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Wicklow Mountains

Welcome to our trip journal!

Welcome to our trip journal!

We decided to sell our home and travel while we can still enjoy new experiences on our own. It's not clear if this will be a long or short adventure, and that works for now. The first leg began 18 July 2015 in Ireland. Our goal is to stay in each place long enough to absorb the way of life while traveling at a relaxed pace. We'll try to use homeaway.com or Airbnb to find accommodations that give us the flexibility to come and go, not to rush through this as if we have to cram everything into a two-week vacation.  During this first 4 1/2 months we should learn if we want to continue, want kill each other or need to go directly to the old folks home.  We realize this is an opportunity of a lifetime not to be taken for granted.  Family, friends and the cat will be in our thoughts and dearly missed. 

Our Dream Come True - 1st Adventure

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Kilkenny Jerpoint Abbey: Jerpoint Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey, founded in the second half of the 12th century, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located 2.5 km south west from Thomastown on the N9 national primary road. Kilkenny Castle: Kilkenny Castle is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland built in 1195 by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. Dunmore Cave: Dunmore Cave is a limestone solutional cave in Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is formed in Lower Carboniferous limestone of the Clogrenan Formation. Wexford Irish National Heritage Park: Irish National Heritage Park is an open-air museum which recreates the key stages in Ireland's cultural evolution. Wexford Wildlife Reserve: The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, jointly owned by BirdWatch Ireland and NPWS, is situated in 936 hectares of reclaimed sloblands. It is one of Ireland's finest bird sites and is an internationally important wetland. Habitats include wet grassland and tillage, a brackish-water drainage channel and reedbeds. Pools have been created to attract passage waders and wildfowl Dunbrody Abey and Maze: Dunbrody Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. The cross-shaped church was built in the 13th century, and the tower was added in the 15th century. With a length of 59m the church is one of the longest in Ireland.