In mid-July, we decided to try our luck catching a boat ride out to the island of Skellig Michael off the South-West coast of Ireland. We were tipped off to this place by someone keeping watch over the Aughnanure Castle who shared a glowing review of this seemingly magical place!  She talked about the excitement of…

Alrighty, well with the story of how we ended up here over…..all we really have left is walking….walking…..and more walking….. so I’ll keep it to mostly pictures with some bits and babbles along the way. So on the morning of day 4, we set off from the Rifugio Elisabetta en route to Courmayeur.  After the initial climb, things…

For months Kelley and I (Kelley: mostly just Matt) toiled over countless guidebooks trying to decide what to do during our 12 days in the Alps. We had a roundtrip ticket to Geneva, Switzerland and lots of ideas but no definitive plan. We could walk the… Tour of Mont Blanc – Looks cool but maybe…

Kelley and I have not written much or posted many pictures about Galway. As we have told all of our guests, there is not much to see in Galway from a tourism perspective, you have to experience it… sure there are old walls, the underwhelming Spanish Arch, and the church where Christopher Columbus got his…