We booked a week off in August to do a little staycation/babymoon. We had a couple of Bluebook vouchers from the wedding so decided to put them to good use. We started off with two very different places in Wexford before moving across to Limerick. Monart An amazing birthday present from Sean was two nights … Continue reading Ireland – Staycation
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Milan
I booked a weekend in Milan during one of the cheap Ryanair sales, and we were initially due to go in September but pushed it out to the first weekend of December. I had never been to Italy before so was very much looking forward to putting on a good 3 stone over the weekend. … Continue reading Milan
Dubai
After a big year in 2018 with getting married, a pretty sweet honeymoon (India & Seychelles), getting our dog and buying our house - neither of us were in any mood to plan a holiday... so instead we headed off to Dubai for a week in March! Flights We booked our flights through eBookers and … Continue reading Dubai
San Francisco
While traveling to the US for work, I decided to spend a couple of days exploring San Francisco as I had never been before. After 2 days of seeing the city, I got the train down to Menlo Park to check out Silicon Valley. Axiom Trying to find a hotel in SF was a bit … Continue reading San Francisco
Nashville
Our first main destination on our road trip was Nashville, and we were all very excited to visit here and check out some music! Hotel Edge Midtown Apartment It was a bit of an ordeal getting into this building. You needed to arrive, call a number on the door, which apparently rings a cell phone … Continue reading Nashville
Atlanta and Birmingham
Atlanta was the first stop on our 10 day road trip across the southern states of the US. We flew Delta direct to Atlanta and settled in with some prosecco and the nicest air-plane food I've had before (risotto, Caesar salad and lily O'Brien's). After 8 hours and three prosecco's we arrived in Atlanta Airport and … Continue reading Atlanta and Birmingham
Memphis
We decided to do some outlet shopping before checking in to our apartment in Memphis so I got to pick up a couple of things, yay! En route to the apartment in downtown we drove past Graceland but unfortunately couldn't see it from the road (it was way too expensive to go into). The area … Continue reading Memphis
New Orleans
About an hour outside of New Orleans the stunning scenery started to appear - as we drove along the extremely long bridge, we got to look out at the surrounding swap that goes on as far as the eye can see. Hotel St. James New Orleans We arrived at our hotel, St James just outside … Continue reading New Orleans
Charleston
The last stop on our road trip was Charleston, South Carolina just a short drive north of Savannah Hotel Barksdale House We stayed in this beautiful old house in central Charleston just off King Street. The rooms were pretty large and one of the most comfortable sleeps I had all holiday (especially after the haunted … Continue reading Charleston
Savannah
We checked out of our hotel in New Orleans at 6am, and away we set on our 10 hour drive across the state of Florida. The only time we stopped was for a cheeky Five Guys in Tallahassee and took in 5 states before we hit Savannah. Planters Inn As we checked into our hotel … Continue reading Savannah
The Cocktail Tourist 