Ward Words

Last week I went to a conference in Pasadena, California for a project that I am working on. I was flying into the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, picking up a car, and driving to my hotel. Being unfamiliar with the area, I of course turn to Google Maps.… more »

Today was our last day in Ireland. As previously mentioned, we did not have access to an alarm clock and were counting on Kelly's ipod, the sun, and our bladders to wake us in the morning. The bladders obviously failed, as we were both up at 2:00 to ta… more »

Today we woke up without the aid of an alarm clock and made it to breakfast by 9am. If you know us, you know that this is quite a feat. Again we gorged on a full Irish breakfast in Ballyboy House's formal dining room, which was quite literally filled f… more »

Today was our first day of really unpleasant weather. We had been lucky with mostly sunny and semi-warm weather up until now, and today the rain/mist and coldness came back. We were told the warm weather was unusual, so we felt lucky to have had any wa… more »

After showers and another big breakfast, we walked down the road from the B&B to purchase bus and ferry tickets to visit the Aran Islands, of the western coast of Ireland. By the way, it was really great having the huge breakfasts. For one, the foo… more »

We began our first full day in Galway with another giant Irish breakfast. Then we walked to the city center and hit up the visitor center for some information about taking a ferry to the Aran Islands. Then it was back to the car for a day trip to the f… more »