Our Personal Journey
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…
Having traveled the world we are delighted to share some of our favourite hotels experienced on our travels from India to USA & back in Ireland ! Four Season’s Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo, our beachside bed! Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, India, ringing in NYE ! St Regis Hotel Nikolskaya, Moscow where we celebrated NY…
To and From: St Petersburg and its satellite towns form a horse shoe shaped loop around the head of the Gulf of Finland at the Eastern end of the Baltic Sea, closer to Helsinki than Moscow it was the Imperial Capital for two centuries, and is the second largest city in Russia, and whilst being…
To & From: Sicily is the largest Mediterranean Island situated just off the toe of southern Italy. Famous for the Mafia and Mount Etna, it has three distinct coastlines, with the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Tyrrhenian Sea to the north, and the Ionian Sea to the east. We chose a trip to Catania,…
To & From: SAS fly direct to Stockholm’s main International airport Arlanda ( ARN), the budget airlines use Skavsta Airport which is over 100km south, so if as we did visit for a long weekend, no point spending it travelling, Sweden is the fourth largest country in Europe, southerly on a similar latitude to Edinburgh…
TO & FROM: Being just over two hour flight from Dublin , Luxembourg is a lovely short hop for a weekend break. You have choice of two airlines both Luxair & Ryanair fly direct from Dublin and to maximise time we flew out with one & returned on the other airline both fly into Luxembourg’s…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Although through work I have spent a lot of time at the fabulous #beyondeverything Adare Manor it is still so special to visit in a personal capacity not to mention that we had our wedding at Adare Manor some years back ! So when the opportunity arose to meet up…
Despite being avid travellers boarding a plane many times every year to explore a new location we decided due to Covid that 2020 is the year for staycation! As we live in the West of Ireland we choose to begin our staycation Eastside in the garden of Ireland beautiful “Wicklow” to be precise! With no…
To & From Bucharest Good connectivity between Dublin and Bucharest (OTP), Ryanair and or Blue Air fly direct and are the most viable options. Flight time is roughly 4 hours and note Bucharest is 2 hours ahead GMT. Taxis are very efficient and provide a convenient method of transfer to downtown, expect to pay around…
To & From Venice Both Ryanair and Aer Lingus fly direct to Venice, traditionally Ryanair used Treviso, but both now fly into Marco Polo (VCE) which is way more convenient to reach the City. You can get a water bus directly from the Airport to San Marco the main square in Venice, it does take…
