Stories, photographs, travel notes, and safari reflections from Doug & Marcy

Driving Over a Cliff in the Tuscan Hill Town of Montalcino

There, I got your attention.  And yes, we kind of drove over a cliff.  Details soon, but do you have that dream ever?   That terrible frustration dream where you are in an out of control vehicle down an impossibly steep hill (the hill where your car has no power to back up) and headed over a […]

REFLECTING ON LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL

After another very great Gate1 Travel fly-drive deal for Italy, Marcy and I find ourselves back in Montecatini Terme – a town about 25 miles west of Florence.  We are very travel-weary but I think we have gotten used to the rhythm of how it feels to do a 30 hour turn-around from Knoxville to Europe.  I would […]

Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day and The Ring of Kerry

Waterville is is a small town situated on Ballinskelligs Bay on the Ring of Kerry N70  route.  Our bus stopped here for lunch on a (surprise) cloudy, cool and misty day, but this was a colorful, friendly town with lots of photo opportunities.   Our first mission was to find a grocery store to replenish our fruit and vegetable […]

Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day and The Cliffs of Mohr

I went through my portfolio of Ireland pictures in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and I came up with such a random collection of scenes and subjects that I figured I would serve up posts in several batches throughout the day.   Come back and see the rest of the posts,  I promise not to overserve.  […]

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