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Leandra’s 50th: Keshcorran Caves & Castlerea
On the way south to Galway, we stopped at the Keshcorran Caves, parking in a decent sized lot down a very narrow lane close to the town of Keash. After a short but steep walk uphill we had great views of rural countryside. My 4th Guinness of the trip was in Co....
Leandra’s 50th: Sligo food & drink
After we got settled into our apartment, we headed out to Hargadon Bros for oysters as I knew they had 6 for 14€ on the menu. The place was full when we arrived but after I told the hostess, Amy, that we just wanted oysters and drinks, she let us use a table in the...
Leandra’s 50th: Sligo sites & experiences
We booked the Atlantic Sheepdogs demonstration a couple days out and we woke up to drizzle on Sunday morning that turned to full rain throughout the entire experience. Our host, Martin, was engaging and informative and canine Mist put on a good show - directing sheep...
Leandra’s 50th: Castlebar and Turlough
My inspiration for the my Guinness drinking tour of five counties was a photo taken in Castlebar 30 years ago, so we had to stop at this town! We found a spot in one of the lots but only one of the two machines we saw took a credit card. 1,5€ for 2 hours. One of the...
Leandra’s 50th: Connemara sites
High on my list of things to do on this trip was visiting Connemara National Park. I remember coming here in 1996, so it was nice to return and see the place in its full green glory (rather than in January when it was mostly brown). We arrived around 10:30am and found...
Leandra’s 50th: Clifden food & drink
Marconi Restaurant (Clifden) The staff couldn’t find our 7pm reservation when we arrived but that didn’t stop them from being very friendly and seating us in the Garden Room as expected. The rosé wine we ordered wasn’t available but the substitute (La Perriere Pinot...
Leandra’s 50th: Clifden sites
On the way north to Clifden from the airport, we made a quick stop in Athenry (A-thin-RYE) to view the castle and church (now a heritage center featuring paid tours). One of the largest medieval towns in Ireland, the castle was built in the 13th century and the castle...
Leandra’s 50th: overview, travel and where we stayed
We celebrated Eric's 50th birthday in northern Spain and I also wanted to enter into a new decade overseas. From the beginning we knew that most of Europe would be too hot and busy in August (and it's been even worse than we had feared) so we focused on Northern...
Our Itinerary
2026 Trips
Parrish, FL (Jan)
Medellin, Colombia (Feb)
Wilmington, NC (Apr)
Madrid, Spain (May)
Asturias, Spain (May)
Galicia, Spain (June)
London/Cotswolds, UK (July)
Long Island, NY (July)
Western Ireland (Aug)
Vietnam (Nov)
Laos (Nov)
Cambodia (Dec)
Singapore (Dec)
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Doha, Qatar (May)
Bristol + London, UK (Jul)
Long Island, NY (Jul)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
day trips from Bologna (Oct)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
Greensboro, NC (Nov)
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Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)
Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).
We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)