Can you believe it - we have now completed almost 5 weeks of an incredible and magical journey golfing around Ireland and Scotland. It truly has been fantastic!!! 18 great golf courses - a journey we dreamed and talked about for a very long...
Did you know Scotland has the most golf courses in the world - over 550!!!! Followed closely behind by Ireland with over 300. Wow - what a Scottish journey we have had over the last two weeks! Starting from the north of Scotland - we played...
Can’t believe the first leg of our trip is over and we have to sadly say goodbye to Ireland and to our dear friends Cheryl and Roscoe! For us, Ireland is truly a country full of great golf courses - warm pubs - delicious...
Hello all! We finally arrived in Dublin on Thursday, April 4th to be greeted immediately (6:00 am - yes 6:00 in the morning!!) by our very special friends (fellow survivors from our whitewater rafting adventure in New Zealand) Roscoe and Cheryl from Australia. They had...
On April 4th we arrive in Dublin Ireland to begin our 5 week extensive golfing adventure through Ireland and Scotland. Our Blog is going live again!! We will be sharing some of the more interesting stories, our thoughts and perceptions on the various places and courses we...
The Final Chapter Say it isn't so!!!! - Our 8 month journey has come to a close! We pushed our physical, mental, emotional, and cultural boundaries well beyond what we thought was possible. Although we don't feel any different than when we left, we know we will...
Buenos Dias, Buenos Tardes, Buenos Noches, Pura Vida!! South America was so amazing and we only had a chance to experience a sampling of the diverse activities and cultures here. Chile - we stayed at a magnificent vineyard - Vina Vik - a unique architecture of titanium (similar...
G'day Mates! Can't wait to come back - 2 months wasn't long enough! New Zealand was everything people said it was going to be and a whole lot more. For a country that is about 1/15th the size of Canada with only 4 million residents, it is packed...
Chapter 9 - pause for reflection We are sitting on a white veranda porch sipping a glass of Pinot Noir overlooking the Marlborough Sound (South NZ). We started reflecting on what we have seen, done, learned, and thought about the most, over the past several months. Here are...
"How ya going mates"!!!! Aussies love a good yarn - we learned very quickly they also love to abbreviate words and many have the "e sound" - like "footy." Every type of ball game in Australia is called "footy." Conversations were animated, light hearted and full of...