A sneak peek at what's to come in a couple months.... tales from Scotland...and Ireland! That's right, I'm in the process of planning a trip to cover south Ireland and the majority of Scotland. Take a look at my itinerary thus far! And leave a comment if you have suggestions, recommendations or tips for my travels!
IRELAND
Dublin
Waterford
Cork
Kerry
Limerick
Shannon
Clare
Galway
SCOTLAND
Glasgow
Oban
South Uist
Portree
Inverness
Perth
Stirling
Edinburgh
It's going to be quite an adventure as we'll be flying, renting a car and driving through the countryside, as well as taking ferries to some of the western islands of Scotland, including one where my Grandmother was born. Can't wait to share updates and stories from the trip!
What tales do you have from Ireland or Scotland?
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The 2011 Great Chicago Blizzard/Snowpocalypse/Snowmaggedon...
On Tuesday, 2/1/2011, started the third largest storm in Chicago since 1967 (the second was in 1999).
What made this hellish? A ton of snow, 25-35 mph driving winds, traffic jams, backed buses and trains, stranded cars, weeks of ugly black snow banks.
What made this awesome? A ton of snow, driving snow, thunder and lightening, a beautiful white city scene (even if for just one day).
While much of the city departed work a couple hours early to make it home, I went about my usual routine - making it to the gym that evening, before walking home. My walk home was fine - lots of snowfall and a bit of wind. But when I rounded my last corner which faced the lake - BAM! I couldn't stand up straight. The wind whipped my face left and right like a classic Three Stoges scene. I turned to walk backwards the rest of the block and even that was difficult. In the end, after I made it inside, I shook my hood and head to dump the snow and grinned. That was fun.
Here is the after math of that night when I went out to explore...
What made this hellish? A ton of snow, 25-35 mph driving winds, traffic jams, backed buses and trains, stranded cars, weeks of ugly black snow banks.
What made this awesome? A ton of snow, driving snow, thunder and lightening, a beautiful white city scene (even if for just one day).
While much of the city departed work a couple hours early to make it home, I went about my usual routine - making it to the gym that evening, before walking home. My walk home was fine - lots of snowfall and a bit of wind. But when I rounded my last corner which faced the lake - BAM! I couldn't stand up straight. The wind whipped my face left and right like a classic Three Stoges scene. I turned to walk backwards the rest of the block and even that was difficult. In the end, after I made it inside, I shook my hood and head to dump the snow and grinned. That was fun.
Here is the after math of that night when I went out to explore...
Other happenings around the city as a result of the storm:
- a few power outages
- a thousand cars stranded on Lake Shore Drive
- of those stranded cars that got towed, owners/the city/tow-truck companies couldn't find their cars
- sadly an elderly man's body was found in the lake
- sadly there were deaths of stranded motorists from carbon monoxide
- the ciy handed out parking tickets to cars that were clearly stranded and stuck in tall snowbanks that required a city snow plow truck to get them out
Here's to looking forward to spring!
- a few power outages
- a thousand cars stranded on Lake Shore Drive
- of those stranded cars that got towed, owners/the city/tow-truck companies couldn't find their cars
- sadly an elderly man's body was found in the lake
- sadly there were deaths of stranded motorists from carbon monoxide
- the ciy handed out parking tickets to cars that were clearly stranded and stuck in tall snowbanks that required a city snow plow truck to get them out
Here's to looking forward to spring!
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