I hope you enjoy my Ireland travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) I offer tips for diabetic travel which can be valuable for people without diabetes as well. Safe and healthful travel is great for all of us!
We visited Ireland in June 2022 for 18 days. You can follow our trip on the map below, starting in Dublin and continuing counter clockwise.
We flew into Dublin, then headed north in our rental car to Northern Ireland, across Antrim, to Donegal.
Then we headed south via Counties Leithrim, Sligo, Mayo and Galway. We hopped a plane to the Arran Islands – Innishmore – for a day trip. Then we headed south through Clare to Kerry, and Cork.
At the town of Cobh we headed north to Waterford, through Wexford, to Wicklow, and finally arrived once more in Dublin.
We rented a car, and stayed at all manner of B&B’s, guest houses and a few really nice hotels.
With all that planning it is not possible to control the skies, and we had gray skies for a good portion of the trip, so much so that when blue skies arrived it became a moment or day of great celebration!
Check out our coverage of Dublin’s Gay Pride Parade – an unexpected, colorful and happy conclusion to our trip.
I’ve always envied people who watch for bargain airfare, gobble it up when it appears, and pop over to Europe on a whim. I’ve envied them not because they have the money to do this, but because they have the flexible lifestyle to accommodate such rapid change. As a diabetic
For the non-diabetics among us, or should I say, “Things I wished I’d known before I traveled to Ireland.” I’ve visited Ireland several times over the past twenty-six years. Oh, that makes me sound so very old. Time just has a way of slipping by, and it’s such a good
We arrived in Dublin for a quick one-day visit before grabbing our rental car and heading north out of town. We’d left most of Dublin to the end of the trip – a new COVID technique. We would need an extra day at the end to get our PCR test,
Fast on the heels of Ex-Tropical-Storm Alex, our first day in Donegal was filled with gray scudding clouds, brilliant blue skies, fierce winds, raindrops and everything in between.
We dashed down from Killybegs through Sligo and Mayo, stopping for lunch at Ashford Castle, and arrived in Galway City. After a brief plane-ride to Innishmore in the Arran Islands, we took a pony-cart ride around the island. Our ferry ride back to Galway City included a float-by of the
Several days spent on the Dingle Peninsula and Ring of Kerry, followed by a quick visit to Blarney Castle. We watched others kiss the stone, but we had no interest. There was a man there who disinfected the stone from time to time. But back to Kerry. I had read
Although we didn’t spend a great deal of time in Waterford, it was key destination for us, as it is the home of the “Powers” family, aka, “dePooer” family. Me, I’m a Scottish “Kirkwood”, that is, a “Church-in-the-Woods,” but Greg now, he’s a “Poor-person”. He was sad to learn that.
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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