Fred’n’Sue’s Peregrinations

Somewhat more relaxing day today – in and around Enniskillen. By chance today was Brassfest – a showcase/competition for brass ensembles from across Counties Fermanagh and Tyrone. The rest of the morning prior to a cruise and visit to Devenish Island on Lough Erne was spent wandering the streets . . Devenish Island – the…

Da little footies are a bit sore!! First stop – Cuilcagh Mountain Walk in an area that was commercially harvested of peat and attempts are now being made to rehabilitate – it is listed as a UNESCO Global Geopark. Started off a little wet, cold and blustery – ponchos courtesy of Tilleys worked well .…

It is raining in Ireland, really it is pissing down – our last leg driving from Hillsborough Palace to Enniskillen was as heavy rain as I have driven through. A more sedate day today with 2.5 hours of driving – Boyne Valley to Old Melifont Abbey, Monsterboice, Hillsborough Palace and then to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue…

Well that’s the way to start a bran new day – just get on with it and leave us alone 😊 Best way (so we are told by the science) to overcome jetlag is light and motion (ours that is) – so today was about the Newgrange World Heritage site, Kells (as in the Book…

Saturday in Athens – crazy, mad, vibrant, colourful . . . And 27 degrees Celcius!!No excursions today so just a ramble around parts of the city not included in the Viking tours.Starting at the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier adjacent to Syntagma Square. Every hour on the hour two…

Little did we know – last day of warmth!! A day to our own devices and we/I had booked a couple of palace visits – in the morning to Topkapi (but the i is not pronounced) home to the Sultanate up to the mid 19thC. Top Kapi as in cannon gate.Sunday and the roads were…

Some time ago when the weather was warm and sunny – balmy (not barmy) we stopped at Heraklion. The sea was angry and our first stop was bitterly cold. On to a bus again – these bus drivers are amazing – and off to the hills – to the Arkadi Monastery. We wonder what sustains…

And so to Türkiye, docking at the port of Kusadasi. . .Our morning excursion with Tahir, our guide of 44 years took us to the ancient Roman city of Ephesus. While the history of the city predates the Romans, destruction of a previous city on the site has left little archaeological evidence.A map of the…

Saturday in Athens – crazy, mad, vibrant, colourful . . . And 27 degrees Celcius!!No excursions today so just a ramble around parts of the city not included in the Viking tours.Starting at the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier adjacent to Syntagma Square. Every hour on the hour two…