Eco-Friendly Family Life
Hong Kong – what a place.
I have a few words to describe this city: Efficient, busy, fast-paced, and hot.
That last one can probably just be attributed to the time of year we were there (September), but I’m thinking that if you’re from a cooler country, that term is going to apply all year round for you.
Continue reading “Eating as much food as possible in Hong Kong”
During my most recent travels, I had a 36 hour stopover in Singapore: Two nights and the day in between.
What a perfect opportunity to explore what I could of this wonderful city.
Three weeks in the UK and Ireland.
Wow – what an experience.
I fell in love with a new part of the world, and I fell in love with a guy (Whoops, sorry Heart).
Continue reading “Three weeks road tripping the UK & Ireland”
As with when I visited Kesh, in Northern Ireland, earlier on my road trip, my trip south to Cornwall was a special one.
As I’d explored my paternal family history in Kesh, now I was to explore my maternal family history in Carbis Bay, a gorgeous – but gloomy on the days we were there – seaside town in England’s south.
Continue reading “A startling revelation in my family history – Carbis Bay, Cornwall”
The environment is a topic of conversation very close to my heart.
I was always involved with the “green” groups at high school, and went on to continue those interest groups in the years after.
I’ve taken many steps myself to reduce my impact on the environment, and I care a lot about protecting our planet from destruction.
Therefore it was a no-brainer that I would visit the Eden Project while I was in Cornwall, England.
Continue reading “Environmental wake up call: Eden Project, Cornwall”
Bath was a little place of heaven on earth for me.
There was nothing particularly outstanding about the day I had there, travel wise at least, but it meant a lot to me personally.
For a day I got to wander around this absolutely gorgeous town, soaking in the history of it before soaking myself into luxurious relaxation in the afternoon – all while hand-in-hand with my man, while we were still blissfully in that soppy “honeymoon” stage.
I’ll always remember my day trip to Bath as one of the happiest and loveliest days of my life, because it was simply blissful (and beautiful!). Continue reading “The gorgeous Roman Baths of Bath”
Guinness and Viking History: Two essential parts of Dublin.
Two parts of which I focused myself on during my travel in the Irish capital.
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.
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?
Continue reading “Exploring my family heritage in 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.
Continue reading “Walking the Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland”