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
Englicshhausen Volunteering in Germany
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I’ve been asked by lots of friends to give them information about Englishhausen the company I volunteer with in Germany
Posted in Germany, Volunteering
Tagged backpacking, beautiful, change, deet, diverbo, Englishhausen, Europe, Germany, Ireland, Laubach, permethrin, repellant, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, ticks, Travel, volunteering
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CHANGE If you don’t like your life change
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“Not all those who wander are lost” Tolken
Posted in Daily Blog, Starting Over
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This place is wrecking my head
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The decision has been made to emigrate. I will never call Ireland home again.
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Naples – most under rated city in Italy
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Im in shock more people dont come here. I would take this over Rome any-day, its far more authentic and alive. Cities like Florence are like feeding grounds for tourists and this is truly Italy.
Posted in Europe, Italy, Naples
Tagged Almalfi Coast, backpacking, Bay of Naples, beautiful, bestpizza, brazilian coffee, Christmas markets, coffee, couchsurfing, driving in Italy, Euro, Europe, funicular railways, homeofpizza, icedcoffee, In love with Italy, inter-railing Europe, Italian Trains, italiotraino, Italy, la dolche vita, napalespizza, Naples, Naples airport, Naples metro, Naples traffic, Napoli, pizza, pizzainventedinnaples, Pompeii, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, shopping, tourism, tourists, Travel, Ventrella Alessandro, writers paradise
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Rome behind the closed doors of Italy
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We Saw all the sights, but included the coolest Italian piazza’s, great coffee spots, the best Gelato places.
Posted in Europe, Italy, Rome
Tagged accommodation roma, accomodation rome, albania accomodation, backpacking, beautiful, buses Rome, cafes, coffee, coffee shops, Colosseum, crowds, Di Salvo, driving in Italy, driving in Rime, Gelato, GHD, gladiators, hair straightener, hair straighteners, hairstraightener, http://ubumm.com/, http://ubumm.com/q-where-can-you-buy-a-hair-straightener-in-rome-is-there-a-department-store-thats-similar-to-el-corte-ingles-in-spain/, italian cooking school, Italian public transport, Italy, osteria, Ostia, Pantheon, Piazza della Minerva, public transport, Roman life, Romans, Rome, Rome Metro, Rome’s only Gothic style church, Ryanair, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, shopping, taste, the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, theater, theatre, tonnarelli all'amatriciana, tourism, Travel, Trevi Fountain, Vatican, Via dei Cestari, Vintage Bistrot, Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I, writers, writers paradise
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Brno – 10 reasons I love it.
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Brno is a heavenly break from all of this while still delivering on charm, excellence, authenticity, price, beauty, theater, arts, markets, restaurants, history and its a student city with about 90,000 city so it feels alive. For those who want night life you will find it here, and for those who would like a quiet break you will also find that, everything is here and in summer you can be at one with nature and in winter there are the winter sport options and the evenings sitting in cafe’s sipping great coffee or the best hot chocolate in the world in my opinion.
Posted in Christmas Markets, Couch surfing, Czech Republic, Europe
Tagged 90, airport, airport brno, backpacking, ballet, beautiful, best hot chocolate in the world, biking, Bohemia, bohemian, Bratislava, Bratislava airport, Brno 90, Brno Airport, Brno Dam Lake, brno festivals, Brno has the oldest theatre building in Central Europe, Brno horse trams, Brno International Film Festival, Brno tourism, brno transportation, Brno Underground, center of Europe, central Europe, Chrismas markets, Christmas, Christmas markets, city of students, couchsurfing, courch surfing, cycling, czech, Czech republic, Czech Republic tourism, Czechoslovakia, firework festivals, foreign film festival, Gluhwine, Gluvine, Hantec, hiking, hot air baloons, Hot mulled wine, hot wine, however, Ignis Brunensis, it's the Reduta Theatre at Zelný trh (en: the Vegetable Market).[90] So the city has a long tradition in theatre productions, Mozart, Mrkwicka, mulled wine, opera, paradise, rail transport, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, second city, solo female, solo travel, solo traveler, solo travelling, Spiberk Castle, spiced wine, student city, students, the first "real theatre" with theatre boxes was build in 1733 in this complex.[90] The first documented professional Czech performance took place in 1767 again in the Reduta Theatre, the first theatre plays in Brno took place probably in 1660s in the City Tavern, the play was called Zamilovaný ponocný (en: Watchmen in Love) performed by the Venice Theatre Company, theater, theatre, today's Reduta Theatre, tourists, Travel, travelling alone, women travelling alone, writers, writers paradise
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CROATIA – this is what I found
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Croatia had been on my list for years I loved it long before it was called Croatia in fact. In 1987 I worked with a chef from Yugoslavia in Munich years and he always talked about the beauty of his country. …
Posted in Croatia, Europe, Former Yugoslavia
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ARRANMORE – the Aran island tourists haven’t heard of
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Did she marry the Island boy? aye she did surely, sure Colum Boyle was the only boy for her and didn’t he only have eyes for her. When you’re a raven haired beauty daughter of a Killybegs fisherman, its …
Posted in Arranmore Island, Europe, Ireland
Tagged America's, Aran Islands, Aranmore, Aranmore Island, Arranmore, Arranmore Island, beach, beautiful, Charlie Boyle, Colum Boyle, Donegal, dream, dream getaway, dream life, dream world, fishing, fresh fishing, Gaelic, Gaeltacht, getaway, Ireland, Irish Coast, Irish language, Irish Pubs, Irish Speaking, Irish Tourist, Killybegs, Life Boat, Lifeboat, No Gards, No police, paradise, RNLI, Samantha Boyle, Samantha Moore, sea fishing, Texas, tourists, Travel, writers, writers paradise
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Donegal Reasons we love Killybegs – Ireland’s Gem
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Born and raised in Ireland. I like many of my 18 year old counterparts left in the late 80’s because of the recession and lack of choices. For me it was a countdown until the last day of …
Posted in Donegal, Europe, Ireland
Tagged America's, Aran Islands, Aranmore, Aranmore Island, Arranmore, Arranmore Island, beach, beautiful, Colum Boyle, Donegal, dream, fisherman, fisherman comes home, fishermen, fishing, fresh fishing, Gaelic, Gaeltacht, Ireland, Irish Coast, Irish language, Irish Pubs, Irish Speaking, Irish Tourist, Killybegs, Life Boat, Lifeboat, No Gards, No police, paradise, RNLI, Samantha Boyle, Samantha Moore, sea fishing, Texas, tourists, Travel, writers, writers paradise
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