Category Archives: ruins

Our Italian adventure began on this day .. three years ago

Posted on June 12, 2016 by momsmeanderings

It’s been three years since hubby and I travelled overseas!!  Time to go again, me thinks .. our SA Rand has to improve by lots before we can even think about it! Sooo .. three years, on this very evening, … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday : 18th June 2013 in Italy

Posted on June 18, 2015 by momsmeanderings

On this day, 18th June 2013, on a Trafalgar Tour of Italy, hubby and I spent the day in Pompeii, Sorrento and Positano with our tour group. We stopped at the ancient city of Pompeii which was buried under pumice and ash when Mount … Continue reading →

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Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin : Travel Reminiscences

Posted on March 29, 2015 by momsmeanderings

Travel reminiscences of our wonderful holiday in Ireland 2009 Christ Church Cathedral, the Mother Church of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in the Church of Ireland, part of the world wide Anglican Communion. Viking Dublin’s first cathedral was a … Continue reading →

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Village of Adare, Co. Limerick .. 2 : Travel Reminiscences

Posted on August 14, 2014 by momsmeanderings

10 day self-drive tour of Ireland : October 2009 The Dunraven Arms Hotel, where hubby and I stayed for two nights, is one of the last buildings/dwellings on the main road through the charming village of Adare Having walked into the … Continue reading →

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Blarney Castle, Co. Cork : Travel Reminiscences

Posted on July 31, 2014 by momsmeanderings

10 day self-drive tour of Ireland : October 2009 I had done a post on our visit to Blarney Castle , on our return,  so this is a photo-journey through part, a very small part, of the 60 acre parkland surrounding the castle, the castle … Continue reading →

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Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary : Travel Reminiscences

Posted on July 27, 2014 by momsmeanderings

10 day self-drive tour of Ireland : October 2009 Our next stop after Cahir Castle in County Tipperary was the Rock of Cashel .   As with Cahir Castle I had done a post in my previous BlogSpot blog in Nov … Continue reading →

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Cahir Castle, Co. Tipperary : Travel Reminiscences

Posted on July 26, 2014 by momsmeanderings

10 day self-drive tour of Ireland : October 2009 I love castles !!! I have done a post on Cahir Castle – posted in Nov 2009.   It was on my previous BlogSpot and the photographs are quite small.  I may include the … Continue reading →

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Glendalough, Co. Wicklow : Travel Reminiscences

Posted on July 12, 2014 by momsmeanderings

10 day self-drive tour of Ireland : October 2009 Continuing with my ‘travel reminiscences’  series : After two days in Dublin, hubby and I picked up our hired car from the airport (only because it made sense to avoid the … Continue reading →

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Dingle Peninsula : Travel Reminiscences

Posted on May 16, 2014 by momsmeanderings

Bryan’s parents are travelling to Ireland shortly for a holiday, and wanted to know about the Dingle Peninsula ie  if we’d stayed there, where did we eat/drink etc.   He said he couldn’t find a blog post.  There must be one, I … Continue reading →

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Pompeii .. page 2

Posted on January 19, 2014 by momsmeanderings

Continuing from my previous post … “On the road to Sorrento … first stop, Pompeii” Stabian Baths on Via Stabiana .. the oldest and one of three Roman baths in Pompeii.  The oldest part of the Stabian baths dates back to … Continue reading →

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