I couldn’t wait to revisit Coumeenoole Beach, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. Many years ago, I visited this splendid beach, yearning to go there after seeing it in the film, ‘Ryan’s Daughter’.
Beadnell Towers, Northumberland
Bristol is a quirky, arty city - a city famous for Brunel, bridges and Banksy, with an underlying creative buzz. And quirkily, gorillas feature in our two night stay.
It was time for a taste of Scotch whisky. But alas not time for the $299 shot at a tasting session onboard Koningsdam, Holland America’s first Pinnacle Class ship. My husband Ron and I are enjoying the seven-day Norse Legends cruise from Amsterdam, sailing to Eidfjord, Hardangerfjord, Ålesund, Geiranger, Bergen and Amsterdam.
IT’S time to create my traditional puppet in Prague. My husband Ron and I are in the Czech Republic to discover and experience the magic of marionettes – a traditional puppet controlled from above using strings.
IT'S like a scene from Oliver. Seven children stand with their plates, patiently waiting to use the pancake machine at the Shandon Hotel and Spa, Dunfanaghy, County Donegal.
ON Mayo’s Achill Island, the Atlantic waves are mesmeric. I scan the ocean for dolphins or basking sharks. No luck, only two lads on a lone fishing boat.
