About me
I've been traveling for a long time, On the way I've had a baby in a strange country with no family around. I swore allegiance to another flag and got another passport, I signed up for the US navy, I joined the police, volunteered in the US, Ireland & Poland. I've buried a best friend and a boyfriend. I've had more disastrous relationships than Liz Taylor; I've survived car wrecks, 3 crash landings on planes, a war in the Middle East, riots in India, and was lost on a boat in Iranian waters and rescued by the coast guard after being found by the US military on their radar. I bought my own boat and I bought and sold my own pub, won a best actress award, wrote and toured with a play, appeared on stage in Ireland and the USA, but most important I've raised an amazing son. Along the way I've been to 140 countries,currently battling cancer but the goal is to see everywhere.
The Versatile Blogger
Prague everything you need for a great trip
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Time to go to Prague, get in the Christmas spirit, drink hot wine, great beer and enjoy one of Europe’s best cities.
Posted in Christmas Markets, Czech Republic, Europe, Prague
Tagged AAA Taxi, Aer Lingus, airport taxi, airport transfers, artel, central Europe, couchsurfing, Czech republic, Czech Republic tourism, Czech Trains, Dejvicka, Dublin Airport, Eastern Europe, Europe, former Eastern Europe, free walking tours, HBA, Heritage Boat Association, hotel roma, hotel Roma Prague, http://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm, http://www.likealocalguide.com/prague, http://www.tasteofprague.com/pragueblog/budget-eats-in-prague#.VSsJgfnF_w8, http://www.thegoldenwheel.com/index.php, Infant Jesus of Prague, Ireland, Karen Feldman, LIFTAGO, like a local guide, local, Malostranska, malostranske, medieval astronomical clock, namesti, nerudova, Planning Prague, Pour Pour, Prague, prague airport transferrs, Prague astronomical clock, prague free walking tour, Prague orloj, prague shopping, Prague walking tour, Praha, Pražský orloj, praʃskiː orloj], Ryanair, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, shopping in prague, solo female, taste of Prague, the baby jesus of prague, the child of Prague, The Golden Wheel, TickTack, TicTak, tourism, tourists, Travel, Trube Castle, weekend breaks, writers, writers paradise, www.artelstyle.com. artel style
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Surviving Ireland, my guide to Irish slang
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People say we talk funny. Personally I don’t hear it but I also don’t get why the American’s butchered the English language. I mean colour is spelled with a U, and I could go on but I wont. Here are …
Posted in Daily Blog, Europe, Ireland
Tagged Americans spell wrong, English language butchered, Europe, Ireland, pog mo thoin, Pog mo Thon, slang, Surviving Ireland, translation for Americans
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Paris doesn’t have to empty your wallet.
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Paris AKA the city of light is the most popular city destination in Europe. I have so many friends who return from Paris and the first thing they say is “it’s so expensive” and while that can be true if you …
Posted in Europe, France, Paris
Tagged 2 Rue Roger Verlomme, 43 Rue du Citeaux, 7 Rue du Dahomey, affordable Paris, Arc de Triomphe, AuVieux Chene, Beauvais, Beauvais–Tillé Airport, Champs Elysee's, Chez Janou, city of light, Eiffel Tower, Europe, France, http://www.likealocalguide.com, http://www.likealocalguide.com/paris, L'Ebauchoir, Marais, Montmartre, Notre Dame, overpriced France, Palace Vendome, Paris, Place de la Bastille, Place des Vosges, romantic france, Sacré Coeur, Sandra O'R, Tour Eiffel, Voulevard St-German, wallet
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Nuremberg Germany Outstanding beer
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More than 2 million people a year visit the “Little Town from Wood and Cloth” at the main market square in Advent, with inspectors on hand to ensure nothing so gaudy as a plastic garland or a piece of piped muzak creeps in.
Posted in Christmas Markets, Europe, Germany, Nurenberg
Tagged Christmas markets, Deutschland, Dublin, Europe, Germany, Germany food subsidized, Little Town from Wood and Cloth, Munich, Munich airport, Munich trains, Nuremberg, nuremberg-germany, Nurnberg, www.christkindlesmarkt.de
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Lyon – best place to eat and drink
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For a great place to drink wine check out Harmonie Des Vins, 9 rue Neuve. Lyon France is surrounded on all sides by some of the best wine producing areas in the world. This is a bar devoted to all fruits of the vines, serving a huge selection by the glass, carafe and bottle.
Posted in Christmas Markets, Europe, France, Lyon
Tagged Auguste, best wine, Christmas, Christmas markets, cinematographe, east-central France, Euronews headquarters, Europe, Fete des Luminieres, France, Harmonie Des Vins, HBA, Interpol headquarters, Louis Lumiere, Lyon, Mercer's livability rankings, Olympique Lyonnais, Rhone-Alpes, Saône, The traboules, traboules, Unesco World Heritage Site
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Tallinn Estonia 3 day guide
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Skype was invented in Estonia. Estonia in general has highest mobile phone usage in Europe if not the world, for every 100 people there are 120 mobile phones in operation.
Posted in Christmas Markets, Estonia, Europe, Tallinn
Tagged @livetoexplore, Balitc, Balti Jaam Market, Balti Jam train station, Baltic Amber, Baltics, Boheem restaurant, Christmas markets, city breaks, democracy, enteringtheeuro, Estonia, Estonian soccer team, Euro, Europe, facebook, ferry to Helsinki, fishing, former ruled by Germany, former ruled by Sweeden, former USSR, free public transport, free walking tours, free wifi, freedom square, fresh fish, hells hunt, Helsinki, hen nights, hi tech country, http://www.klauskohvik.ee, Independant, independence, Jamma Turg Market, Kalamaja, Klaus Kohvik, Kompressor, li ke a local, Linda Line, markets, Nazi occupation, Old Town Tallinn, online voting, referendum, Republic of Estonia, russia, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, sea fishing, shopping, small city, solo travel, soviet, St Patrick's, st. petersburg, stag nights, SUUR-KARJA STREET, Tallinn, Tallinn Airport, Tallinn bombing, tallinn information, Tallinn train station, the baltics, tourism, tourist, tourists, train to St. Petersburg, trains in Estonia, Travel, twitter, undergrond tunnels, Vadim Bannov, VIRU, Viru street, walking tours, weekend breaks, wifi national right, writers, www.culture.ee, www.likealocalguide.com/tallinn, www.lindaline.ee/en/
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Munich, where to eat drink what to see
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Australia set up a consulate office in Munich purely for its citizens to recover lost passports at Oktoberfest.
Posted in Christmas Markets, Couch surfing, Europe, Germany, Munich
Tagged Arbeit Macht Frei, Bavaria, Bavarian, Beer, beer garden, beer garten, beir garten, BMW museum, Christmas markets, city breaks, couchsurfing, Dachau, Dachau concentration camp, Ein Bier bitte, Ernest Hemingway, Everything in Germany but Munich is a waste of time”, Fifteen, german beer, german beir, Germany, Glockenspiel, Hauptbahnhof, hen nights, Hofbräuhaus, http://www.newcomers-network.de/bavaria/newcomers-guide/where_to_live/munich.php, Jamie Oliver, Jamie Oliver Fifteen, Karlsplatz, Lederhosen, London, Marienplatz S-Bahn, Marienplaz, Munich, Octoberfest, Olympia Park, Pinakotek der Moderne, Prost, Roecklplatz, seehaus, St. Mary's Square, stag nights, Third Reich tour, Travel, U-Bahn station, Viktualienmarkt, weekend breaks
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