http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog A diary for the next 12 weeks on the summer of Travela and its participants Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:37:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These last two days have been crazy! The rain!!!!!!!!! completely wet from the morning to the evening! yesterday was terrible, couldn't do anything. I wanted to visit a manor, it was closed... and this morning, went to a beautiful garden and farm in the middle of nowhere, got completely wet, ... http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=16 I'm glad to say that the gallery seems to be at last functioning as a gallery. and that our intrepid explorers are populating the albums with their work. I must also say that the standards being set for photography are going to make a real challenge for our summer of ... http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=15 After some long tedious hours cursing, playing and changing our image gallery we finally have it working and ready for our eager photographers to start piling their images in so that we can all get a look at their work. The sooner we get these the sooner we can start posting ... http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=13 While we are still having problems with our gallery, the travel writers out there namely, Joe, Joy, Paul and Liz continue to submit articles of high quality day after day despite the problems they are encountering with broadband across our so called first world country! I'm sure you will enjoy the ... http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=14 After a few hectic weeks and months and a lot of planning between myguideTravel, Tourism Ireland and all the 2007 participants, Summer of Travel has finally begun in earnest. Last Wednesday myself (Robert Carpenter) and Philip Watkin made the long journey from our West Cork office to the Hotel Meyrick in ... http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=3 Joe is our travel writer from Washington. He is a student in George Mason University studying both International Policy and Communications. Having travelled extensively Joe has made friends in many places throughout the world, including Dublin, his region of interest. He is also a professional singer and dancer, which should ... http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=10 Hailing from Muncie, Indiana, Erin has a Bachelors degree in Arts. Being no stranger to Ireland, having been here during the St. Patrick’s Day festivities last year, Erin hopes to explore our country in minute detail over her three month stay. She will be photographing the South East region. http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=9 A prolific writer with a passion for travel, Elizabeth will join forces with her partner David Wilkinson writing in the Cork-Kerry, and Shannon regions. Elizabeth graduated in English Literature and History from Swarthmore College and has studied here in Trinity College. She has already created a Guide to Limerick. http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=8 Having graduated from metropolitan state with a degree in philosophy David also has a deep passion for photography. Travelling with his partner Elizabeth O'Malley, he will be creating images of both Cork/Kerry and Shannon regions. http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=7 One of our own, Agnes is currently undergoing an internship at myguideIreland, in the French market. Agnes has been involved for six years in the travel industry in both France and England. As well as being a skilled writer, she is a keen photographer and will be producing images of ... http://www.summeroftravel.com/blog/?p=6