By Julian (The Texas Giant, 10 ft 5 in) We packed our stuff and left our campsite for GOOD! Before leaving Ocracoke Island, we viewed the town of Ocracoke. Ocracoke has a great coastline were folks can meditate on the sound of the Atlantic. The place is also nice for fishing and sailing. It reminds…
By Julian (The Texas Giant, 10 ft 5 in) We hopped out of our dunking beds and screamed: “it’s roadie time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Because it’s Sunday, we had to go to mass. For mass, we attended St Benedict’s Parish (Chesapeake, VA). The traditional mass was brilliant and we also got to see a group of communicants receive…
By Julian (The Texas Giant, 10 ft 5 in) We started the dunking day by driving across foggy mayhem (AQI was high). We drove out of Harrisburg from into Conshohoken (we did this as dunking Texans who drove through the outer limits). Once we arrived in Conshohoken, we attended a traditional Catholic Latin mass at…
We head over to the Ring of Kerry, a large peninsula in Southern Ireland. On the way, we stop at Jameson whiskey distillery on the way . We get a full tour of the old distillery. It is not used any more because Jameson has a big mega size distillery in Cork. The whiskey making process is pretty much…
July 14. Cot du Azure day! That morning, Dad gave us a great driving tour of the French Riviera. We arrived in Monte Carlo ready to stretch our legs and site see. After finding a parking space we visited the casino, Hotel de Paris, and walked by many fancy shops including Prada, Gucci, etc.:)…
We couldn’t quite tear ourselves away from Cataques, so we gave in and decided to spend half the day there. We went to the beach, drank coffee at local cafe’s, walked the beautiful streets and shopped!! Dad even bought a shirt with his dream car (VW camper van) painted across the front. We feasted…
We drove into Barcelona again, and headed straight for La Rambas. Though it was early, the street mimes and flower shops were ready for business. We spent a few hours exploring the huge covered market full of stalls loaded with fruit smoothies, imberico ham, crepes, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, and everything you can think of under the sun.…
It was a wonderful 4th of July! We started the day be putting together a picnic of fois gras, brie cheese, and baguettes at the Bayonne Covered Market. We spent most of our morning there sampling duck comfits, croissants, and other goodies! Once we finally pulled ourselves away from all th delicious and colorful samples…
We slept in, relaxing that morning before driving to Normandy. We wanted to visit Mont St. Michele, but the drive was a lot longer than we expected. Late that afternoon, we finally arrived close to the island. Before parking and taking the long walk , we tried some of the famous Mont St. Michel biscuit…
Our last evening in Taormina had been so peaceful, so we decided to spend another day at the beach. The big question is how do we get down to the beach? Taormina lies atop a cliff, and the beaches sprawl below. Though we see people on the beach we don’t see a way to that beautiful water. We…
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