Tag: travel
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Change Of Plans

We were on a ferry from the Aran Islands heading back to the mainland of Ireland. These are a group of three islands off the west coast of the Emerald Isle, and we were returning from the largest of the three, Inishmore. It had been raining for several hours, and the wind had started to…
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Climb Any Mountain

I’ve never heard of the country of Andorra. It’s tiny, situated along the southern peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains, surrounded by France on the north and east and Spain on the south and west. It’s the sixth smallest country in Europe measuring only 181 square miles–a little more than a tenth of the size of…
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Pack It Up–It’s All Yours
The reason for going to California was stellar. Our good friends were celebrating the marriage of their youngest son. Showing up was important to us. The wedding was amazing. Scott and Melissa were the image of marriage excitement, not just wedding thrill. Leaving and returning become the wrench in the works. The part of travel…
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Have Shneezles, Should Not Travel
John and I’ve been waiting forever to get away alone. The previous ten months have been a jumbled collection of too much travel, multitudes of appointments, a plethora of conversations that have filled both our lives. Busy has become a way of life. Everyone’s busy these days. What we’ve done, however, is made life outside of us…