“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson While driving the Wild Atlantic Way, we stopped by The Burren Perfumery and it was outstanding. It reminded me of my favourite perfumery in Paris (which I’ve written about previously here). I just had to take pictures…
IF you’re feeling wild
“It’s not about the destinations. It’s getting there that’s the good part.” – Morgan Matson This week Hattie and I went on a gals road trip from Galway to Cork. We followed the Wild Atlantic Way from Galway to Kenmare and then headed straight for Clonakilty and up to Cork and off we went back…
IF you’re pondering Pontevedra
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” – Gilda Radner On…
IF you’re interested in Las Islas Cíes
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Ghandi Last weekend I visited a place that has been on my mind since August of last year. When I arrived in Galicia, every Galician I met told me I had to go to Las Islas Cíes….
IF you meander to Murcia
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles” – Tim Cahill Murcia is one of the lesser known regions of Spain. So much so, more than one person I told I was going to Murcia to asked me what part of the States I was going to… they thought I had said ‘Merica!…
IF you’re travelling on a budget
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer” – Anonymous Having travelled a lot over the last few weeks, it’s needless to say that I am now broke and I’m supposed to be saving! The camino was a relatively cheap break but I made up for it in Murcia! (I’ll be doing…
IF you don’t know when to go to Paris
“She tasted the way fireworks felt, like something you could get close to but never really have just for yourself.” – Robyn Schneider As I mentioned in the last post I wrote about Paris, it has been written about to death. Every single travel, lifestyle, fashion, photography, you-name-it blogger has written about Paris. That’s not…
IF you’re perusing Puglia
“It’s not about the destination. It’s getting there that’s the good part.” – Morgan Matson I thought, considering I’m going on my summer holidays today to Murcia in the South of Spain (keep an eye out on my snapchat for updates all about it), I would talk about some previous summer holidays I went on. Also,…
IF you’ve heard myths
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” – Robert Fulghum I have found that after many years…
IF you do the Camino de Santiago
“Every new person you met in your life introduces you to something new!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan I walked the last 5 stages of the Camino Francés this week. I have the sore knees and many blisters to show for it. And of course, the official Compostela! Today, I want to do a diary style post…
IF you’re packing for the Camino de Santiago
“Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.” – Wayne L. Misner I am writing this post on Tuesday evening before taking off to do the Camino de Santiago tomorrow. It’s 11.38PM and I have just finished packing my backpack. So, I thought I would tell you what I’ve…
IF you’re inspired
“Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she’d fly” – Jeffrey Eugenides When this post is published, I will be en route to Sarria, Galicia to start the Camino de Santiago. I’ve told a lot of people that I am going to…
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