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ways or tips for getting the most out of your
Ireland vacation ...
1. RENT A CAR IF POSSIBLE: Many first-time
American visitors will use a tour bus for the land
portion of their trip because they are fearful of
driving in a foreign country, on the wrong side of
the road on the wrong side of the car. If you are a
good driver, you will be able to handle driving in
Ireland. If you're a little nervous, rent a car with
an automatic transmission. It costs more, but
shifting is one less thing to think about while
driving.
The flexibility of having your own car is twice
or three times the value of being dependent on a
second party. Also, it's often cheaper to make your
car rental reservations on line when you book your
airfare. I use Orbitz and Travel Zoo. You can
specify the size of the car, insurance choices and
standard vs. automatic, and it will be ready for you
when you arrive at the airport.
2. GET A GOOD ROAD MAP OR TWO: - I always
use two different maps - ....
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Haunted Eastern Shore
new book deal for Mindie Burgoyne
I've just signed a contract with
History Press to write a book about haunted sites
and tales in Maryland's nine Eastern Shore counties
- Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Caroline,
Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset.
The book will include about 40 total
sites and will have about 40 pictures /
illustrations. The book is due to be released
just before the 2009 Halloween season.
NOTE TO READERS: If you have any
information on hauntings, ghosts, ghost stories or
paranormal activity, (particularly in historic
properties) on the Eastern Shore, please email me.
I'm interested in getting as much information as
possible.
Thin Places Tour
West of Ireland September 12 - 22 2009
10 days -
over 30 sites - $2499
Take a tour of thin places in the
West of Ireland in September of 2009.
This 10 week tour will be guided by
Mindie Burgoyne and includes over 30
"thin places" in 10 counties.
Mindie Burgoyne will be escorting a
group of 20 people on a "Thin Places Tour" of the
West of Ireland next September.
Over 30 Celtic mystical sites that
span most of Ireland's western counties will be
visited. Sites include Clonmacnoise, Achill
Island, The Burren, Connamara, Dingle
Peninsula, Beara Peninsula, The Rock of Cashel,
Knock Shrine, and several megalithic tombs, cemeteries and
stone circles.
View a slide show of some of the sites.
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May 16, 2008
Every time I visit Ireland - no matter where I'm
scheduled to be - I visit the
Rock of Cashel. For
me it is the quintessential thin place, always
drawing me, calling me, awakening me.
The Pre-Christian and Celtic people of Ireland,
Scotland, Wales and England had a keen sense for
thin places. The landscape in these countries is
littered with man-made markings and ruins that
remind the passer-by that this is holy ground. The
rocks, trees and landscape seem to contain the
memories of spiritual exercises here long ago and
present.
Cashel is a thin place.
The very ground itself seems to call out, “Come here
and be transformed.” In a quiet moment, the pilgrim
today can sense a connection with the souls that
have marked these spots with their spirits. Cashel
is a vivid reminder that we are all joined inside
and outside of time.
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