Knockranny House Hotel & Spa Westport

Marianne had an interest in seeing the Marian shrine at Knock so we headed up to County Mayo. Weather was dicey which was unfortunate as we couldn't see the Connemara vistas. The hills would come and go in the mist. But that perhpas is how it shouls be there in that wild landscape ...

... emotional state can I maintain the concentration and courage to agonize over syllables. I think it stems from a need to intensely distract and indulge myself. My art has always stemmed from life, rarely from the history of art. Therefore, I've never lost myself in the work and life of great poets, until now. Although this trip stems from lots of love; of Latin America, of the Spanish Language, of the power of words, of the adventure of ...

... of many a mile of land, 155 Habitués of many distant countries, habitués of far-distant dwellings, Trusters of men and women, observers of cities, solitary toilers, Pausers and contemplators of tufts, blossoms, shells of the shore, Dancers at wedding-dances, kissers of brides, tender helpers of children, bearers of children, Soldiers of revolts, standers by gaping graves, lowerers ...

... final night, we wore pretty much all the new stuff we had just brought and headed down to Broadway in the yellow cab we had just hailed (sooo New York!). Unfortunately we didnt realise all the restuarants around the theatre would have a 2hour wait, so ended up eating in the only place we could find, which was a burger bar! So classy! To make up for this htch, we then went to a bar for some Manhatten cocktails! Then we went to see a Broadway show called Curtains ...

... 17 each) was good, in some ways better than the Empire State Building as you got to see the Empire State from the Top of the Rock which, lets face it, is one of the most impressive sights to be seen anyway. From there we walked up 5th Ave to Central Park, again it was sooooo hot, we grabbed some sodas and sat on a bench people and squirel watching for a while, then went round the Central Park Zoo ($8 each). this was actually better that I expected and it was ...

June 11th, 2007 - Arrival Nice place KP! June 12th, 2007 - Lily Lily, train tickets, empire, met art museum, time square, toys r us, mnms, cinema June 13th, 2007 - Tourism WTC, Liberty Island, Empire State, grand central station, home cooked pasta June 14th, 2007 - Moma June 15th, 2007 ...

... sleep in the freezing cold condo, then by noon, we were off to explore this whole new city statue of liberty, liberty island, ellis island, battery park, ground zero, financial district, empire state building, 5th avenue, central park, times square and all the touristy things, oh ya, of course shopping all over the city....

... some of them borrowing from outside the gothic vocabulary. Known as the "Chapels of the Tongues" (Ansgar - with marvelously restored tiles, Boniface, Columba, Savior, Martin, Ambrose and James), their designs are meant to represent each of the seven most prominent ethnic groups to first immigrate to New York City upon the opening of Ellis Island in 1892 (the same year the Cathedral began construction). The one representing Franc has in it a statue of Joan of Arc done by Anna Hyatt ...

... last several kilometers to Letterfrack. After a longish climb out of town and after a turnoff the main road I was back in the Connemara bogs. Slowly I was approaching the Twelve Bens. After several kilometers the bog again gave way to trees and past Connemara Park. Up the steep slope past the park the tiny village of Letterfrack appeared from the trees. I was headed for the Old Monastery Hostel to spend the night and base myself for some hiking around the park. I was ...

... their daughter give a sermon at the big Presbyterian church in Manhattan. It was very weird seeing her since we have not seen her in about 15 years, though they live only half a block away. We did have a nice chat, and then sat there, awkwardly, our conversation having run its course, waiting the 45 minutes for the plane to board.! The flight was uneventful. Jet Blue is a nice airline, with TV ...