As we traverse around the country, we always try to incorporate some of the many Irish tourism attractions whether they be some of the major ones, such as the Cliffs of Moher or smaller ones, like visiting the Kennedy homestead.  For this short trip, we are visiting the famous megalithic tomb in Newgrange, Co. Meath and we’re staying in nearby Johnstown Estate – as always you can read all about it here.

Little known fact, the world’s most visited country is France and let’s face it, what’s not to love about all things French.  For the start of the year, we decided to have a short break in Paris and as always, you can read about it here.

Who does not like a Christmas market?  In the past, we visited Christmas markets, in the likes of say, Vienna, or Budapest, however, the German markets are considered to be some of the best.  This trip was booked way back in the summer which seemed strange at the time, however, we managed to get a good price on a ‘fancy’ hotel, hence the early booking, so, as always, you can check out the festive details right here.

It was a bit of a last minute decision, but we decided a short break was needed just for kicks and we decided on the Dutch capital, Amsterdam.  I have been before but this is a first for C and she is really looking forward to it.  We booked a nice hotel bang in the centre of the city which is always handy.  As always, you can check out all the details here.

With the summer ending, we decided to hit the road for a short trip to East Cork and stay at one of our favourite spots, Ballymaloe house.  While there, we also spent a night in the small fishing village of Ballycotton and checked out a little known place called Cush.  You can check it all out here.

This was a return trip to Adare Manor, we had last visited just a few months before COVID arrived so for this little spiel, I’ll incorporate some elements of that previous visit and this more recent one, you can check it all out here. 

Over two and a half years ago, we booked tickets to see Green Day in concert, but due to that COVID thing it was rescheduled, cancelled, rescheduled again and finally now we get to see them in concert. I’m sure it’ll be a slightly different gig than the one we just came from in Edinburgh. You can read all about London right here.

One of my favourite bands – The Eagles, were due to play in Dublin but due to other circumstances we could not go. However, after a little investigation, we discovered they were playing in Edinburgh and we thought – what a great excuse to go back to Edinburgh and while there, catch the show. You can read all about it here

This trip has us checking out some of the highlights of this part of Italy which draws visitors in their millions year after year so it was high time we checked it out. Actually the island of Capri has been on C’s bucket list for as long as I can remember so let’s see if it lives up to the hype. Our trip starts out in Italy’s third largest city, Naples and you can read all about this interesting trip by jumping in here. 

Things are looking good. It’s been over two years now since the first wave of lockdowns and restrictions kicked into place and as of right now, normality seems to be returning. As things were looking good, we booked a night in a place we have been a few times before, the Cliffhouse in Waterford. However, for this review, we are going to focus on our meal in it’s Michelin star restaurant and you can read all about it here, however, if you would like a more in-depth view of the Cliffhouse, check out a previous visit by jumping in here. While you’re at it, why not read about our short trip to Austria and Slovenia, which was fab and you can check that out here. Further adventures are looking more and more likely as we seem to be leaving Covid behind us, so here’s hoping.