2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025

Day 7 – January 1, 2026 At Sea(Day 5 on the ship) Happy New Year, everyone! 🥂Here’s hoping 2026 is a great year for all of us 😊 Today was another day at sea as we cruised through the Strait of Magellan on our way to Punta Arenas, Chile—and the ship definitely let us know […]

Day 66 – July 24, 2025 – Hveragerdi/Keflavik, Iceland to HOME!!!! We all met for a walk before breakfast and ate around 9ish. There was no rush this morning as our flight didn’t leave until 4:45pm. Finished packing up, got the car packed and took one last walk around before heading out. John drove to

Day 65 – July 23, 2025 – Hveragerdi, Iceland We met for breakfast at 8 and then had an hour’s drive to Geysir Geothermal Field. The Great Geysir, the original one, is no longer active yet the geothermal field around it still steams, boils and bubbles nonstop. The term “geyser”, used internationally, describes eruptive hot

Day 64 – July 22, 2025 – Hveragerdi, Iceland We went for a short walk along the river before breakfast and took some pictures. It’s very beautiful here! Breakfast was good with some skyr yogurt and fresh fruit along with eggs, bacon, cucumber and a cappuccino! We headed to Reykjavik and to the Reykjavik Museum,

Day 63 – July 21, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland to Hveragerdi, Iceland John got in a workout while I had to wash my hair (ugh!) and then we met for breakfast. The car came and picked us up and we headed to the airport. Easy check in and flight was only about 2 hours to

Day 62 – July 20, 2025 – Westport to Dublin, Ireland Great breakfast again and Michelle and I split the oatmeal with Bailey’s, and I also had bacon and an egg. We chatted with Angela a bit and then headed out about 9:30. Angela is a wonderful host and while the beds were small, I

Day 61 – July 19, 2025 – Westport, Ireland Great breakfast with some oatmeal with Bailey’s Irish Cream added and some French toast with maple syrup and cinnamon. Nothing like a great breakfast full of carbs to get you going, lol! Will be needing them for our hike today in Connemara Park. At the park,

Day 60 – July 18, 2025 – Waterville to Westport, Ireland Good breakfast and packed up ready to go. On our way to our next stop, Westport (about a 4 ½ hour drive), we will head towards the Cliffs of Moher. A brief history of the cliffs: We headed to Tarbert to catch the ferry

Day 59 – July 17, 2025 – Waterville, Ireland Met for breakfast at 8 am and we made the decision to go ahead and do laundry at the launderette at the gas station since the weather was crappy this morning. We went to Revolution Launderette, of which is a chain all over the UK, and

Day 58 – July 16, 2025 – Kinsale to Waterville, Ireland Took a walk this morning knowing we’d be in the car for quite a while today. Another great breakfast with homemade scones, yogurt and eggs/bacon. Grainne and Paddy have been wonderful hosts and have a beautiful house and do a great job. We would

Day 57 – July 15, 2025 – Kinsale, Ireland A great night’s sleep and a good breakfast with fresh yogurt and berries and I had porridge, and a boiled egg and John had an omelet. Grainne makes homemade scones and today was blueberry and they were delicious! We met a guy from Colorado and another

Day 56 – July 14, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland to Kinsale, Ireland We took a quick walk to Café Nero for a cappuccino and an espresso and then back to the hotel for breakfast. The four of us split all of the breakfast selections so we all were full and ready for the drive to

Day 55 – July 13, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland We were both able to sleep a little better and it was cooler so we could close the window and close the curtains. We shared a huge breakfast and then walked about 35 minutes to the bike shop located just outside Phoenix Park. We got E-bikes

Day 54 – July 12, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland So as expected, I did not sleep well at all due to the heat and the noise. The bar across the street had a singer until 1 am, so that didn’t help. John slept better than I did, but it was still disruptive. We met up

Day 53 – July 11, 2025 – Edinburgh, Scotland to Dublin, Ireland No big rush this morning as our flight was not until noon but did enjoy a good breakfast at the hotel. It’s about a 15-minute walk from the hotel to the airport so we headed out about 9:45 and quickly got through check-in