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Museums of Madrid for free

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But Madrid is actually a great value city as opposed to Barcelona which is more glitzy there are great bargains to be had in Madrid on the art and museum side if you if your interested.

Posted in Europe, Madrid, Madrid Free Museums, Spain | Tagged backpackers, bargin, budget travel, Caxia Forum Madrid, city break, city breaks, Espana, Espania, Espanol, female travel, free, free museums, free stuff, https://www.facebook.com/sandraorourkeglynnlivetoexplore, irish, IrishNomad, Madrid, Maritime Museum, Museo Del Prado, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Museo Naval de Madrid, museum, museums, Nomad, nomadic, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, solo female, solo travel, Spain, tourism, tourist, tours, Travel, travel for free, travel on a budget, travelblogger, traveler, value | Comments Off

Sailing Croatia 12 euro a day dream life

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The owner of the restaurant is as mad as a hatter and runs around the restaurant that she opens whenever she feels like, shouting in Croatian and breaking into a mad cackle of laughter when she thinks she is being funny.

Posted in Croatia, Europe, Sailing Croatia 12 euro a day | Tagged #13, #13 restaurant, bura, couchsailing, couchsurfing, Croatia, Croatian ferry, Jaroldina, sailing croatia, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, sea fishing, solo travel, solo travelling, Susak, Susak to Osar, writers, writers paradise, Zelimir Cernelic | Comments Off

Cres Croatia – and why we love it

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Cres Croatia is 2.33 hours from Rijeka and 2.45 hours from Pula by road or 8 hours of glorious sailing in the bluest of waters the Adriatic has to offer, faster if there is more wind 🙂

Posted in Cres, Croatia, Europe | Tagged #rtwchat, #ttot, Adriatic, boat, budget travel, couch surfing, couchsailing, Cres, Croatia, Croatian wine, Doga, Irish Nomad, IrishNomad, Istria, sail boat, sailing, sailing croatia, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, Travel, writers, www.irishnomad.me, Zelimir Cernelic | Comments Off

The Secret Madrid pay local prices

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We arrived in Madrid on a warm November day. A bunch of my friends go away together for a weekend in Europe every November. Its a tradition now. No kids and a different city for the last 12 years. I …

Posted in Europe, Madrid, Spain | Tagged #rtwchat, #ttot, armor, austerity, austerity measures, body armor, Christmas markets, Europe, HBA, Heritage Boat Association, http://www.yelp.ie/biz/petit-palace-tres-cruces-madrid?hrid=-6ZJBHwKCUUyltCkqQADiA, La Soberia, Lamucca, Le Petit Palis, Madrid, madrid protest march, masquerade masks, Petit Palis, Petit Palis del Carmen, protest, protest marches, Royal Palace, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, shopping, Spain, Tapas, tourism, tourists, Travel, unemployment, weekend breaks, weekly Sunday Market | Comments Off

USA Road Trip continues

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Anytime I’m bored or cannot make a decision with my life I head to the airport. Today is no exception. I woke up this morning with that old familiar feeling of where to next and called the airport and booked …

Posted in America's, Daily Blog, North America, Road Trips USA, Starting Over | Tagged blog, change, change your world, confusion, daily blog, dream getaway, dream life, finding yourself, get on a plane, get up and go, lost, lost yourself, move, moving, road trip, roadtrip, roadtrip 2014, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, Texas, undecided, USA, USA Roadtrip, wanderlust, where to live.itchy feet, where to next | Comments Off

The best thing about Houston is Kemah Texas USA

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Kemah is a small town located on the water in Clear Lake. It is situated 20 miles southeast of downtown Houston. The city’s population is listed only at 3,334 however its growing quickly as is the whole of this …

Posted in America's, Texas | Tagged Boats, clear lake, hobby airport, Houston, houston city pass, Kemah, NASA, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, Stu Spence, Stuart Spence, Texas, TX, USA | Comments Off

Cork Spend a weekend or longer

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Cork is the second biggest city in Ireland with a population of almost 120 thousand people. Natives often refer to it as the Republic of Cork and the pride they have for their city is admirable and in my opinion well …

