Saturday, 20-Sept-2025
I do miss long road trips. There’s something so therapeutic about getting in a car, putting on some music, and just driving for a few hours… it leaves my mind open, and keeps the body busy so that open mind can chew on ideas and thoughts, making connections and picking up details that I would otherwise have missed.
This drive… this was even better.
The views! The company! The winding roads and the good music!
Just magical. Simply magical.
Saturday, 26-July-2025
After hiking, and after acapella Elvish, we took a quiet road home. And that made all the difference.
How an adventure ends is important, we can all agree. This ending was beautiful – scenic, calm driving back into the city, while watching the hills and countryside slip by. Those long, seemingly endless roads through the Irish hills…
They’re lovely, they’re calming, and I’m thankful we could experience them.
Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 through Sunday, 17-Nov-2024
It’s been a while since I’d been to a new country. I’d adventured across Europe, explored countless amazing spots, and finally found myself in Ireland… But had gotten settled into a new life of apartment hunting, Irish trips, and classwork.
Thanks to my amazing adventure partner Andrea, that was about to change – Northern Ireland lay on the horizon! We’d split the trip planning up – I’d selected spots, and would be covering navigation, while she had found us not only a cheap rental car, but an amazing Bed and Breakfast to stay at outside of Belfast.
We packed the car, and headed North.
On our way, we took a few adventure stops – nothing major, but little pauses to stretch our legs, refuel the car, and on one occasion to pet an incredibly cute little puppy in its Christmas sweater. We Drove, we chatted, and we had an absolutely lovely time sliding out of the Republic of Ireland, and into Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom.
On the other end of the trip, the return journey, we didn’t take quite as leisurely a drive – we pushed through to Dublin in a solid run, though we made a point to take our time and not rush. We chatted, traded stories and thoughts, and earned a very lovely dinner and pint in a pub nearby, upon our return.
