Author Archives: kenwehner

23 June 2016: The view from the top is worth the climb. Hollyrood Palace, the Queen’s house when she is in Scotland, is located at the terminus of the Royal Mile near the modern Parliament Building. Hollyrood Park encompasses the … Continue reading →

22 – 23 June 2016: Amazing City In a word, wow. We loved Edinburgh. It was one of our favorite cities we have ever visited. We did not arrive with particularly high expectations of Scotland’s capital city and we were … Continue reading →

22 June 2016: Scotland’s Largest City After seeing Scotland’s countryside yesterday, we thought we’d check out its largest city, Glasgow. We parked near the shops of Buchanan Street and took a walking tour of the city. The city is the … Continue reading →

21 June 2016: Burnley FC, Lake District NP, Hadrian’s Wall and Southern Scotland On our way north from Manchester, we stopped in the town of Burnley to see the Burnley FC Stadium, Elle’s favorite team. The stadium was under construction … Continue reading →

19 – 20 June 2016: The Beatles and Manchester United Father’s Day was a travel day for us with a single goal, get from our hotel in Dublin to our hotel in Manchester without any problems – mission accomplished. Once … Continue reading →

17 – 18 June 2016: Downtown and the Titanic We walked downtown for dinner and a tour the city. City Hall was quite impressive. Belfast is smaller than Dublin but it struck us as more modern. While it does not … Continue reading →

17 June 2016: The Glenveagh NP fail became Northern Coast success Today did not go as planned, it went better. We planned to drive northeast to Glenveagh National Park and castle before moving on to Belfast for the night. On … Continue reading →

16 June 2016: Sunday Bloody Sunday Today we needed to make up some lost time and unfortunately cut out a few planned stops on our way to Londonderry in Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. We were surprised to … Continue reading →

 16 June 2016: Sligo and Donegal Sligo Sligo to Donegal Donegal  

15 – 16 June 2016: A Vibrant Small Town We spent the evening after the Cliffs in the town of Galway. Our hotel was in the heart of it all along the river. Live music played in the streets at … Continue reading →