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
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
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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.
Posted in Daily Blog, Starting Over
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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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3 days in fabulous Belfast
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Belfast is a truly fabulous city. I had not been there since 1987 when I went to visit friends attending university there. I lay awake that weekend listening to gun shots and a bomb. The city I took my …
Posted in Belfast, Europe, Ireland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Tagged 32 counties, 6 counties, Belfast, Belfast airport, Belfast Riots, Catholic, East Belfast, GB, Great Britain, Great Britannia, http://www.gotobelfast.com, IRA, Ireland, Irish unrest., Loyalists, NI, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland conflict, Northern Ireland peace process, northern Ireland Riots, Protestants, riots, shopping, six counties, UK, United Kingdom, UVF
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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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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
Tagged backpacking, best city to live in, best transport, Christmas markets, Europe, http://www.freewalkzurich.ch/, http://www.likealocalguide.com, http://www.likealocalguide.com/zurich, inter-railing, like a local, most expensive street in the world, sandraorourkeglynn, shopping, skiing, snowboarding, swiss chocolate, swiss food, swiss trains, Switzerland, winter sports, Zurich, Zurich cost of living, Zurich restuarants, Zurich sightseeing, Zurich standard of living, Zurich travel card
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