Our new (rented) house...

These pictures were taken before we left on our Italy vacation and before spring hit Ireland. Now all the trees and hedges have leaves and are much greener. I'll post some more pics soon...

The back view of our house
Our backyard (or as they say in Ireland, our garden)

The view from our backyard.

...now in panoramic...

We had three swans on the pond for several weeks, but they're gone now...

Pictures from Rome...

The Colosseum

Me inside the Colosseum. The stage and seating behind me is recreated not original.

The Pantheon



Dave guarding Castel St. Angelo


Actual guards at the Vatican.

Inside St. Peter's Bascilica

the Trevi Fountain

Me at the Baths of Caracalla

Me and Dave at the Bocca della Verita (Mouth of Truth).

Me and Dave at Circus Maximus

Pictures from Florence

The Duomo

Ceiling inside the Duomo

Dave and David

Me & Dave at the Ponte Vecchio and Arno River

Pictures from Venice...

Our local town...

Typical Irish country side.

Thurles town. Guinness is an important way of life here!


Castle ruin in the middle of town. Dave and I drive by four different ruins on the way to work!

It's so wet in Ireland that even the sidewalk grows flowers!

Pictures from our Paris vacation...

Me infront of the Notre Dame Cathedral


Gargoyle ontop of the Notre Dame Cathedral


Dave at the Louvre

That other castle near Paris...

Here's some pics from our Scotland vacation...

Inveraray Castle - The Campbell Clan seat

Me climbing through Dun Beag Broch ruin

Dave at Eilean Donan Castle

View of the Urquhart Castle during a boat trip on Loch Ness (no, we didn't see Nessie)

Highland Cattle

Here are some pics from our Egypt vacation...

Me & Dave at Saqqara step pyramid

Sunrise over the Nile during our hot air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings.


Temple at Abu Simbel

Me at the Karnak Temple

Dave in front of the Sphinx.

Me and Dave on a camel at the Giza pyramids.

Hello!!

A friend has set up a similar blog as she's living abroad also... I thought it was a great way to communicate with friends and family across the pond and a great way to show pictures of our amazing vacations as well.

I'll be adding some pictures soon.

Kristen