ireland

When your kids choose the Guinness Storehouse over seeing the book of Kells in Ireland and you really don’t blame them

June 15, 2023

I don’t know about you but sometimes when we travel we get a bit museumed out. We can only see so many things in a short period of time before all the sites start to overwhelm our brains. So when we were on a 5 day trip to Ireland I gave my kids the choice […]

Ireland coffee at bean hive cafe in Dublin

Places to stay in Dublin if you travel to Ireland with teenagers

March 3, 2023

I used to think that the twin baby stage was the hardest stage of family travel but traveling now with teenagers is challenging all my prior beliefs. We love how our guys can pack and carry their own things, help plan the trip and they are way better at waiting and dealing with unplanned things […]

Hazel Mountain Chocolate Factory an Irish Chocolate factory and cafe you can visit

Three Irish chocolate shops with factories you can visit

January 10, 2023

Our family has been interested in chocolate factories ever since the Theo Chocolate factory opened in our Seattle neighborhood ages ago and we learned about the bean-to-bar process. Since then our kids have been to Costa Rica to see chocolate, and visiting chocolate factories have been a big part of our family holidays. Most recently […]

Sean's bar the oldest bar in Ireland in Althlone midway between the Cliffs of Moher and Dublin

All about Sean’s Bar, the oldest pub in Ireland and maybe even the world

December 28, 2022

Old time Irish pubs remind me of Starbucks in the Pacific Northwest, like where my dad has his Grande Americano every morning with a crew he’s somehow gathered over days that have become years and maybe even decades. I don’t know how we even started looking for the oldest pub in Ireland on our five […]

Orla Kiely quote at the Epic Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin

If you have Irish heritage and have a chance to visit Dublin make sure you go to the Epic Irish Emigration Museum

December 22, 2022

There are many things to do in Dublin and we found out that you can probably do them all if you really want to even if you are only in Ireland for 5 days but you can also choose just to do a few and take your time and even go to Butlers for hot […]

Ireland travel 5 days from Seattle to Dublin with teenagers

Is 5 days enough time for a family to visit Ireland with a direct flight from Seattle to Dublin?

December 18, 2022

Yes, travel is about bucket lists and places we dream about. But it’s also about budget too. So when we booked our Ireland trip from Seattle we were actually dreaming about going to Japan. We found that tickets for Japan were on the spendy side and we only had 5 days (with teenagers who have […]