Bishop Lucey Park, Cork, Ireland. Dario and I finished off the ice cream we bought at the EATcork food festival while enjoying the spectacle of two tiny doggies (one was a puppy :D) running around the small park as if they’d just found Disneyland. You can just see the bigger one to the left of …
Signs of Laughter.
Something I never quite managed to do while I was living in Italy was to get pictures of all the hilarious signs and business names that struck laughter into the heart of the middle-school aged part of my American brain. I can’t remember them all, but 2 company names stand out: Assitalia and Lamecop. Not …
Tramore, Ireland: Fenor Bog
22 Sept. 2010 According to a helpful and informative sign (shown a few pics down), “Fenor bog is a place of peace…” I must say, it was quite lovely and peaceful when we stopped by that afternoon. The sign goes on to say that “…21 out of the 31 Irish Butterfly species occur here.” Gosh! …
Tramore, Ireland: Beach and Surroundings.
22 Sept. 2010 According to http://www.tramoretourism.net, Tramore is southeast Ireland’s “leading holiday resort.” It seems that people love beaches everywhere you go. And no matter what the temperature, there is always someone who will give you a funny look if you say, “Are you daft? Swimming? Here?!? It’s COLD!” But then, I grew up in …
Drilling into a volcano
Naples, Italy: “Scientists to drill 13,000ft into active volcano in test that could cause earthquake…” Coincidentally, I hear that Ireland is lovely in October. Ahem.
FULL! IRISH! BREAKFAST!
…in one handy package. Sweet!
Ultra English
A fellow travel blogger recently asked how she could modify her content to better address British readers. I advised the following: "Add "u" and extra syllables to words like "humor" and "aluminum." Put your quote marks inside the final punctuation. Talk about football a lot. ;)" I love Drew's comics. He also writes …
Featured photo: Tasty Zanzibar
Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania Mmm! Nothing says Zanzibar-flavored love like dried octopus! Mm, mm, mmm!
April in Ireland: Part 2 (handy link)
April in Ireland: Part 2 (handy link) Handy link for the front page of TourAbsurd, since I backdated the original entry. Cheers!
April in Ireland: Part 1
April in Ireland: Part 1 Link for the front page. :)
Vicino Kinsale
29 August 2010 A few pics that Dario took around Kinsale. :) Kinsale Old Head Horses near Kinsale Near the Old Head
Ubuntu Cola
Open source cola? Naw, but it’s Fair Trade!
Rosemary & Olive Oil Almonds
Napa, USA When Dario and were in Napa visiting Emily and Charlotte, we stopped at the Robert Sinskey Vineyards for some wine tasting. The tasting was pretty overpriced, frankly, and there was only 1 wine — the 2008 Pinot Gris — that we all really liked. I will say that although we tried several other …
Americana festival
Now that’s funny. I knew that we culture-starved Americans borrowed everyone else’s festivals, but I didn’t realize other folks borrowed ours. …Well, except for Pizza Cowboy in Guidonia.
Burl-esque.
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA It's rather Burl-esque, wouldn't you say? Get it, get it? Wow, tough crowd. How has nature been amusing you lately?
Day o’ Napa
8 Aug. 2010 Napa, CA, USA A quick day trip for winetasting and visiting friends! We stayed with my friend, Charlotte, in Marin County and dragged her along when we went to visit Emily up in Napa. Dario and I know Emily from the time she was living and Couchsurfing in Naples. It was …
Katie, Ruthie, and Sister Agnes! :D
Katie, Ruthie, and… SISTER AGNES!!! :D Dario fools around with Sister Agnes. On Sunday, not only did Dario and I have a lovely afternoon in Perugia, we also got the opportunity to meet a world famous celebrity: Sister Agnes. Wow! She’s been all over the place, traveling to locations both exotic and banal. …
April in Ireland: Part 2
After a lovely and scenic photo tour of the Wicklow mountains, we set off in our rental car (“…drive on the left, drive on the left!”) and headed south. We had skimmed the Rick Steves guide a bit, but weren’t really sure if we’d have time to stop and see anything along the way to …