Ireland Part IV

On October 20, 2026 By Fred KingIn 2026, Architecture, beach, bird, blossoms, blue, Blue Sky, boat, buildings, business, cafe, Children, coast, commerce, docks, Environment, family, iPhone 17, Ireland, Madeleine, personal, Sea life, seagull, sky, street photography, Streets, summer, vacation, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

National Museum of Ireland. As you enter and look up, this is what you will see. We went just after opening and it became fairly crowded soon thereafter. This was the only photo I took.

Packing our rental vehicle was a planned out operation. All of the luggage could only fit in one way to allow space in the third seat for our granddaughter to hide out. Good that she is double jointed and fairly thin. I don’t know how she survived two weeks surrounded by luggage. Months earlier, when planning the trip, we had requested a 6 passenger van, which they actually had on the lot the day we picked this up, but we couldn’t use it and had to settle for this VW SUV.

Coastal town of Kinsale. Really picturesque village. The fellow in the white shorts is our grandson, Adam. We stayed in a three story Airbnb that had some interesting quirks about it, like a door to a lanai that closes and locks behind you. We had to put our washed clothes outside on racks to dry and in going out, this door closed behind us.

The harbor of Kinsale.

Strolling about town.

It’s good to know where the end of the world is.

Ireland Part 3

On October 9, 2026 By Fred KingIn 2026, Architecture, Blue Sky, buildings, bus, Church, clouds, colors, Dublin, Environment, family, iPhone 17, Ireland, Landscape, Madeleine, nature, people, personal, Personal History, shapes, sky, summer, Travels, vacation, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

St. Anns, Dublin. This is the Anglican version of St. Anns. There is also a Catholic version of St. Anns Church in Dublin. I guess there was a shortage of saints, so…….?

We took a day trip to of Dublin to a Neolithic site called the Hill of Tara. This was on the path towards to hill and the ancient site.

No Neolithic in Ireland would be complete without the ever present sheep.

Our Family next to the bus we had for the day. We had an amazing guide for the day who was full of info to share as well as humor. Left to right in the photo: Jess ( our daughter in law), yours truly, our son, Ian ( his son, with the ginger hair), Elliott, our daughter Larissa, behind Elliott ( she kept on task, organized and busy throughout our trip in Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland; her son Adam, my wife, Dianna, Maddy, our granddaughter peeking around Dianna and Mark, our son in law.

My next post will take us to Kinsale, Ireland. Thanks for coming along!!

Edinburgh Pt. II

On September 9, 2026 By Fred KingIn 2026, Architecture, Blue Sky, buildings, city, clouds, design, downtown, Edinburgh, Environment, family, Flowers, Human, iPhone 17, Landscape, personal, Personal History, Scotland, Shadows, shapes, Signage, street, Streets, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

The Royal Mile, courtyard adjacent to the Writers Museum.

Followed by: Holyrood Palace, Grayfriars Bobby ( with our daughter doing the ritual ), Various flora.

Next post ( stop ) will be Dublin. We spent three days in Edinburgh, which included going to the Annual Military Tattoo, which was as amazing this time as our first.

Architectural note: Edinburgh is the only major city in the world that does not have or allow skyscrapers. Although the city has an “old town”, the entire city seems old- like stepping back in time.