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Here I am again to tell you more about my adventures to Amish country in Ohio. Our first stop was Rolling Ridge Ranch Animal Park The brochure states that there are up to 600 animals at any given time. Most of the animals can be viewed on the horse drawn wagon tour, but they also [...]
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During the Famine period, an estimated half-million Irish were evicted from their cottages, and there were two ways that they were removed. The first one was by putting the male of the family in jail for owing back rent, and then the rest of his family would be put out into the streets. The other [...]
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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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Polly #2 was very excited when she found out that she’s be going on a jaunting car ride in Killarney. Jaunting cars are horse drawn carts that are open to the elements (unless there’s really bad weather), and are operated by local people called jarvies. The jarvies are knowledgeable about local folklore and other information, [...]
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Polly #2 was excited to visit the Foynes Flying Boat Museum while she was in Ireland. According to their website, The Foynes Flying Boat Museum which housed in the original terminal building in County Limerick, recalls that nostalgic era when Foynes became the centre of the aviation world from 1939 to 1945. The Museum has [...]
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Recently Polly #2 accompanied Debbie on a trip to Ireland. She was very confused when she saw that the steering wheel was on the opposite side of the car, and really confused when she saw that Debbie was driving on the left hand side of the road. She was only used to seeing Debbie drive [...]
It’s officially known as the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, but we usually refer to it as the ‘towpath’ or just the ‘C&O.’ During the summer of 2009, we biked the entire length of the towpath in three days. What an adventure! Since we had such a great time, we decided to do [...]
Polly #2 was very excited to be able to visit the island of Capri when she was in Italy recently. Capri is an Italian resort island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in southern Italy. Some things the island are noted for are the [...]
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Polly was very excited to start her Italian tour in Venice. She had seen pictures of it before, and couldn’t wait to see some of the sights she had only seen pictures of. One thing in particular that she was excited to see was the gondolas. I don’t think anyone can envision Venice without thinking [...]
