What can 18 hours in Dubai offer you? Quite a lot actually, if you plan well, and brace yourself for a pretty jam packed day!Seven Preparation TipsStrategically book a long layover landing in the early morning and departing after midnight to make …
Barcelona: Lost in architecture and tapas
The perks of working at the airport is that a quick weekend getaway to another country is pretty much effortless on a Friday evening! Going downstairs through security and to the gate takes pretty much 20 minutes! And this time I was off toBarcelona!Al…
Munchin in München
The travel bug bit once more and this time it brought me to Munich. It’s been four years since I was last there when I was interrailing through Europe in 2014!So why Munich? I was lucky enough that my sister was heading for a work conference …
Athens: Sea, Spontaneity, Serendipity
It has been awhile since I jetted off to another place. So this trip has been a long time coming! It has been since last April (bar the weekend trips to London which don’t count as much…) so the travel hiatus was definitely getting to me. S…
Sofia: Unexpected Bliss
Deciding the next travel destination is always a challenge.How far? How near? A new country? A city break? A sun holiday?My mum asked if I could help plan the next family holiday.After mulling it over, I decided it was going to be somewhere new i…
Seoul: Catchups, Hanboks, Food!
For those who know me, you’d know I love all things Korean. The culture, the food, the music, the language, the country. So when I flew over to Japan, I knew I had to stop by Korea before I headed back to Ireland. It was too close to pas…
Kyoto: Keeping it old school
Goodbye Tokyo, Hello Kyoto. A rearrangement of those five letters introduced me to the historical and traditional side of Japan. For two days, I walked on tatami floors, tasted the food of a 400-year-old market, and learnt more about Japanese…
Tokyo: An amalgamation of cultures
Solo travel. A desire to discover a new destination while discovering more of me. I remember the first time I boarded a plane by myself which was not heading to Malaysia. At 18, I boarded a plane to London from Shannon and had roughly 24 hours to explo…
Brussels & Antwerp: Family Getaway
To close the year 2017, my family and I decided to jet off to Belgium!As usual, I was the planner and the 4D/3N holiday cost 225.50 per person which included:109 Return Flights from Dublin 4.50 Bus from Brussels Airport to the city 35 Brussel…
India: Swetha’s Wedding
I first met Swetha at a conference in Trinity when we were both freshers. I would probably say she was the best thing to come out of that conference. We clicked instantly and she ended up moving in with me for the last two years of our degree.For those…