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...

Maybe Stan and I came from Nomadic tribes. We relish in every stop we make, thinking each one is better or warmer than the other. And we long to keep going forward. Yes, we are truly nomads. Glasgow is a very welcoming place; the accent they use in this unique place makes the English language seem foreign and difficult to understand but their smiles and their "hi-ya" greetings are heartily welcoming. Glasgow is sliced by the River Clyde from the east to...

Scotland is the land of the mist and the chill. Scots wear wools regularly. We would never have guessed that it would be in Glasgow where we could finally pull out short-sleeved shirts and shorts. We would never have guessed this would be the place we would get white raccoon tans around the eyes from sun and sunglasses. We walked into City Center - only 1.6 miles from our apartment -- but it was an easy, very pleasant walk. We had not had breakfast, so first...