The day started sunny, but I knew to bring along my umbrella. Good thing I did, more about that later. My first stop was the Titanic Museum. Everyone I’ve spoken with who has visited Belfast told me it is a must-see. When I arrived I took a walk over to the only remaining White Star […]
This morning, I boarded a bus in Letterkenny that went directly to Belfast. Today this route is straightforward, there are no indications that we crossed from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland. Thanks to the Good Friday Agreement (1998) and the removal of military checkpoints, the political tension that once made this journey scary […]
My latest excursion with the Tbex conference was a tour of Donegal Town. The organizers were determined to have the twelve participants on the tour experience as much as possible. The weather didn’t cooperate, it rained off and on, everything from a fine mist to a torrential downpour. Donegal is a very compact town, so […]
Today was the unofficial start of the conference I am attending. Because the conference is for travel content creators, the sponsors (mainly tourist boards) want us to experience the local attractions so we can communicate with our audiences about them. For two days they offer us a variety of tours in the area. I could […]
This morning started sunny and warm. Despite that, we headed across the street to the Donegal County Museum. As a participant in Tbex, (the conference I am attending) four of us were given a personal tour by one of the curators, Caroline. She described the museum’s mission as “guardians of Donegal’s history and culture.” The […]
This morning exhaustion finally caught up with me. I slept until 10am, something I haven’t done in years. It turned out to be the perfect thing to do, as it rained most of the morning. Once I was up and moving, the sun began to peak through the clouds. Phoenyx, the woman who I’m sharing […]
Yes, I am traveling yet again. For the next two weeks I’ll be in Ireland. It’s a country I’ve been to several times, but on this trip I’ll be exploring areas that are new to me. The impetus for this trip is a conference, TBex, designed for travel content creators. That is, bloggers, writers, vloggers […]
Reflecting on a delightful Summer! When Summer is in full bloom, it brings many moments worth celebrating—gardens overflowing with color, refreshing summer cocktails, trips with my mom to the Huntington in San Marino, CA, a peaceful Camano Island getaway, and perhaps the biggest milestone of all—the twins turned five! Watching them grow has been such […]
Sunday is market day in Ixtapan. The center of town transforms from narrow streets lined by small shops to narrow streets made even narrower by the presence of vendors’ displays. People from the town and surrounding areas crowd into the market to do their weekly food shopping. Some sellers hawk their wares by walking through […]
Yesterday’s post was about the fabulous botanical garden in Toluca. Here’s where we went from there. Leaving Toluca’s lush botanical garden behind, we drove a short distance to Metepec. It’s one of Mexico’s 177 Pueblos Mágicos, places honored for preserving a mix of history, culture, and tradition. The designation fits, Metepec has an energy that […]
