Last year I was walking through twisty streets in Scanno, Italy when I looked up and saw this laundry flapping in the gusty breeze. So much is occurring here that we can't see but can sense: the contrast between the durable Medieval stone wall and the impermanent cloth; the invisible presence ...
Read moreNorthern Ireland's Dark Hedges
Six Not to Miss — Dublin
Yes, it is touristy; yes, at night it's rowdy; but when I'm yearning for a fresh pint, a bowl of homemade veggie soup, and that crackling Irish fiddle in the middle of the day, Temple Bar is for me. Down Essex Street, I poke my head into the different venues until I find one that fits. I've warmed a stool in Oliver St. John Gogarty's so often that it feels like my personal corner pub.
Read moreWhen A Farmer Leads a Hike
County Clare farmer Patrick Nagle leads walks on his Burren upland land where cattle graze in the wintertime.
Patrick McCormick recites poems in front of natural spring on the historical hike he gives at his farm property in County Clare, Ireland.
Patrick Nagle tells stories on his cattle winterage land in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland
Dad and son peer into a souterrain, a tunnel built thousands of years ago to hide people, and food.
A hiker wriggles out of a souterrain hiding spot, which has two entrances on Patrick Nagle's farmland.
Portal tombs 4,000 years old survive on Patrick McCormick's farmland.
Learn more about the County Clare Heritage Farm Tours in The Burren, Ireland. You can read about the farmers and see additional photos from their tours. Learn more about The Burren at the fantastic Burren Life website.