As we lurch into October (less than three shopping months until Christmas, if that's your thing), the weather has started to turn fabulously cool here in the Emerald Isle - coldest night so far 6 degrees - let Winter begin! We first visited Ireland in late 2012 which was a fabulous but hideously rushed road trip down the west coast with 3 days in Dublin at the end. We figure we've been back 4 times since then and have (nearly) circumnavigated the whole island - ...

If we had to use two words to describe the last two weeks, they would be 'Time Flies' or 'Tempus Fugit' (calling upon our 10 words of Latin). We started the last couple of weeks by whipping the credit cards into submission and booking our flights to Zagreb and Dubrovnik in Croatia then on to Rome, Italy. The cards were still whimpering and carrying on, so we hit them even harder and booked an apartment via AirBnB in Zagreb and another apartment in Dubrovnik via...

Monday dawned stunningly clear and we decided to test the sewing machine to its limits and visit our dear friends in Enniscorthy - and all the dogs/cats/goats/chooks etc. There is something all owners of electric vehicles are familiar with - Range Anxiety... how far can I actually get on one full tank (or battery of electricity). And, where can I plug in the beast to get more distance en route. Even that is fraught with anxiety as a slow charger (found in many ...

World Peace is obviously important (beauty pageant contestants say so all the time). Ending hunger (vital). Doing something with N. Korea (no one knows what). Exceedingly important. The lot of them. But after a passage like we had last night... effective sea sickness medication has more value than all the above - a price above rubies. So whilst not sick we were definitely a bit tired by the time we trundled off the ship in the Emerald Isle - we think it's our f...