Travels With Maria

Ireland 2023

Driving Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

Ireland's west coast was the end of the world to Europeans for thousands of years. Hundreds of millions of years ago, before continental drift created the Atlantic Ocean, the land was part of what is now the Appalachian mountain range. Layers of sedimentary rock pounded by North Atlantic waves for millions of years formed sheer cliffs that dominate the coastline. These cliffs, along with the numerous bays and the mountainous terrain give this area its nickname: The Wild Atlantic Way. Ireland has been inhabited for 10,000 years or more. There are stone age tombs all over the place as well as fortifications from the time of the Giza pyramids. One…
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Dublin

We are on a driving trip to Ireland, where we will be spending three weeks traveling around the perimeter of the island. This will necessarily be an overview, nothing in-depth as we have a lot of ground to cover. As we get older, with so many places to go, we figure this is likely the only time we'll be here, so let's see as much as we reasonably can in the allotted time. We landed in Dublin early Sunday morning, got a bus into the city center. We had a bad breakfast in the hotel, after which we were able to check in to our room early. Then off to…
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Driving Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

Ireland's west coast was the end of the world to Europeans for thousands of years. Hundreds of millions of years ago, before continental drift created the Atlantic Ocean, the land was part of what is now the Appalachian mountain range. Layers of sedimentary rock pounded by North Atlantic waves for millions of years formed sheer cliffs that dominate the coastline. These cliffs, along with the numerous bays and the mountainous terrain give this area its nickname: The Wild Atlantic Way. Ireland has been inhabited for 10,000 years or more. There are stone age tombs all over the place as well as fortifications from the time of the Giza pyramids. One…
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Dublin

We are on a driving trip to Ireland, where we will be spending three weeks traveling around the perimeter of the island. This will necessarily be an overview, nothing in-depth as we have a lot of ground to cover. As we get older, with so many places to go, we figure this is likely the only time we'll be here, so let's see as much as we reasonably can in the allotted time. We landed in Dublin early Sunday morning, got a bus into the city center. We had a bad breakfast in the hotel, after which we were able to check in to our room early. Then off to…
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