On our way back to Dublin we stopped for a tour of Nowth and Newgrange. These ancient burial sites are older than the pyramids! It is a Neolithic passage grave, and Knowth contains more than a third of the total number of examples of megalithic art in all of Western Europe. Most of these are…
Josh-On the second day of our Ireland trip we drove from our hotel in Belfast all the way to the top of Northern Ireland to go coasteering, one of things I was most excited to do on this trip. When we got there we put on our swimsuits and we were each given wetsuits and…
A few things I don’t want to forget from our trip: Halle said the soundtrack for Iceland is Lord of the Rings. For Scotland it’s Harry Potter, and Ireland is How to Train your Dragon. I think she’s spot on. “It’s a wee bit slippy.”When the Irish people welcome you, they don’t say, “Welcome to…
I was helping my friend Stephanie plan a trip for her and her daughter Avery. The more we planned I could feel my NYC envy kicking in. After an hour on the phone one day helping make plans Halle said, “Mom, you know what would be easier than all these phone calls? Us just going…
Hi everyone! It’s Josh. The final day of our Southern States road trip was a ton of fun, and was probably my favorite out of the whole trip. We stated the day with a bit of a sleep in, intentionally skipped breakfast, and then headed over to Mrs. Wilkes, a southern homestyle dining restaurant. Mrs….
Our first day in Savannah started with the boys sleeping in as Halle, Rusty and I headed to the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters. It was such an interesting tour. One thing I really liked was the fact that they were very careful with their words. They always said enslaved person instead of slave. They…
Rusty here: I was in charge of the Montgomery day. It started with breakfast at the hotel and then we loaded up the car and started walking. First was the Rosa Parks bus stop which was right across the street from the former slave market. For whatever reason, the streets were deserted this Saturday in…
Blake here: Our day started by going to Surry Juice for breakfast where you could get a variety of breakfast foods and drinks of a combo of your choice. I got this massive breakfast sandwich and josh got biscuits and gravy which he was super excited about. We also got this banana foster french toast…
In keeping with Tradition, each kid gets to write the blog post for one of the days of the trip. Here’s Halle’s : We started off the day at Mardi Gras world, where we got to try the iconic king cake (which is probably better not from a box)(and mom REAAALLY wanted to get the…
We have been so excited for our Southern Road trip! We are going to cross so many States off our bucket list. It began in New Orleans. It was fun to fly over all the swampy Bayous and get our first-ever look at the Mississippi River. Our flight landed, we took a very long shuttle…