Posted in Cork, Europe, Ireland | Tagged antique shops and cafes along its old lanes and squares. Those tiny old row houses, are now sought-after urban pieds-à-terre., Bodego, but you'll also find galleries, Cork, Cork city, Cork Heritage PUBS, Cork Post, Crane Lane, irish, Patrick's Street Cork, Queen Elizabeth, queen of England, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, Shandon is a great spot for the views alone, Sheila's Hostel, Sine e, Soho Bar, solo female, solo travelling, TCD, TDC theatre development centre corcadorca, The Crane Lane Theatre, The queen, the royal visit to cork, The Shandon, the Shandon Perched on a hillside overlooking the city centre from the north, tourists, trad music, Travel, Venice, weekend breaks, where generations of workers raised huge families in very basic conditions, writers paradise | Comments Off

Dublin from a local – experience the real city

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Many of us though pride ourselves in wishing to hell that you tourists would in fact find the real Ireland and alas many of you wont and many in fact just don’t want to. But for those who do, there are people like me who would just like to share the Dublin we know and love in the hope that you will in fact spread the word of the authentic places that we know and love.

Posted in Dublin, Europe, Ireland | Tagged 24 St. Stephen's Green, authentic dublin, Baggot St Arisu Pho Viet €5 corkage Pho Ta €4 corkage Il Posto, Baggot Street, Bewley's Theater, Bewley's Theatre, Bewleys Cafe, Book of Kells, breakfast, bring your own bottle, byob, byob restaurants, Capel Street. €6 corkage Royal Tandoori Browns Cafe Bliss on Montague St D4 Café, copper faced jacks, Dail, Dail Eireann, dubin pubs, Dublin, Dublin 2, Dublin Bus tour, Dublin Cafes, dublin locals, dublin people, dubliners, Dublins oldest cafe, dubs, Dux and Co. Keshk on Mespil Road no corkage fee Little Jerusalem, Europe, Freemason Hall, Freemasons Dublin, Gaelic, Grafton Street, Haypenny bridge, http://www.likealocalguide.com/dublin, Ireland, irish people, Irish Pubs, James Joyce, Kildare Street, Molesworth Street, National Library of Ireland, NLI, Rathmines. Rotana, Richmond Street S. Vintage Kitchen Musashi, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, St. Stephen's Green, Stephen's Green, Sweenys, Sweny's Pharmacy, Swenys, t, Temple Bar, The Book of Kells, The Palace Bar, Toners, Toners Pub, Tonners Pub, Trinity College Dublin, Ulysses, Uylsses, Yvonne Kelly | Comments Off

Be spontaneous, we might be dead tomorrow.

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My motto is “life is what happens when other people are making plans”. Be spontaneous, we might be dead tomorrow.

Posted in Daily Blog | Tagged backpacking, be spontaneous, bored, change your life, city breaks, couch surfing, couchsurfing, Ireland, Madrid, make a move, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, spontaneous, spontanity, tourism, tourists, Travel, we might be dead tomorrow, weekend breaks, writers | Comments Off

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 | Tagged "Not all those who wander are lost", 3 days in San Francisco, Almeada Island, America's, American Dream, Athy, beach, beautiful, believe, blog, blogging, bored, bored with life, boredwithlife, CA, California, cant settle, change, children, Co. Kildare, couchsurfing, dream, dream big, dream bit, emigrants, emigrate, emigration, empty nest syndrome, emptynest, Europe, expat, expat lifestyle, expatriate, freedom, going home, home, if you dont like your life change it, Im moving, immigrants, immigration, Ireland, leaving ireland, life, life on the road, living the dream, living your dream, loving life, migrants, migration, moving, moving country, moving house, moving on, on the move, open road, rants, reflections, repatriation, research, s, San Francisco, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, settling down, shopping, shut the hell up, single, solo female, solo travel, solo travelling, Starting Over, time for change, time to go, time to move, timeforchange, Tolkien, tourism, tourists, Travel, travel writer, travel writing, USA, weekend breaks, where is home, world travel, writers, writers paradise | Comments Off

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Museums of Madrid for free

Sailing Croatia 12 euro a day dream life

Cres Croatia – and why we love it

The Secret Madrid pay local prices

USA Road Trip continues

The best thing about Houston is Kemah Texas USA

Cork Spend a weekend or longer

Dublin from a local – experience the real city

Be spontaneous, we might be dead tomorrow.

CHANGE If you don’t like your life change

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