We had a nice visit to Cobh (pronounced Cove) when we were in Ireland. Cobh was once known as Queenstown, and was the last port of call for the Titanic. We had a very interesting tour given to us by Micheal Martin, a local historian. Cobh is a very pretty, picturesque town that’s located in [...]
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One of the places we visited in Ireland was Glendalough, where we visited the monastic ruins. According to wikipedia: Glendalough (Irish: Gleann Dá Loch, meaning “Glen of Two Lakes”) is a glacial valley located in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin, a hermit [...]
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Because we hopped around to so many different awesome places…this post will showcase part of our trip through Ohio Amish County. Our first stop was Sugarcreek. The village was started from Amish and German descendants who were looking for farming land. The rolling hills reminded them of the land where many of them had originated. Thus, it’s nickname the “Little [...]
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As we were driving through County Donegal, we came across a quaint little Folk Village museum in Glencolmcille. We didn’t have much time to stop and actually tour the museum, but we did check out the nearby beach, and had a quick bite to eat in the restaurant that near the gift shop of the [...]
Close to Cruit Island is a small village called Kincasslagh, which is located by the sea in one of the most beautiful and scenic regions of Ireland, the Rosses in North West Donegal. // var [...]
For a little break, we headed up to the Science Center in Cleveland. It is located right beside Lake Erie next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was full of hands-on exhibits and an awesome IMAX theater where we saw “Born to be Wild.” Bridge of Fire [...]
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Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It’s considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and is known for it’s art, architecture, and cultural heritage. 4 people like this post. Like Unlike
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Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town which is located near Naples in Italy. The town was destroyed and completely buried in 79 A.D. when the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted over a two day period. It was so deeply buried, that it wasn’t rediscovered for almost 1700 years. There has been ongoing excavation since [...]
After seeing some lovely tarsiers and chocolate hills on Bohol, I hopped onto a boat and went for a trip on the water. The sun was bright, and the breeze was cool – it was wonderful! I visited a very small place called Mantatao Island. Most of the people who live here fish to [...]
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