This post is part of a series called Dublin to outback Canada Love train rides! We boarded the Empire Builder in Chicago on Boxing Day – destination Seattle. 2200 miles/3500 kms of fascinating, diverse scenery. The train crosses Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Washington State. Many, many miles of wide flat prairie land before…
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This post is part of a series called Dublin to outback Canada We were up early Boxing Day – flight to catch in Dublin. Chris and Frodo had been “volunteered” to drive us to the airport. The early bus from Newry wasn’t running – different schedule over Christmas. It was lovely to have some extra…
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Just a very quick update! Flying to Chicago in the morning – packing done thank goodness so able to catch my breath and send off some Christmas greetings and our latest news. The week before Christmas was a bit of a blur – spent most of our time chainsawing, chopping, splitting and carting firewood. Love…
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Yes – we’ve had another outing. Packed a picnic lunch and drove to Pau last Sunday. About an hour and a half on the back roads – quicker on the motorway. Pau is a city of around 85,000 – the capital of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department. We desperately tried to stick to the back roads but…
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