Epinions Recent Reviews for hanhayes

Reader Rabbit a Winner

Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:00:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - When my three year old started with Reader Rabbit Preschool he could barely use a mouse. I thought the program was too advanced for him, but he sat on my lap and I coached him through the Shape Shack, named the pattern aloud for Pattern Parade, and...

BRIO Cars, Engines & Trains: Battery Powered Engine a Dud

Mon, 7 Feb 2000 15:45:46 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - My four year old son loves his Brio set, so when he received a battery powered engine for Christmas from his Grandmother, he was thrilled. The excitement was quickly replaced by frustration. The engine runs great on its own, but sputters and stops when...

The Wild West of Donegal

Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:15:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - In 1994 I spent a rainy winter in Belfast. When spring rolled around I felt the urge to shake off the grey dreariness of the city and explore the wild west. After a few days in Dublin and Galway, I began hitchhiking up the coast toward Donegal.

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Continental Customer Service a Nightmare

Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:05:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - I have to join in with the others who have said Continental's customer service leaves a lot to be desired.

Last July we flew Continental out of Dublin to Chicago via Newark. Because of a 2 and one half-hour delay in Dublin we missed our...

Famine Remains Haunt Achill Island

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:20:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - "Achill has a strange charm which everyone feels but none can fully explain," wrote the naturalist R. L. Praeger. The largest island off the Irish coast, Achill Island connects to the mainland by a bridge measuring a mere 740 feet.

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Backyard Baseball 2001: Baseball is fun again!

Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:27:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - While we lived in Northern Ireland, visiting our baseball-loving relations presented a problem for my three year old son. His cousins who were the same age were swinging bats and learning the stance from the time they could walk. My son would feel...

The Hidden Cork

Mon, 24 Jan 2000 01:16:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - I would disagree with whoever said to drive through Cork City. I lived for six years in Ireland and loved every trip I made to Cork.

The city may look industrial, and I admit the city centre is drab and dirty. But spend some time climbing...

Enjoy Florence from Fiesole

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 16:00:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - While Fiesole might make a wonderful day trip, I would also recommend it as an alternative to staying in Florence. What better way to escape the July heat and hordes of tourists than by retiring to the cool hills overlooking the city?

We...

Belfast: A Changing City

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:53:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - Five years ago Belfast greeted tourists with hostility. You would have been hard pressed to get into any pub that wasn't a mainstream, tourist attraction in the city center.

Now that peace had broken out, the city has taken on an entire new...

The Magic of Assisi

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:43:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - On a summers day, Assisi is packed with hundreds of buses winding up and down the narrow streets of this popular hill town. Tour groups stand in clusters or travel in packs under their colored caps or pennants, like children on a summer camp field trip...

Rent a Farmhouse in Umbria

Fri, 21 Jan 2000 03:02:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - When I told a friend we were renting a farmhouse in Italy last summer, she was appalled. "If I have to cook meals, it's not a vacation," she declared. "Besides, what good is travelling all that way to rent a cottage?"

While...

Dingle Peninsula

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 01:47:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hanhayes - Three miles off the coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, the Blasket Islands lie velvety green and deceptively tranquil to the untrained eye. During the summer, boatloads of sightseers cross these waters regularly to visit the now sparsely...