In my last blog post, I spoke about the amazing sunrise beach hike we did along the cliffs of the Algarve. We had already checked out of our accommodation. So after the hike, we made our way to the next Airbnb to check in. Our plan was to head west along Portugal’s south coast. Where to stay […]
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Santa Cruz, La Palma
Spanish speaking places can be confusing geographically in that there are many different places with the same names. There’s Las Palmas, and then there’s La Palma. There’s Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and then there’s Santa Cruz de la Palma. Just to be clear, the latter is the capital city of the island of […]
Kilkenny Castle
It’s just about a two hour drive to Kilkenny from Cork City on the M8 (take some cash with for the toll, about €2). Not surprisingly, it was a cold and cloudy spring day when we set out. Our destination was the lovely Zwartbles farm – I wanted to visit the little black lambs just outside the city of […]