A brief run through of my experiences in various different cities/places.
After our road trip took us along the North Coast, we’d decided to visit Donegal to check out some beaches. When people think of beaches, their minds often jump to the Algarve in Portugal, or south Spain, but Ireland has some truly breathtaking beaches dotted around its coastline, and after visiting White Park Bay during … Continue reading The Beaches of Donegal’s Gaeltacht: August ‘20
In this post I’m going to focus on the first half of our road trip, through County Antrim and County Derry, taking you through beautiful scenery and some very famous tourist attractions, including a UNESCO world heritage site
I had visited Derry a few times before as one of my closest friends studied in the university in the city, but every other time I was in Derry, I didn’t really get to see much beyond the university campus and the inside of a nightclub, but it’s a pretty sweet city. Whilst it was … Continue reading Derry: August ‘20
I was super excited to visit Marrakech, all my previous trips have been centred around Europe, this was actually my first time ever stepping foot in a non-European country, We had an early flight, but that meant we got to make the most of our first day in Morocco. When we landed and disembarked the … Continue reading Marrakech: February ‘20
This was my second time in Brussels and Belgium, but my first in Bruges and Antwerp, and wow. What beautiful cities (read more)
I want to stress that Düsseldorf is a great city to visit and it is a shame it is often overlooked in favour of other German cities. Düsseldorf has a lot to offer (read more)
Our trip to Warsaw was a disaster with a concert and the neon museum thrown in, but I really enjoyed my stay (continue reading)
My trip to Eindhoven got off to a bit of a bad start. We had bought tickets to a PSV Eindhoven football game which got rescheduled last minute... (read more)
Gdańsk had been in the planning stage for 7 or 8 years - not necessarily Gdańsk, but somewhere in Poland with my friend Maksymilian - a Polish native... (read more)
I had visited London as a child, but remember very little of it, apart from mild recollections of the lion statues and pigeons from Trafalgar Square. Flash-forward... (read more)
When I got off the train from Turin in and just gazed around the train station, I knew Milan would be something special. The train station was ornate and fancy... (read more)
Torino (as the Italians call it) was tricky to navigate at the beginning due to the seemingly sporadic nature of buses/trams - and just one subway line... (read more)
Before travelling to Geneva, I was beginning to fear how much the trip would cost - especially considering I was not due to get paid until... (read more)
We arrived in Hamburg after a gruelling bus journey and it was a lot grittier than Berlin. Being a lot closer to the sea probably explains why it was a LOT colder (read more)
A main drawing point for us travelling to Berlin was the Christmas markets. We intentionally chose to visit Germany at this time of year to overindulge on bratwurst, German beer and... (read more)