Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
We did not have enough time in Dublin. I feel like that was the theme of this trip: too much to see and not enough time. We split our time between planned visits, such as the Book of Kells and Guinness Storehouse, and just exploring the city on foot. As with the other Irish cities
In most of the Irish cities we visited we had at least a day and a half to explore. Not so for Cork, we had an evening and a morning. Despite this we had a good time. For this trip we had a rental car, cars are a pain in big cities, so, early in
While visiting Keltin’s brother on our way home we stopped for some local beer at Kinkaider Brewing. This is a great brewery that was started in Omaha, NE. We visited the Grand Island location. The food was just as good as the beer. Our Beer Flight: Devil’s Gap Jalapeno Ale (ABV 4.7%) – I’m not
Keltin and I had some downtime before we could check into our cabin so we decided to explore the main square in San Marcos. Many of the shops and restaurants were closed but the street art was still fantastic. INSTAGRAM│FACEBOOK│TWITTER│YOUTUBE
One of the things that I loved about Florence and Italy in general was the street artists. You can find them by following the music or the laughter. In addition to the performers and musicians there are painters and other artisans selling their work in the piazzas. I spent more money than I want to
After hiking at Lake Mineral Wells State Park we explored the actual town a bit. Mineral Wells is probably best well know for the Baker Hotel. A building that towers over the city, a now closed remnant from the 1930’s. We wanted to explore the area a bit and take some photos of the old
One of the random things that I tend to take notice of are signs and street art or in this case graffiti. Walking along the Via dell Amore there is quite a bit of graffiti. Part of me thinks that it adds to the experience and part of me is upset that people think it
I had so much fun with the Italian street art both good, bad, ancient and new that I decided that this week to show off some of the street signs. Some are more antique and some are down right odd. Not sure why but I love odd signs, they make the normal amusing. I’m going
Florence is a city known for its art, from Michelangelo’s David to the works hanging in the Uffizi Gallery. But there is also a good bit of street art. Some of it is fantastic, some it not and some has a history. Some of this is legal and some is probably not – I’ll let you
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