Around Kilkenny
As was evident in Belfast, history in Ireland is as very subjective, based on the one’s perspective. In the small town of Kilkenny, about 80 miles southwest of Dublin, their… Read more »
Belfast and the Other Side
Walking out of Belfast Grand Central Station to our hotel under grey skies, we arrive both actually and emotionally into a different country. It does not feel the same as… Read more »
Ireland/Eirann
It is indeed green and lush here, just as imagined, with occasional light rain and wind since we arrived 2 days ago, the sun shining through periodically so that I… Read more »
Antarctic Vistas
Antarctica Final Days Our last outing in this beautiful white world is to Deception Island, one of the South Shetland Islands, a known stopping off place for whalers in their… Read more »
Whale Tales
Antarctica Days 8-9 What a superlative day! In the morning, the ship stopped at Recess Cove and we headed out in zodiacs, fully suited for the cold. We had 2 naturalists with… Read more »
Ice and Cuverville Island
Antarctica Day 7 We awoke to bright sunshine and beautiful white vistas outside our cabin window. But, as one example of how quickly weather changes here, by the time we had… Read more »
Beauty and Whales
Antarctica Days 5-6 We just returned from our morning zodiac outing into Paradise Bay, the location of the Brown Argentinian research station. Cold with a moving fog bank that obscured our… Read more »
Cierva Cove, Rocks & Penguins
Antarctica Days 3-4 In order to prevent contamination of the pristine environment of Antarctica, this ship has developed strict protocols for cleaning of shoes when leaving and re-entering the ship. … Read more »
Welcome to Antarctica
Days 1-2 I am looking out our cabin verandah doors toward a calm sea where large turquoise-centered blocks of ice float by. Suddenly, there is a flash of a curved back… Read more »
Allahabad to Delhi Movement
India is a never ending adventure, every moment. I am in a private lounge at the Allahabad Train Station which is a small restaurant temporarily converted with comfortable chairs… Read more »