Category Archives: Travel

On Abbey Island

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Tony Redmond

Unlike the impression that many have of Irish people, I have never spent much time getting to know the Ring of Kerry. In fact, I’ve always regarded it as a route much beloved of tourists and therefore cluttered with tourist … Continue reading →

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Ballyconneely photo used by Go Ireland

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Tony Redmond

Go Ireland is the web site run by Bord Failte (Irish Tourist Board) to help visitors find places to stay and see in Ireland. They run regular photo competitions, one of which I entered in 2008 when we were living … Continue reading →

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Different views of property

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Tony Redmond

I’ve been a keen visitor to http://www.openmedia.fr amongst other French property web sites as a tool to help identify a suitable vacation property. Yesterday, I was browsing the details of some Provençal villas in a place called Flayosc (in the Var department … Continue reading →

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Making salt from sea water

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Tony Redmond

An article in the Irish Times (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2010/0703/1224273550711.html) provoked a thought that we should take advantage of being close to the Atlantic Ocean and bring some salt water home to see if we could make some sea salt. I duly went … Continue reading →

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Ailebrack

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Tony Redmond

Some folks from California arrived to visit us in Ireland and created the immediate question of “what to do”? As we live in Dublin, it’s an easy call to have them spend a day looking around the city but Dublin … Continue reading →

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Some good French restaurants

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Tony Redmond

A number of excellent dinners in restaurants across France enlivened our trip as we meandered from Normandy to Paris to Chamonix to the Cote d’Azur and back again. In date order these were: Le Mascaret in Blainville –sur-Mer (Normandy): This … Continue reading →

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Chamonix Serenity

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Tony Redmond

For the last five days we have been staying at Les Balcons de Savoy (http://www.les-balcons-du-savoy.com/), a four-star apartment residence in Chamonix. Our apartment has two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a small sitting room – and best of all, a balcony … Continue reading →

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A gem in Blainville-sur-mer

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Tony Redmond

We had to pick somewhere to stay in Normandy for our first night in France. The easy decision would be to head to somewhere focused on tourists such as the resorts that service the D-Day beaches on the Manche coast. … Continue reading →

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Irish Ferries to Cherbourg

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Tony Redmond

Yesterday we took the Irish Ferries vessel “Oscar Wilde” from Rosslare to Cherbourg. I have been travelling  by ferry between Ireland and France since 1973 in fair weather and foul (one particular voyage in force 9 winds sticks in the … Continue reading →

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Recommended in Palo Alto

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Tony Redmond

We lived in Palo Alto, CA from August 2007 to July 2009. This week we were back in town to catch up with some friends and stayed at the Cowper Inn (705, Cowper St). If you’re looking for somewhere to … Continue reading →

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