World of Options Travel Blog

  • Come Out to THE EDGE                            …and Meet her Godmother!

    Come Out to THE EDGE …and Meet her Godmother!

    Celebrity Edge is Christened, and her godmother is Malala Yousafzai, heroic advocate for girls’ education in the world! Read more

  • The Results Are In!

    The Results Are In!

    People have asked how much we walked around Europe on our 54 day trip.  Here is the answer, according to Fitbit:  We each took 969,051 steps.  Two more days, and we would have walked a million steps.  We each walked over 443 miles.  We each walked up 1,561 flights of stairs.  With all that work, Read more

  • The Three Tops of Europe

    The Three Tops of Europe

    On return home, several people have asked, “What was your favorite thing about your trip to Europe?”  This is a tough question to answer unless you ask for specifics, such as favorite city or favorite hotel or favorite museum.  So we decided to create our “Three Tops of Europe”.  We came up with a variety Read more

  • Ending a Trip: Home Sweet Home

    Ending a Trip: Home Sweet Home

    We had one more bus ride to the airport and one more looooong flight, but this time without the anticipation of all the adventures ahead of us.  We were downright bummed, to be honest.  We were sorry our journey was over, and we both agreed we could have traveled much, much longer.  During the last Read more

  • Ireland:                 Presidential Sa-weeeeet!

    Ireland: Presidential Sa-weeeeet!

    Sorry to leave our little castle with the delicious food and the medieval village ambiance, we began our journey to the next stop.  We decided to check out the city of Wexford, since it was so steeped in Irish History.  We saw an abbey founded by a broken-hearted woman who became a nun because she Read more

  • Kennedy’s Ireland: From Feast to Famine to Fame

    Kennedy’s Ireland: From Feast to Famine to Fame

    We traveled through time today.  We started in the 1849 in New Ross, Ireland at the Dunbrody famine ship. 80% of the Irish at this time were Irish Catholics.  Because Ireland was essentially a British colony and Britain was Protestant at the time, Irish Catholics were not allowed to own land.  Instead they had to Read more

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