When Shannon Casas, Managing Editor at The Gainesville Times, was 13 her grandparents took her abroad; a tradition shared with each of the grandchildren.
“I spent three weeks with them touring Ireland, and I fell in love — so much so that I planned to move there when I grew up,” she said. “Fast forward about 10 years, and plans to move changed, but I still wanted to go back. Another 10 years later, I finally made it.”
Shannon and her husband planned the trip to Ireland to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary.
“We spent two weeks in July mostly on the northwest coast in small towns, and it was just what I imagined. We hiked the green hills, kayaked along rocky caves and ate fish and chips listening to traditional Irish music. It was incredible,” she said.
Hall County Travels is a blog series from the Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group to highlight adventures taken by Hall County residents. If you have taken a trip of a lifetime recently, or know someone who has, please email: babernathy@gonorton.com.