Singapore, A quick In and out: September 2025
Arriving into Singapore early in the morning from Europe is always challenging so it was great to be able to
Dublin and Bru na Boinne magic, Ireland: August 2025
DUBLIN we arrived in the early afternoon and fortunatley there was a parking station just 50m from the Trinity Townhouse
Counties Kildare & Wicklow, Ireland: August 2025
PRUMPLESTOWN FARM Our ancestry trail was coming to an end and the last stop was in County Kildare and Ann’s
Counties Waterford and Tipparery, Ireland: August 2025
DUNGARVAN After departing Kinsale a day earlier that planned we decided to land in Dungarvan for the night to take
County Cork and colourful Kinsale, Ireland: August 2025
BANDON Next stop on the ancestry hunt was a rather non-descript regional town that for some reason has produced an
County Kerry and the ring, Ireland: August 2025
KILLARNEY Driving through County Kerry on the way to Killarney was lovely and around every bend there would be glimpses
County Clare with flair, Ireland: August 2025
THE BURREN The Burren should really be called The Barren as it is an environment that is Moon like and
County Galway and the craich, Ireland : August 2025
We entered into County Galway from County Mayo via Killary Fjord and were straight into the World Heritage area of
County Donegal, Sligo and Mayo, Ireland : August 2025.
COUNTY DONEGAL We headed off on a wet and windy morning and had to pass on the sightseeing along the
Belfast and Bushmills, The land of the giants. Northern Ireland: August 2025
BELFAST We journeyed from Singapore to London and then onto Dublin where a we picked up a car to take
Atami & Hakone region, Japan: April 2025
ATAMI We dropped the car off at Kyoto staion and walked across the road to get our train tickets… should
Lake Biwa & Kyoto region, Japan: April 2025
LAKE BIWA, Shiga prefecture. We arrived at the Biwako Ryokusuitei at Otsu-shi in Shiga Prefecture on lake Biwa after a
Kurobe Gorge & Kanazawa, Japan: April 2025.
We arrived in Japan via Haneda Airport and spent the night at the Airport Hotel before heading off to catch
New Delhi & Agra, India: March 2025
Arriving in New Delhi Airport via Singapore after a two hour delay and it was both humid and manic with
Bath revisited, Somerset County, England UK: Oct 2024
First stop, BOWOOD House and gardens: landing in the afternoon at heathrow we hired a car for our 4 day
Mondello & Palermo with Familia, Sicily. Italy: Oct 2024
MONDELLO Arriving in the afternoon after an easy drive from Erice we met our host at Villa Lille and were
Erice & Segesta, Northern Sicily. Italy: Sept 2024
SEGESTA, Archological Site. The Train from Cefalu to palermo Airport took a while due to lots of stops but still
Cefalu on the beach. Sicily, Italy: Sept 2024
We caught the train from Taomina via Messina to Cefalu along the North coast past the tall Volcanic Aeolian islands.
Taormina, beyond the hype. Sicily, Italy: Sept 2024
We caught the train from Siracusa to Taormina Giardini station travelling in the first class cabiAbout 1.5 hrs of travel
Central Sicily to Siracusa/Ortigia. Italy: Sept 2024
FIRST STOP: ENNA, The geograpic centre of Sicily, or as translated “the umbilici” Picking up the car from the airport