Weekend in Prague 10 December 2010

View from Clock Tower Looking onto Old Town Square Street Scene, Old Town
Marian Sampling the Fine Czech Beer, StaropramenMe Sampling More Czech Beer, This Time Pilsner Urquell

Guard Outside Prague Castle

St Vitus Cathedral

River Vlatva

Charles Bridge

Charles Bridge, Castle in Background

View from Near the CastleJan Hus Memorial Statue, Old Town Square

Old Town Square

Weekend in Madrid, 23 October 2010

Marian with sangria and tapas Sunday Outdoor Book Market

Botanical Gardens

Museo del Prado

Caher Island and Inishturk, 15 August 2010

On Sunday Marian and I took a ferry to Caher Island, (Cathair na Naomh in Irish), an uninhabited island off the coast of Mayo between Clare Island and Inishturk. Its name in Irish means the City of the Saints, and it was the site of an early Christian monastic settlement (around the 6th and seventh centuries A.D.). Saint Patrick himself is said to have spent some time there after his fast on top of Croagh Patrick.

On the 15th of August every year, the Feast of the Assumption, there is a pilgrimage to the island. So Marian and I decided to join the pilgramage and take in some of the scenery. There was quite a large flotilla to the island, and as there is no jetty, everyone had to clamber from small boats onto the rocks to get onto the island.

After Mass on the Island, we clambered back onto a boat and took the short journey to neighbouring Inishturk, which has a jetty and houses on it.

Viv and Sunil's Visit to Galway 20 June 2010

April Swim

Team Slaney Visit to Galway