After bidding a fond farewell to Mount Juliet--I'm coming back--we headed to Co Wicklow for a second trekking adventure with Glendalough Equestrian Center . The route took us to the Wicklow Mountains , a breathtaking rugged landscape of exposed stone, rivers, and the odd sheep wandering about. We also saw the area where the Christian Bale/Matthew McConaughey movie " Reign of Fire " was...
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." So starts Daphne DuMaurier's novel, Rebecca , a tale in which the setting, a fictional estate called Manderley , plays as large a role as the characters themselves. After staying at Mount Juliet, I believe I may have found Manderley--or at very least, I'll now recognize it next time I pick up my own well-worn copy. Mount Juliet is a...
With about 60 hours to go until I depart for Dublin, there are quite a few tasks still on my to-do list. I need to pack, write a post or two for my other blog, find my passport, print out my flight and liaison contact info, research our destinations and organize talking points for the video interviews I hope to do, write the script and compile images for the edition of the Ryder Report we're going...
