Newgrange Travel Blogs

Can you tell me ~ what is all the fuss about?  A passage tomb sounds like some place to bury the dead.  Big deal.   Oh, but it's so much more than that.  This particular passage tomb, located in the Boyne Valley in County Meath, is situated on a high knoll that overlooks the Riv…

In 2006 I went to the Emerald Isle (for work, what else) but this time it was another long expeditions. This time I was getting my own apartment!!! No hotel rooms, no room service, no maid service, what would I possibly do? Become one with the locals of course! I made a lot of friends and lived happily for those 2 months. I wish my Company would have agreed to Intel's terms and kept me there for a year!

Solo trip to Ireland. Did Dublin for a few days then hit the road in a rental car for 6 days of wandering. Cashel, Killarney, Skelligs, Dingle, Cliffs of Moher, Trim, and NewGrange are the highlights I did.

and another trip to Dublin. There are plenty of reasons why to travel to Ireland, great people, beautiful country - most important my brother lives there and it was his birthday! Beside that a very good friend of mines lives there as well...... more pictures to follow

So I just recently got back from a three week intensive visit to Ireland/Northern Ireland where I was studying for school credit. I got some studying done, lots of sightseeing, and even more drinking with the locals and my new friends! Enjoy!