Reading and Roaming
GETTING TO BILBAO The destination for the day was Bilbao, but we went there via two interesting towns and a local winery. The morning was cold to start (only about 55 degrees), but by noontime, the temperature was above 70. GEOPARK IN ZUMAIA A short distance from San Sebastián is the town of Zumaia, population …
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NATURE AND ART Robinson Preserve Manatee County is blessed with a collection of nature preserves, several fairly close by. We returned to Robinson Preserve twice in the past two weeks with my visiting sisters and brothers-in-law. It’s a great place for a winding walk up, down, and around several bodies of water. Each time we …
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WHAT Our itinerary stated that we would explore the Wild Atlantic Way including along the Dingle Peninsula and then out to Slea Head on one of the points. If we thought that the interior roads we’d been on were narrow, the Slea Head road was known to be even narrower and not very accommodating of …
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GETTING THERE Killarney is a tourist town in County Kerry. Our “straight shot” drive on N22 from Cork wasn’t quite as straight or simple as our instructions made it sound. Like much of what we’ve traversed in Ireland, there were many roundabouts, sometimes one every 500 or 600 meters with female Google announcing which exit …
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