Climbing up a castle to lean over a cavity backwards in order to kiss a dirty old stone, hoping for a gift of eloquence – sounds like a normal thing to do, doesn’t it?
At Blarney Castle, near Cork in Ireland, it is.
The breathtaking Cliffs of Moher
On the western coast of Ireland, there is a little touch of what I imagine to be heaven.
The Cliffs of Moher were undoubtedly my favourite sight that my eyes beheld on my journey through Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Seriously, I fell deeply in love with this place – I could have built a little shack into a rocky hovel of the cliff face and lived there happily ever after.
It felt like the place of fairytales.
Exploring my family heritage in Northern Ireland
We’ve all got a history. That’s fact.
However, we may not all know our own history.
Do you know where you came from, really?
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Walking the Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
We took the “ordinary” path for travellers doing a road trip across from Scotland to Ireland.
An early morning departure from Glasgow, driving down the highways to Cairnryan; ferry across from Cairnryan to Belfast; One night in Belfast then a trip to the Giants Causeway as we moved south.
An “ordinary” path filled with extraordinary sights, however.
Welcome to one of the most beautiful places on earth (in my official opinion): The Giants Causeway.
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Exploring cemeteries and getting science lessons in Glasgow, Scotland
I wasn’t sure what to expect out of Glasgow.
I knew it was a metropolitan city, that it was one of the largest cities in Scotland, and that it was a recommended place to visit.
That was about all I knew, and there were no attractions that I was absolutely dying to see (since I didn’t really know of any).
I simply wanted to come and see Glasgow, get acquainted with this Scottish town, and find out what it had to offer.
That I did, my friends, that I did.
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Roadtripping through the Scottish Highlands
What do you think of when someone mentions the Scottish Highlands?
Loch Ness, the home of Nessie? Well, that’s a fair call – the Loch Ness is a particularly popular attraction of Scotland’s northern region.
However, what I came to find during my time there is that the Scottish Highlands are certainly not just the Loch Ness – Oh no, this Scottish region is so much more than that.
The Loch Ness is just one tiny part of it.
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Going Harry Potter crazy in Edinburgh, Scotland
As we moved into Scotland, we officially passed into my 30th country visited in the world.
We also moved into one of the most beautiful and interesting countries I’ve ever visited, yet I felt completely at home.
It was a sentiment I felt the whole way through my road trip in the UK and Ireland, but it wasn’t until I got to Edinburgh that I realised what that niggling feeling in my stomach was: It was ease, and comfort.
Two feelings that come when you feel a strong attachment to a country or region.
Two feelings I was feeling very strongly.
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A history lesson at Vindolanda and Hadrian’s Wall
Continuing our road trip north, there was one stop we just had to make before leaving England and crossing the border into Scotland.
We HAD to stop to explore Roman Vindolanda and to see Hadrian’s Wall.
Never heard of these? Let me give you a little history lesson…
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Castles and walls in York and Newcastle upon Tyne
And so our road trip brought us to Northern England, which has many places which can transport you back in time.
Two such places are the quaint city of York, and the busy, yet historically full city of Newcastle.
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Tea time in the Cotswolds and wartime at Leeds
Following on from my adventures at Stonehenge and in Bristol, it was time to begin the journey north through England.
Myself and Dan hoped in my trusty rented Ford Fiesta and headed off from Bristol bright and early to take a walk through Britain’s history.
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