Muckross House, Killarney, Ireland
Many people do not travel because they lack the passion, the money, or time. Some people simply do not have a goal - or, possibly too many goals. One of the first things we have to do is to determine what we would like to see. What would you like to have experienced? What places have you heard about that interest you or excite you?
For us, after traveling all around the United States we began to think of where we would like to go on our limited time and finances. Our list was rather long, but we knew that with our historical background (MacLellan, Williams, MacFarland) we ought to go to Scotland. The hardest part was just saying "yes" to our desire. We went and included a visit to London on the way.
Then, it was easy to say "we drove all over Scotland, we can drive on the left...let's go to Ireland". So, we went to Ireland and while we were in Dublin it was only a short flight back to London. Flying to Europe is the expensive part, you must make the best of it.
It started getting easier. Let's fly to Rome and see Italy. Well, we don't speak Italian. We went to three English speaking countries because we figured it would be easier. No guts, no glory. Off we went to Italy (but we took a tour for two weeks to make the transition). Then it was to our goal, The Dolomites. We then went off to Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. Now, we are heading back (we had stopped briefly in Paris) to France.
It keeps getting easier. Next it will be Iceland, Kenya and... who knows where?
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