Peter Reason on being a pilgrim and being a tourist
I recently re-blogged a section from Peter Reason’s new book, In Search of Grace. I’ve been reading it over the weekend and am sorely tempted to simply copy out sections.…
Tag: tourist and proud
Hore Abbey, Cashel
Hore Abbey is literally overshadowed by theRock of Cashel. It is well worth taking the path down from the Rock to the considerably less touristed Abbey. There is a relative…
Montmorillon, Musée Robert Tatin, and the blindness of the Anglophone internet
Recently in France I visited two highly recommended tourist sites (I have no issue describing myself by the word “tourist”). One, Montmorillon, is described by English language wikipedia (more of which…
Castletownroche, Co. Cork – labyrinths, dinosaurs, and spies.
At the labyrinthos site article about Irish labyrinths, I came across a discussion of a labyrinth no longer visible but nevertheless preserved in a farmhouse in Castletownroche, Co Cork: A further…
The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel. SAU Blog Sept 2005
I have always been irritated by the use of “tourist” and “touristy” as terms of abuse. Better the honest-to-goodness tourist than the self-righteous (and probably utterly deluded about “authenticity”) traveler,…
Séamus Sweeney 