery of the land and sea. You could drive freely along...
14 Jun 2011 | travel-UK/Ireland
Kinsale is located 17 miles south of Cork, a seaside town filled with colourful buildings, shops and galleries. In a rainy afternoon, we arrived this lovely town but could not find the hotel where we were going to stay. After passing shops, hotels and yachts, we...
