Where Have I Been?

 

Upcoming travel:

• September 2017: Limerick, Ireland
• November 2017: Inverness and Torridon in NW Scotland
• November 2017: Clifden, Ireland 
• October 2017: Bristol & London, England
• Dec 2017: Spain: Madrid and surrounding region
• January 2018: Auvergne, France
• March 2018: Yorkshire, England
• April/May 2018: Honeymoon in Transylvania region of Romania 
• May 2018: Belfast & Carrickfergus
• July & August: 2x London & Edinburgh
• September: Lyon & Beaujolais, France
• USA: Lake Tahoe, CA
• Outer Hebrides – Ullapool, Lewis, Harris in Scotland
• 2019-2020: Achill Island, North Mayo, – all unconfirmed ; Mourne Mountains, Hill of Tara/Newgrange , Galway & Cliffs of Moher
• Apr/May 2019: Road trip through northern France – Bretagne & Loire Valley 
• July 2019: London
• July 2019: Aviemore & Cairngorms, Scotland
• July 2019: Waterford & Wexford
• Sept 2019: Portugal Lisbon/Sintra up the coast to Porto
• Oct 2019: The Isle of Skye, Scotland + Urquehart Castle on Loch Ness
• Nov 2019: Virginia/DC
• Sept 2020: Umbria, Italy while still on Green List (confirmed) 
• August 2021: Poland trip
• Halloween: Derry City Halloween Festival
• Dec 2021: Spello, Italy & Auvergne, France
• 2021-2023: Ireland: Cork City, Aran Islands, Cooley Peninsula, Cavan, Clare Island, Inisbofin, Wicklow, Rathlin Island – all unconfirmed
• April 2022: Slovenia: Ljubljana, Lake Bled, Lake Bohinj, Soca, Triglavski NP (confirmed)
• May 2022: Slane Castle event Ireland + Bealtaine event at Uisneach
• June 2022: Norway: Bergen and fjords (planned but unconfirmed) – cancelled last minute due to covid 😦
• Sept/Oct 2022: Italy: Umbria & Rome
• Nov 2022: London (confirmed)
• Nov 2022: Perthshire, Scotland (confirmed)
• Nov 2022: Boston & Berkshires, USA (confirmed)
• July 2023: France: Auvergne (unconfirmed)
• Sept 2023: A month in Italy
• January 2024: Cork and Kinsale
• April 2024: France: Auvergne, Le Puy and Ardeche
• May 2024: Rathlin Island
• June 2024: West Cork
• September 2024: TBC (Jordan?)
• Dec 2024: Italy and Malta (unconfirmed)

AUSTRIA

• Vienna* ♥♥
• Kreuzenstein Castle ♥♥
• Linz
• Salzburg
• Innsbruck*
• Swarovski Crystal Factory

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

• Neum (for 20 minutes en route from Dubrovnik to Split, but we stopped! It counts).

BELGIUM

• Brugges
• Ghent ♥♥
• Antwerp =

CROATIA

• Dubrovnik ♥
• Split ♥
• Zagreb =
• the Dalmatian Coast
• Lopud Island
• Koločep Island

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Prague* ♥♥
• Kutna Hora
• Sedlec Ossuary
• Czesky Krumlov♥

DENMARK

• Copenhagen ♥

ENGLAND (lived in Bath in 2011)

• Bath*+ ♥♥
• London* ♥
• Glastonbury
• Wells
• Lacox
• Bournemouth =
• Cotswolds*
• Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Bradford-on-Avon
• Oxford
• Stonehenge
• Jurassic Coast ♥
• Liverpool
• Blenheim Palace
• Kenilworth Castle
• Corfe Castle
• Southampton
• Winchester ♥
• New Forest ♥
• Bristol ♥
• Yorkshire Dales NP♥♥
• Lake District NP – St Sunday Crag, Ullswater Lake ♥♥
• Swaledale – incl Mucker Village ♥
• Ravenstonedale village

ESTONIA

• Tallinn ♥♥
• along the Baltic Coastline

FRANCE

(lived in Lyon from 2013-2017)

