Woke and Awake Travel – Our Personal Journey

Cuba : Havana & Varadero

Posted on September 5, 2024October 31, 2024 by Michelle & Douglas

Havana ; To and From Not the easiest flight path from Dublin, nothing direct means a limited US connection option or via a European capital, we opted for a connection through Madrid, which apart from immigration was smooth enough. In fairness a UK passport is no asset in the EU these days. Flight from Madrid…

Europe: Switzerland

Posted on September 5, 2024October 31, 2024 by Michelle & Douglas

A surprise trip to visit a small country in Western Europe. We would ascend and descend its mountainous landscape by train rather than the more extreme methods employed by the outdoor thrill seekers. Swiss air has a direct flight from Dublin to Zurich, so in a little over 2 hours you land in Switzerland’s largest…

USA : Tampa to Palm Beach

Posted on September 15, 2023October 31, 2024 by Michelle & Douglas

Tampa To Palm Beach Road Trip via Naples Over the years we were frequent visitors to the popular Florida strip around Disney – Kissimmee/Haines City, even spending one New Year at Celebration a Disney Master Planned Community, so no surprise fake snow was falling on New Years eve. These days the attraction of queuing endlessly…

Family Weekend in Krakow – Guest Post by Robert Mc Cormick

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Michelle & Douglas

Trip to Krakow Back in November, my partner and I were invited by my father and step-mother to travel to Poland, with an aim of going to Auschwitz. It was to be a short weekend break, flying out the Friday and landing back the Sunday evening. The trip out was a bit of a rush….

Europe : Tallinn

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Michelle & Douglas

Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia has a population of less than 500,000, over a third Russian. It sits on the Baltic staring out at Helsinki across the Gulf of Finland, and is bordered to the South by Latvia the East, Russia. It has harsh winters but pleasant summers, we visited in May ahead of the…

Europe : Tenerife

Posted on December 19, 2022December 10, 2023 by Michelle & Douglas

GETTING there … Plenty of flight options to the Canary Islands, from the three main airports in Ireland, we have been to the four well known tourist islands many times over the years and they are indistinct in many instances. They all share a constant year round sunny climate, nothing extreme as in mainland Spain,…

Europe : Greece Riviera

Posted on November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 by Michelle & Douglas

Greece is well know for all the holiday islands dotted around its coastal area. However it does have its own Riviera, the well heeled Athenians, move out of the Capital during the intense heat of summer and head to the Eastern coast in particularly around Glyfada, where there are plenty of fine luxury resorts. However,…

Europe : Vienna Short Break

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Michelle & Douglas

Vienna, Austria’s capital, lies in the country’s east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. The city is also known for its Imperial palaces, including Schönbrunn, the Habsburgs’ summer residence. We decided to visit in early summer ahead of the crowds and took…

Staycation : Belfast New Year 2021

Posted on August 14, 2022November 11, 2022 by Michelle & Douglas

Possibly an unlikely New Year venue, but we do live in surreal times in AD 2021, the fact or fantasy of Covid has made travel exceptionally demanding and leaving the cocooned Island of Ireland is not for the faint hearted or even seasoned traveler currently. So instead of the airport we headed directly to Belfast…

Europe : Athens

Posted on July 24, 2022July 29, 2022 by Michelle & Douglas

Back on the move after Covid lockdowns 2021 ! To & From Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, ( AIA ) Athens has an odd climate, oppressively hot in the summer months, but pleasant either side with a wet winter. We arrived in late September a perfect compromise. Best option was a Ryanair flight to the…