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
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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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
Tagged #rtwchat, #ttot, adventure, all inclusive, beach, blogger, Caribbean, currency, dinner reservations, Dominican Republic, Elizabeth Singleton, free drink, free food, Fuego, Liz Singleton, mamajuanas, Naos restaurant, Paradisus Punta Cana, Punta Caa, Punta Cana, relaxation, Safari, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, Santa Domingo, scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming, taxi, tour guide, tour guides, tourism, tours, Travel, travelblogger, trips, vacations, Vento, writers paradise
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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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Liechtenstein
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Here is little bit of knowledge about Liechtenstein. I have traveled all over the world and yet I have never met anyone who has been there. I first heard about it at 21 when an old boyfriend proposed …
Posted in Europe, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
Tagged 4th smallest country in Europe, Alemannic-speaking, Alps, Anschluss of 1938, Austria, backpacking, Beneš decrees, Bohemia, bucket list, Constitution of Liechtenstein, constitutional monarch, Council of Europe, European Economic Area, European Free Trade Association, European Union, financial sector, German, inter-rail, International Court of Justice, Liechtenstein, monarchy, Moravia, neutral country, Schaan, Schengen Area, Silesia, Swiss Alps, swiss trains, Switzerland, tourism, trains, Travel, Vaduz, Vienna, winter sports
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Sandra @livetoexplore
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Short version of me. To cap it off. My name is Sandra, I’m 44 years old. I’ve been travelling for a long time, One the way I’ve had a baby in a strange country with no family or support. I …
Posted in Daily Blog
Tagged @livetoexplore, change, dreams, law of attraction, life, life after 40, mom, mother, parent, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, single, single mom, single mother, son, spinster, Travel, world
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Venice to Rijeka public transport
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More importantly as a woman travelling alone I feel perfectly safe and no one hassles me at all. I find the captain of my boat and the man who will hold his life in my hands for the next month. I made it. I’ve arrived safely to Croatia.
Posted in Couch surfing, Croatia, Daily Blog, Europe, Former Yugoslavia, Italy, Rijeka
Tagged Bosnia Immigration, Bosnian Border Control, bus driver charges for bags, couchsailing, couchsurfing, Croatia, croatia for 65 euro, Croatian Tourism, Dublin Airport, fly to Venezia, http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Treviso/Rijeka, Italia Traino, Italian public transport, Italian Trains, Porta Venezia, Rijeka, Rijeka train station, Ryan Air, Ryanair, sailing croatia, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, sea fishing, tourism, tourists, Travel, traveling, Trenitalia, Treviso, Trieste, Venezia, Venice, Venice Italy, writers, writers paradise
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