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
Rosebuds Syrius – Refugee women Syria
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Syria, I just had to write about this as the subject of this production Syria, is very close to my heart and has caused so much controversy in everyone’s life. Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Scene and Heard Festival 2017. …
Posted in Daily Blog, Theatre
Tagged 2017, actors, actorslife, Bashar al-Assad, Damascus, Dublin, dublin festival 2017, Dublin scene and heard festival, Ireland, Karenkilleen, Medhat Basha market, Rasha, refugees, Romana, RomanaTestasecca, roseboods, smock alley, smock alley theatre, syria, syrian, syrian refugees, syrian war, Syrius, theater, theatre, writers
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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
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Sailing Croatia for 12 Euro a day day 3 & 4
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You could take photos of this place all day long. The views are spectacular, each moment is picture perfect. Sailing from Osor to Susak takes approximately 🙂 give or take the wind or how much of a hurry you’re in. We are at the beginning of a month in the Adriatic,
Posted in Croatia, Day 4 Sailing Croatia, Europe, Former Yugoslavia, Sailing Croatia 12 euro a day, Susak
Tagged #rtwchat, #ttot, 11 September, 12 euro a day, 9-11, 9/11, bloggers, bura, bus to croatia, couch surfing, couchsailing, couchsurfing, Croatia, croatian winds, Croatian wine, dreamlife, dreams, Europe, free, free sailing, hot showers, Osar, pigeon english, sailing, sailing croatia for 12 euro a day, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, solo travel, Susak, Travel, travel bloggers, travel blogging, Wine, women travel, writers, writers paradise, Zelimir Cernelic
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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
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Prague everything you need for a great trip
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Time to go to Prague, get in the Christmas spirit, drink hot wine, great beer and enjoy one of Europe’s best cities.
Posted in Christmas Markets, Czech Republic, Europe, Prague
Tagged AAA Taxi, Aer Lingus, airport taxi, airport transfers, artel, central Europe, couchsurfing, Czech republic, Czech Republic tourism, Czech Trains, Dejvicka, Dublin Airport, Eastern Europe, Europe, former Eastern Europe, free walking tours, HBA, Heritage Boat Association, hotel roma, hotel Roma Prague, http://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm, http://www.likealocalguide.com/prague, http://www.tasteofprague.com/pragueblog/budget-eats-in-prague#.VSsJgfnF_w8, http://www.thegoldenwheel.com/index.php, Infant Jesus of Prague, Ireland, Karen Feldman, LIFTAGO, like a local guide, local, Malostranska, malostranske, medieval astronomical clock, namesti, nerudova, Planning Prague, Pour Pour, Prague, prague airport transferrs, Prague astronomical clock, prague free walking tour, Prague orloj, prague shopping, Prague walking tour, Praha, Pražský orloj, praʃskiː orloj], Ryanair, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, shopping in prague, solo female, taste of Prague, the baby jesus of prague, the child of Prague, The Golden Wheel, TickTack, TicTak, tourism, tourists, Travel, Trube Castle, weekend breaks, writers, writers paradise, www.artelstyle.com. artel style
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Is this the life you want?
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My advice! pack a bag, buy a one way ticket and hit the road. You’ll be a lot more happier.
Posted in Daily Blog, Starting Over
Tagged backpacking, Botox, change, change your life, choices, couchsurfing, happiness, life, live, live the life you want., long term travel, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, surviving long term travel, the law of attraction, the secret, Travel, USA, writers
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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
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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
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
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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
Tagged 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, children, Co. Kildare, couchsurfing, dream, emigrants, emigrate, emigration, empty nest syndrome, emptynest, Europe, expat, expat lifestyle, expatriate, freedom, going home, home, 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, Over “Not all those who wander are lost”, rants, reflections, research, s, San Francisco, Sandra O'Rourke-Glynn, sandraorourkeglynn, settling down, shopping, 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
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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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