Europe Archives - Katherine Dolan Writes

Hadrian’s Luxury Hideaway

Ancient November 18, 2023

One of the most-advertised half-day activities in Rome is taking a guided tour of Hadrian’s Villa and the Villa d’Este (the two sites nearly...

St Stephen’s Green, 1916

Europe April 27, 2021

On April 24 1916, a group of about 1,250 armed Irish Republicans launched an insurgency in the heart of Dublin. Demanding an end to...

Elizabethan Writers & Ireland

Europe April 21, 2021

One of the most surprising things about Youghal, to me anyway, was that Sir Walter Raleigh used to live there. His house, Myrtle Grove,...

10 Youghal Things

Europe April 16, 2021

We spent this March in a town named Youghal. Depending on who you ask, it's pronounced 'Y'all', 'yoll' or 'yowl' and derives from the...

The Great Irish Greenway

Europe April 16, 2021

The Dungarvan-Waterford Greenway is the longest in Ireland, 46 kilometers of peaceful pedalling and pacing through the green south-east. Following the line of a...

Dungarvan Days

Europe March 25, 2021

We recently spent a month in a coastal town in Waterford County in south-eastern Ireland that is divided into two parts: Dungarvan and Abbeyside,...

A Whirlwind Tour of Waterford

Europe March 10, 2021

A few weeks ago we moved house from Dublin to Dungarvan. The journey was divided in three discrete stages: a train to Waterford, a...

Wandering in the Garden of Time

Europe February 24, 2021

Yesterday, early in the morning, we headed to Porta Susa station to catch a train to Switzerland. As we headed for the border, the landscape...

September in Sicily

Europe February 24, 2021

Exploring new landscapes on foot is one of my favorite activities so, since we’re lucky enough to be in the countryside of Southern Sicily...

A Roman Ramble

Europe February 24, 2021

Wednesday was overcast and rainy. Perfectly in tune with the elements, the touts of Rome had swapped sunhats for umbrellas and stood on corners...

The Delirium of Rome

Europe February 24, 2021

Before leaving for Rome I packed, re-packed, cleaned, re-cleaned, wrote seven alternative itineraries, stayed awake until dawn, at which point I sprang out of...

Sacra di San Michele: No Stint of Stone

Europe February 25, 2021

“Leave me alone! You’re a slave, you’re a slave!” A woman shouting at the top of her lungs woke me from a deep sleep. I...

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Portal to Ur

The Other Gallipoli

Beach Walk

Tolkien in Italy