Category: Travel
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San Diego Travel Diary: Pacific Beach, La Jolla, & More
Following on from our Los Angeles trip, we drove down to San Diego for the weekend, where we planned to spend most of our time in Pacific Beach. Fun fact, I lived in San Diego during the summer of 2015, when I did a J1 visa, so it was great to finally go back, even…
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Food Diary: Where to Eat in Los Angeles (for Cheap)
Following up on my L.A. Travel Diary, here’s a list of some of the places we ate during our time in Los Angeles. Note that we spent most of our time in Downtown L.A., so the majority of our food choices were based around that area or wherever we went on day trips (i.e. Universal…
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L.A. Travel Diary: Universal, Disney, Santa Monica, & More
During spring break, we travelled to California to see the Toronto Raptors vs Lakers and vs Clippers during their west coast road trip. We spent 3 nights in Los Angeles before heading down to San Diego for 4 nights. I’d been to L.A. briefly back in 2015 during my J1, so I was excited to…
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Photo Diary: 36 Hours in London, UK
It’s been a long time since I “acted tourist” in London, so when the idea of staying a night in London to see Arsenal during our Christmas break in Dublin, I jumped at the thought! London is massive, and although I’ve been a dozen times, there are tons of sites I haven’t seen properly. So…
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Photo Diary: Niagara Falls Day Trip
Niagara Falls is one of the most iconic waterfalls in the world. Located in Niagara, Ontario, it is only two and a half hour drive from Toronto. We did a day-trip to Niagara with ‘Niagara Falls Day Tour‘ last September, (thanks to my One4all colleagues back in Dublin) which included stop-offs at Niagara-on-the-lake, Reif Estate…
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Moving To Canada: Everything You Need to Know
In August 2018, we packed up our lives in Dublin, Ireland (well, as much as we could fit into two suitcases each) and moved to Toronto, Canada. We love travelling and have wanted to live abroad again (we lived in California during the summer of 2015) experiencing new cities, cultures and gaining international working experience…
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Photo Diary: Exploring Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon has been on my list of places to visit for a long time. We finally flew over in April, and spent four glorious days in this beautiful city. Considering it was April, we were very lucky to get 25 degrees celsius weather everyday. We took it easy on this trip and spent our time…
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Photo Diary: A Weekend in Belgium
We decided to spend our St. Patrick’s Day abroad this year and thus ventured to Belgium, for a long weekend in Brussels and Bruges. We arrived early evening on Friday, so by the time we had gotten the train into Brussels Central, reached our hotel, checked in and freshened up, it was time to head…
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Travelling Iceland – Part 2: Black Sand Beach, The Blue Lagoon & The Northern Lights
This is the second part blog about our adventure in Iceland, you can read the first part here. On our third day in Iceland, we set off towards Vík í Mýrdal, a seaside town further south of the island, where we would be stopping overnight at Icelandair Hotel Vik. Of course, we had plenty of…
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Travelling Iceland – Part 1: The Golden Circle
Iceland is one of those places that you dream of visiting; it’s a bucket-list country. In 2017, we decided that we were going to tick it off our bucket-list, and we set off on our 5-day Icelandic adventure in late December, for New Years. People always say ‘I’d love to go to Iceland, but it’s…
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