2025 Journals/Itinerary

This is the itinerary for the 2025 trip through Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. Click inside the daily box to access the blog for that day (after posting). Once inside a blog posting, you may advance forward to reverse by using the arrows at the end of each blog. 

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Sun, 8/10
Mon, 8/11
Tues, 8/12
Wed, 8/13
Fly SJC to RDU
Thurs, 8/14
Raleigh
Fri, 8/15
Travel to Roanoke
Sat, 8/16
Roanoke
Sun, 8/17
Travel to Miami
Mon,8/18
Miami
Tues, 8/19
Fly MIA to DUB
Wed, 8/20
Arrive Dublin, overnight Cork
Thurs, 8/21
Cork
Fri, 8/22
Cork
Sat, 8/23
Cork to Lahinch
Sun, 8/24
Walk to Doolin
Mon, 8/25
Inishmore
Tues, 8/26
Inishmore
Wed, 8/27
Walk to Fanore
Thurs, 8/28
Walk to Ballyvaghan
Fri, 8/29
Ballyvaghan
Sat, 8/30
Travel to Belfast
Sun, 8/31
Belfast
Mon, 9/1
Armagh
Tues, 9/2
Walk to Scarva
Wed, 9/3
Walk to Newry
Thurs, 9/4
Walk to Rostrevor
Fri, 9/5
Walk to Hilltown
Sat, 9/6
Walk to Newcastle
Sun, 9/7
Walk to Dundrum and Downpatrick
Mon, 9/8
Walk to Downpatrick
Tues, 9/9
Travel to Belfast
Wed, 9/10
Belfast; overnight ferry
Thurs, 9/11
Arrive Liverpool; travel to Huddersfield
Fri, 9/12
Huddersfield
Sat, 9/13
Travel to Chester
Sun, 9/14
Llanberis – Snowdonia
Mon, 9/15
Llanberis
Tues, 9/16
Llanberis
Wed, 9/17
Llanberis
Thurs, 9/18
Llanberis
Fri, 9/19
Llanberis
Sat, 9/20
Travel to Cardigan
Sun, 9/21
Walk to Newport
Mon, 9/22
Walk to Fishguard
Tues, 9/23
Walk to Fishguard
Wed, 9/24
Walk to Abercastle
Thurs, 9/25
Walk to St. Davids
Fri, 9/26
St. Davids
Sat, 9/27
Travel to Salisbury
Sun, 9/28
Salisbury; Stonehenge
Mon, 9/29
Travel to Portsmouth; overnight ferry
Tues, 9/30
Arrive St. Malo; overnight Le Mont St. Michel
Wed, 10/1
Travel to Caen, France
Thurs, 10/2
Caen, France
Fri, 10/3
Caen, France
Sat, 10/4
Travel to Rotterdam
Sun, 10/5
Nijverdal; Memory Museum; travel to Maastricht
Mon, 10/6
Margraten American Cemetery
Tues, 10/7
Maastricht travel to Aachen, Germany
Wed, 10/8
Aachen travel to Paris Nord
Thurs, 10/9
Paris
Fri, 10/10
Paris Musee de L’Air et de L’Espace
Sat, 10/11
Paris <-> Chartres
Sun, 10/12
Paris <-> Amiens
Mon, 10/13
Paris; Opera “Aida”
Tues, 10/14
Paris <-> Reims
Wed, 10/15
Paris <-> Giverny
Thurs, 10/16
Versailles
 
Fri, 10/17
Paris <-> Rouen
Sat, 10/18
Fontainbleau
Sun, 10/19
St. Denis and Paris Notre Dame
Mon, 10/20
Paris Pantheon
Tues, 10/21
Travel Paris to Milan
Wed, 10/22
Milan: Pinacoteca di Brera
Thurs, 10/23
Milan: Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology
Fri, 10/24
Milan: Duomo and Sforza Castle
Sat, 10/25
Assisi
Sun, 10/26
Assisi
Mon, 10/27
Assisi and Travel to Rome
Tues, 10/28
Rome and Vatican churches
Wed, 10/29
Rome: St. Paul Outside the Walls and Castel Sant’Angelo
Thurs, 10/30
Rome: Capitoline Museums and Church of St. Peter in Chains
Fri, 10/31
Travel to Civitavecchia; board Celebrity Ascent
Sat, 11/1
Cagliari, Sardinia
Sun, 11/2
At Sea
Mon, 11/3
Gibralter, UK
Tues, 11/4
At Sea
Wed, 11/5
At Sea
Thurs, 11/6
At Sea
Fri, 11/7
At Sea
Sat, 11/8
At Sea
Sun, 11/9

At Sea
Mon, 11/10
Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
Tues, 11/11
At Sea
Wed, 11/12
At Sea
Thurs, 11/13
Cruise ends; Fly Ft. Lauderdale to San Jose
Fri, 11/14
Sat, 11/15