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
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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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
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Dominican Republic – Punta Cana
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My friend Liz Singleton wrote this review. Liz lives in Virgina and works in Washington, originally from Dublin Ireland she is quite possibly the funniest person I know.
Posted in Caribbean, Dominican Republic
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Vienna Christmas Markets & More
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Vienna’s Christmas Markets Vienna was the fist Christmas market I ever visited. It sparked a long love affair with European Christmas Markets and Vienna has to be the most spectacular so far followed by Budapest. 1st thing to remember …
Posted in Austria, Christmas Markets, Europe
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Opatija Croatia and why Croatians love it
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None of my friends had ever hear of Opatija and I don’t think I would have had I not had to meet a boat there on my recent sailing trip to Croatia. Why is it a secret? why doesn’t anyone …
Posted in Couch surfing, Croatia, Europe
Tagged Adriatic, couch surfing, couchsailing couch sailing, couchsurfing, Croatia, croatia for 12 euro a day, dentist in Croatia, dentists, Europe, medical tourism, Mediterranean, Opatija, Ostejia, Rijeka, sailing, sailing croatia, sailing with strangers, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, solo, solo travel, women travelling alone
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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
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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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Zurich Switzerland is affordable
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I decided a 72 hour pass was the way to go. A one day pass would have been 13 Swiss francs but a 72 hour pass was 44, this translates to less than 40 euro and included in it was all trains, trams, boats and buses, the train from the airport included.
Posted in Christmas Markets, Europe, Switzerland, Zurich
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