Hi. I’m Marie and you are very welcome to HopsSkipsandJumps. If you are reading this you are probably like me – happiest when planning your next trip (or 2… or 3….!) I’m a very unlikely victim of a travel bug. Firstly, the gene pool – my parents were of that generation that only […]
Read MoreThis week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is MOBILE Mobile? I WISH!!!! (The good ol’ days!) Link to One Word Sunday at Debbie’s here
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I retired from teaching in August 2016 ( almost 5 years! – can’t believe it!) and had set up a nice routine of heading off somewhere every June (which we could never do before) when Covid hit! The first of those trips was to Namibia in 2017…. So this day 4 years ago we got […]
Read MoreA PHOTO CHALLENGE OF PLACES WE SIT…OR MIGHT SIT…OR ART ABOUT SITTING Look out behind you!!! I love these beautiful public benches in Bruges….. XingfuMama posts every Friday morning. *Create a post with a photo of places one sits or might sit, or art about sitting, and maybe a little background or story about the spot […]
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We’ve enjoyed some bracing walks on Dublin Bay haven’t we – and have covered a fair distance in doing so! But Dun Laoghaire is different – it must be embraced at a different pace. As we ‘promenade’ the sea front and stroll the piers, you’ll find yourself pulled into the past – imagining yourself in […]
Read MoreThis week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is TIME(S) From Musée d’Orsay in Paris – looking out past the clock towards La Basilique du Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. . Link to One Word Sunday at Debbie’s here
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