• NORTH
• Paris*
• Bretagne: Mont-saint-Michel ♥♥ ; St Malo ; Dinan♥ ; St Suliac ♥ ; Becheral ; Vitré ♥♥ ; Roche des Fées ♥
• Loire Valley: Blois +Château =, Château de Chambord ♥, Château de Chenonceau ♥ ; Angers + Chateau ; Chateau de Saumur ♥ ; Abbey de Fontvraud ♥ ; Rigny-Ussé & Chateau d’Ussé♥ ; Chinon village & Chateau de Chinon ; Azay-le-Rideau village & Chateau d’Azay
• Strasbourg*♥
• Bayeux

• CENTRAL
• Lyon* + ♥♥
• Rhone/Isere: Vienne/St Romain-en-Gal, Pérouges* ♥, Tain Hermitage + vignoble, Cremieu ♥
• Beaujolais: Beaujeu, Arnas, Ternand ♥♥, Bagnols♥, Salles Arbuissonas, Villefranche-sur-Saone*, Chateau Montmelas, Anse ♥, Neuville-sur-Saone, Oingt ♥, Tarare
• Clermont-Ferrand*
• Auvergne: St Saturnin, Pont-de-Château, Saint Nectaire, Billom♥, Ambert ♥, Courpière, Olliergues ♥, Parc Régional de Livradois-Forez♥, Fougères, Montpeyroux♥
• Massif Centrale mountains: Auvergne Volcanoes NP (Mountain range)* ♥ – incl. Puy de Dôme ; Puy de Sancy et Puy de Côme
• Auvergne Châteaux: de la Batisse; de Val♥♥, de Saint-Amant-Tallende, de Murol, de Ravel * ♥, de Chantelauze
• Chatel Guyon* & Chateau de Chazeron* for my wedding! ♥♥♥ [Auvergne]
• Auvergne La Cantal: la Cregut* ; Besse ; Bort les Orgues,
• Dijon*

• EAST
• The Alps: Col Vert*, Villard-de-Lans, Megève ♥, Annecy* ♥, Grenoble, Chambéry
• Mont Blanc
• Chamonix*
• St Gervais les Bains ♥
• Montvauthier

• SOUTH
• Avignon
• Marseille =
• Montelimar + Château des Adhemar ♥
• Ardèche: Largentière ♥♥, Baluzac ♥♥, Pont-d’Arc, Gorges d’Ardèche♥, Montreal
• Montpellier ♥
• Languedoc: Nîmes♥, Lunel, Port Camarague, Grotte des Demoiselles, Cevennes Mountains, St Guilhiem le Desert♥, Uzes, Les Calanques National Park ♥, Béziers =, Carcassonne ♥♥

GERMANY

• Berlin* =
• Munich*
• Dresden ♥
• Nuremberg
• Heidelberg ♥
• Frankfurt =
• Stuttgart
• Neuschwanstein Castle ♥
• Hohenzollern Castle
• Hohenschwangau Castle

HUNGARY

• Budapest ♥♥

ICELAND

• Reykjavik ♥
• Mt Esja ♥

IRELAND (Currently live in Sligo, Ireland) 

