Our Personal Journey
Malta is a small island sat in the Mediterranean 80Km south of Sicily, enjoys good weather for most of the year, and there are handy flights from Shannon, to the Capital Valletta. The international airport ( MLA), is south of the Capital and the main tourist resort areas around St Julian’s and Paceville. It was…
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….
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…
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,…
To & From: There are no direct flights to Dakar the Capital of Senegal from Dublin, the most logical is via Lisbon, but we actually chose a more complex route which in hindsight may not have been the most logical. We chose Turkish Airlines, which flew via Istanbul, but unbeknown to us at time of…
To & From: The Dominican Republic is a picture perfect Caribbean island that shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti to the west. It’s known for its beautiful beaches, fabulous resorts, golfing and year round sunshine. Its terrain comprises rainforest, savannah and highlands, including Pico Duarte, the Caribbean’s tallest mountain. Notably days are short with…
To & From : Chicago has great connectivity with Ireland so plenty of flight options, either one stop or direct, if as we have visited for long weekends including this featured visit over St Patricks day, direct is the best options. Flight times a little over 8 hours out and 7 back work well, Aer…
To & From: The UAE is well served by direct flights from Dublin, Dubai by Emirates. Its a 7 hour flight and UAE is + 3 hours GMT. So not too far for an almost guaranteed sunshine holiday Dubai is a great option and one we have visited for just 5 days as well as…
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 There are no direct flights to Phoenix from Dublin , but plenty of one stop via USA East Coast or Mid-Western hubs. We flew via Chicago with Aer Lingus, surprisingly it is another 4 hours from Chicago to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), but with the time differential – 8 GMT,…
