We had another tiny car . . . everyone knows the term for the new smart living quarters, "tiny house". Well, these are "tiny cars" but they must be because there are only "tiny roads" here. We headed to Cong. The Quiet Man was filmed in 1951, only two years after Stan was born. It's setting, the town of Cong, has virtually thrived on the fact that the movie took place there. For years and years fans from all over the world have and still do come here to s...

Stan put Galway on our itinerary because it is the nearest jumping-off place to visit Cong, Ireland - the place where The Quiet Man with John Wayne was filmed back way back when. Setting foot in Cong was a lifetime dream for him. Stan has talked about his hope to visit Cong for as long as I have known him. I am happy; no! I am thrilled I got to be a part of making this happen for him. I know you remember this movie. John Wayne played a former boxer who ...

Yes, I am behind on the blog again. So sorry! We have been very busy. Before we returned our rental car this morning we hoped to find a place to have a traditional Irish breakfast. We had a place in mind, Este Bistro, but today is a holiday in Northern Ireland and many stores and restaurants were closed. We found a place that was just as good, Café Smart. I had eggs benedict but Stan ordered the "big breakfast" which our neighbors at the next table inf...

Northern Coast of Northern Ireland - May 28, 2017 I am sure I've overworked words describing the countryside as something special to see. As we travel in and out of the lands outside of cities, the landscape is amazing. People, I'm telling you, it is amazing. First, very little trash is seen here; no billboards or roadside signs, and no yards filled with accumulated junk. Lord knows, people here have had much more time than we to accumulate junk. It is tr...

Ha! Ha! Oh Ha-Ha-Ha! How stunning! . . . Stunning in the bad way not the good. Our alarm was set for 5:00 this morning so we could have time to shower, dress, have a little coffee, tidy-up the apartment and make our way to Glasgow Airport for a 9:30 am flight to Belfast. The flight was a 45-minute trip, gate to gate, but actually only 25 minutes flying time. Once we landed we tried UBER to get us to our apartment but it simply could not lock-in on th...