• Dublin,* Howth, Seefin Hill & tomb
• Co Limerick: Limerick city* ; Adare & abbeys ♥, Askeaton Abby ; Beagh Castle ♥; Curraghchase Regional Park & Manor ♥ annnnnd Bunratty Castle – where I got engaged! ♥♥♥
• Co Galway: Galway city* ; Connemara NP ♥*; Errisbeg Hill; Roundstone ; Killary Fjord, Clifden, Slieve Aughty, Lough Corrib, Augnanure Castle
• Co Clare: Cliffs of Moher; Kilkee*; Ennis ♥; the Burren NP ♥; Lahinch; Loop Head
• Co Kerry: Dingle Town; Dingle Peninsula – hiked the Dingle Way; Slea Head ♥; Killarney & Killarney National Park + Abbey
• Co Sligo: Sligo town* + ♥; Strandhill*; Knocknarea Hill*; Carrowmore, Creeveykeel tomb; Carrowkeel tombs + Keash tombs ♥♥ ; Lough Gill*; Drumcliff*; Mullaghmore Head; Ballygawley Hills* ; Union Wood ; Markree Castle; Enniscrone; Easkey; Rosses Point; Ballymote Castle, Deerpark Forest; Creevylea Abbey;  Slish Wood; Hazelwood ; Moygara Castle & Cloghar Stone Fort ♥; Ballindoon Abbey ♥♥ ; Balinafad Castle; Slieveward Hill♥ ; Knocknashee Hill♥♥ & Lavagh Abbey; Lough Arrow & Labby Rock ; Cashelore ; Ballisodare Abbey ; Keash Caves & Mountain♥; King’s Mountain; Lough Easkey; Moytirra Ridge;
• Co Mayo: Ballina; Westport town; Lough Conn; Mount Falcon Castle
• Co Waterford: Waterford city, Lismore Castle & gardens ♥, Coumshingaun Lake & the Comeragh Mountains ♥
• Wexford
• Co Tipperary: Rock of Cashel ♥, Cahir Castle, Mitchellstown Caves, Roscrea town an castle
• Co Cork: Cobh; Middleton (Jameson Distillery)
• Co Donegal♥: Slieve League cliffs ♥ ; Killybegs; Malin Head ♥♥ ; Dunfanaghy village + Horn Head ♥♥ ; Ardara village; St John’s Point; Glenveagh NP* ♥ + Mt Errigal;  Donegal town; Letterkenny; Lough Swilly; Rossnowlagh; Grianan of Aleach stone fort♥; Inch Island;
• Co Offaly: Birr Castle
• Co Leitrim: Glencar Waterfall & Upland; Parkes Castle; Lough Rynn Castle, Doonin Hills, Carrick-on-Shannon ; Dromohair & Creevylea Abbey ; Killinummry; Drumshambo 
• Co Roscommon: Boyle & Monastery ♥ ; Kilronan Castle, Owenygat Cave♥ + Rathcroagan hills ; Clontykilla Castle & Lough Key + Castle Island ; Bluebell Woods ; Knockranny Woods, Ownyegat Cave♥, Rindoon Castle ♥, Roscommon town, abbey and castle; Keadue; Argina Mines
• Co Meath/Westmeath: Newgrange ♥ ; Dowth tombs ♥ ; Bective Abbey ; Hill of Tara ; Trim Castle; Lough Crew carins; Hill of Uisneach
• Co Wicklow: Glendalough Monastic Site, Wicklow National Park

ITALY

• Rome* ♥♥
• Venice*
• Milan
• Florence
• Lake Como
• Fiesole
• Bari
• Torino ♥♥
• Aosta* ♥
• Aosta Valley* ♥
• Fenis Castle
• Sacra di San Michele + Sant’Ambrogio ♥♥
• Verona ♥
• Brunico (Bruneck)
• Lago di Braies ♥
• Tures Castle + Waterfall ♥
• Mt Kronplatz ♥
• Dolomites Mountains ♥
• Cogne
• Gran Paradiso NP ♥
• Valmonty village
• Pompeii ♥♥
• Spello* ♥♥
• Umbria: Assisi* ♥, Trevi ♥, Perugia* ♥, Spoletto* ♥, Collepino *♥, Bevagna*, Montefalco, Foligno*, Terni, Marmore, Monte Subasio
• Palmanova Fort Town

LATVIA

• Riga ♥
• Turaida Castle ♥♥
• Gauja River Valley ♥♥
• Gutmanis Cave ♥
• Sigulda
• Krimulda ♥

LIECHTENSTEIN

• Vaduz*
• Schaan
• Gutenburg Castle, Balzers ♥

LITHUANIA

• Vilnius =
• Trakai & Trakai Island Castle ♥

NORTHERN IRELAND

• Belfast & Cavehill Park * ♥
• Carrickfergus Castle ♥
• Giant’s Causeway & Causeway Coastal trek ♥♥
• Ballintoy Harbour
• Dunluce Castle ♥
• Bushmills
• Portballintree
• Carrick-a-Rede
• Co Fermanagh: Castle Caldwell Park, Belmore Forest Park/Pollenagollum Cave ♥
• Derry city*♥
• Mussendun Temple & Downhill Desmense
• Omagh = & Gorten Glen Forest Park
• Shane’s Castle
• Sperrins Mountains – Mt Sawel

