'Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you.'-Irish Proverb Since I decided to go to Northern Ireland on this trip, Ireland was a no brainer for the last stop of my two week winter holiday! I visited when I was in middle school but hadn't been … Continue reading Holiday Adventures: Dublin
'Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.'-Seamus Heaney I have always wanted to visit Northern Ireland. Part of it is because I am a proud Irish American (my grandparents were immigrants) but also because you used to not be able to go. I visited Ireland when I was in seventh grade, it was … Continue reading Holiday Adventures: Belfast, Northern Ireland
'Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.' —Ginny Weasley I originally wasn't going to go to Scotland, my plan was to visit Liverpool/Manchester. Due to Liam Gallagher announcing a 30th Anniversary Tour of Oasis' Definitely Maybe for the summer, I altered my plans (that blog will be up later this year). I decided change up … Continue reading Holiday Adventures: Edinburgh
'London opens to you like a novel itself… It is divided into chapters, the chapters into scenes, the scenes into sentences; it opens to you like a series of rooms, doors and passages. Mayfair to Piccadilly to Soho to the Strand.'-Anna Quindlen. Outside of where I grew up, the place that feels most like home … Continue reading Holiday Adventures: London
'Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.'-Dalai Lama I knew when I was planning my holiday trip that I wanted to do a fun day trip from Paris. As I've said, I have been really fortunate to have traveled across Paris and throughout France. So I googled good day trips from Paris. While … Continue reading Holiday Adventures: Luxembourg