A year or 2 ago I came to the conclusion ad I and probably everyone else should really visit the places nearest to them first before venturing further afield. I’d already been all over Ireland, Northern Ireland and a handful of trips to England but for some reason had always ignored Scotland and Wales. In […]

Our third blended family trip abroad and done in honour of a K-Pop, Stray Kids gig at Hyde Park. We flew into Stanstead and got a bus to London town. We booked a family flat over a shop in Hackney that slept 7. Slightly rough area and the entrance to the flat was a bit […]

Another work trip and my first time in Slovakia. Nitra is a one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and is about 90km from the capital Bratislava where I flew into. Bus transfer was about 90mins. I stayed in a hotel right on the river Nitra, a short walk from work HQ in the University […]

Not long after my first awesome trip to Scandanavia, I was eager to go back on a personal trip and bring my partner Joanne this time so we booked Helsinki for March and Paddy’s day. It turned out to be a bit colder than we’d expected, no snow to begin with but it snowed mid […]

This was a last min work trip to fill in for a colleague so not something I planned personally, although I’d always wanted to visit as much of Scandanavia as possible. I’ll just say straight away that it was one of those trips of a lifetime for me. Absolutely magical! It was mid December for […]

A rare trip outside of Europe for me and first to Africa. I chose Marrakesh as my birthday trip but I’d originally gone onto the Ryanair deals website to book a trip to Edinburgh! Marrakesh turned out to be cheaper and for a longer stay which included breakfast AND dinner! How!? But there was a […]

My second work trip and a definite bucket list destination for quite a while, ever since I heard rave reviews for it after Ireland secured qualification for Italia 90 there in1989. I believe it’s been a very popular holiday spot with the Irish ever since. Better late than never for me! I even passed the […]

I’d been in Madrid briefly once before on an ill fated European trip in 2001, but only in the airport for most of a whole night for a flight connection and considering I believe you need to get out and walk the streets of a city to get a proper feel for it, I was […]

We chose Cologne mostly because it’s just one of the destinations Knock fly to that we hadn’t been! I’d never been to Germany either and always wanted to go as my mother used to live and work there. Transfers from the airport to main station were simple and affordable then we had about a 30min […]

Our second Eurocamp trip, this time to Camping Fabulous Village just outside Rome. Probably more suited to smaller kids as there aren’t really any big slides but there’s 2 nice sized pools and a very large knee deep only pool with climbing hill. There’s a cool water zone too with drop bucket to cool down. […]

This was a Christmas present from Joanne’s son Sean and it turned out to be Joanne’s fav place! We went in March so weren’t expecting decent weather but they had a mini heatwave for the first couple of days we were there which made it so much nicer. I’d known Prague was a very popular […]

My kids first trip abroad and first time on a plane! Kaelan needed some convincing as he got himself worked up beforehand about plane crashes and separation anxiety from his mother but we managed to drag him along and he loved the plane! He was giggling as it took off. I wasn’t! I had to […]