ST. TRAVELS

Back home again!  We had time to reflect, and brainstormed our best moments. We were in Europe 23 days:  Ireland for 8 days (2 in Dublin, 2 in Kinsale, 1 at Kenmare, 1 at Doolin, and 2 in Galway), Wales for 3 days, and 12 days in England (Liverpool, Highclere Castle, Stow on the Wold in the Cotswolds, Bath, and London).   We traveled 1,350 KM in the car in Ireland, and about 1,000 KM in the U.K. all on the left side of the road.

Here’s our list, just for fun
◦    Best pub for music – Coachman’s in Kenmare
◦    Best pub for people – McGann’s in Doolin
◦    Best pub for food – Tanramon in Bettgelert
◦    Best pub for family – Flory’s in Kenmare
◦    Best meal for Sue – Digbeths in Stow
◦    Best meal for Ted – Max’s in Kinsale
◦    Best B&B – Old Presbytary in Kinsale
◦    Best drive day – Kenmare to Doolin via Dingle Peninsula
◦    Best bicycle ride – Inishmore, Aran Island
◦    Best stone circle – Drombeg, Ireland
◦    Best driver – Ted
◦    Best navigator – Sue
◦    Best castle – Highclere
◦    Best Abbey – Lacock, England
◦    Longest Church Bells – Bath Abbey (30 minutes when Prince George was born)
◦    Best street – High Steet, Galway
◦    Best ciders – Thatchers Gold Somerset, and, Wyld Wood Organic by Weston
◦    Best ales – Corvus Stout Wadworth, and, Double Donn by Donnington, and, Bath Ales Gem
◦    Best walk to Dinner – Stow On The Wold
◦    Best Cliffs – Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
◦    Best Peak – Snowdon Mountain, in Snowdonia National Park, Wales
◦    Best Ice Cream – Murphys in Dingle and Dublin
◦    Best B&B Breakfast for Sue – Number 4 at Stow
◦    Best B&B breakfast for Ted – Carnarvon Arms Inn near Highclere
◦    Best car – Ibiza in England
◦    Best coffee – Appletree in Bath
◦    Best rain day – In 23 days, it never rained on us in either Ireland, Wales or England
◦    Best weather day – In 23 days, only two days were a bit cloudy in the morning.

Thanks for following us on our vacation.  We hope you enjoyed the pictures and writings, as we had fun documenting our trip.  All in all, we had over 1,500 views of this blog in July.  Sometimes it is nice to have a one-minute vacation by looking at where friends have gone, and you are our friends.  The world, nature, and beautiful scenery is the best cathedral of all.  We are blessed and honored to visit more of God’s wonderful creation and met friendly people everywhere we went.