MACEDONIA

• Skopje
• Lake Ohrid
• Ohrid ♥

NETHERLANDS

• Amsterdam ♥

NORWAY

• Bergen ♥
• Flåm – Myrdel
• the Sognefjord ♥

POLAND (lived in Warsaw from 2012-2013)

• Warsaw* + ♥♥
• Wilanow Palace
• Kraków
• Gdansk* ♥
• Marlbork & Marlbork Castle ♥
• Toruń ♥
• Lublin ♥
• Poznań ♥
• Wrocław ♥♥
• Zakopane
• the Tatra Mountains ♥
• Częstochowa
• Załęcze Wielkie+*
• Wielun
• Kloski*
• Łódź =
• Kazimierz Dolny ♥
• Rajcza
• the Beskid Mountains ♥
• Bielsko-Biała
• Katowice =
• Jabłonna Palace
• Wolin
• Szczecin

PORTUGAL

• Lisbon =
• Sintra
• Porto ♥

RUSSIA

• St Petersburg ♥♥
• Moscow ♥

ROMANIA

2018 Honeymoon in Romania’s Transylvania!! 

• Bucharest
• Bran Castle =
• Brașov ♥♥
• Rașov Fortress
• Fargaraș Castle ♥
• Sibiu ♥♥
• Hunadoara
• Corvin’s Castle ♥♥
• Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa (Roman ruins) ♥
• Rau de Mori mountains ♥
• Hatag
• Lake Cliniș ♥
• Silvașu – Bison
• Alba Iulia
• Sighișaora ♥♥
• Biertan Fortified Church
• Rupea Castle ♥♥
• Sinaia
• Peleș Castle
• Peleșor Castle
• Snagov Island Monastery ♥

SCOTLAND

• Aberdeen ♥
• Edinburgh* ♥
• St Andrews
• Stonehaven
• Dunnattor Castle ♥♥
• Loch Rannoch
• Highlands – Mt. Schiehallion ♥
• Inverness* ♥
• Loch Ness
• Aviemore* ; Loch Morlich ; Craigellechie Park ; Carrbridge
• Pitlochry
• Torridon + Loch Clair
• Ullapool
• Isle of Lewis – Stornaway, Butt of Lewis, Callanish Stones, Dalmore Beach, Dun Carloway ♥
• Isle of Harris – Tarbert, Luskentyre Beach, An Clisan Mountain♥
• Isle of Skye ♥ – Loch Corrusk, Trumpen Peninsula, Portree, Broadford, Quirrang
• Isle of Raasay
• Glenelg village + broches ♥
• Urquhart Castle / Loch Ness shores
• Eilean Donan Castle ♥ / Dornie village
• Perthshire

SLOVAKIA

• Bratislava =

SLOVENIA

• Ljubljiana
• Bled & Lake Bled
• Lake Bohnij
• Trglav National Park
• Soča Valley

SPAIN

(lived in Puerto de Sagunto [near Valencia] in 2011; summer camp teacher in Ronda and Santoña in 2014)

• Barcelona* +
• València*
• Communidad Valenciana: Albufera Natural Park; Puerto de Sagunto+; Sagunto; Xàtiva ♥; Peñíscola* ♥
• Madrid +
• Communidad Madrid: Madrid: Toledo; Segovia ♥; Alcala de Heneres (Cervantes!)♥; Aranjuez Palace
• Communidad Andalucia: Ronda + ♥♥ *; Zahara de la Sierra ♥♥; Grazalema; Málaga =
• Communidads Cantabria & Asturias: Santoña+; Santillana del Mar*; Santander; Isla; San Vincente; Playa Berria
• Basque Country: Bilbao ♥; San Juan de Gaztelugatxe ♥
• Teruel ♥

SWEDEN

• Stockholm

SWITZERLAND

• Lucerne
• Lausanne
• Montreux ♥
• Chateau de Chillon ♥♥

UKRAINE

• Kiev ♥

THE VATICAN

• Vatican City

WALES

• Cardiff =

Plus–All over the US (35+ states), Canada, the USVI, and Costa Rica

*I’ve visited more than once

+I’ve lived here anywhere from 1 month to 1 year+

♥  One of my favourites! (I have a lot…) ♥♥ means I am still in love with this place, even long after leaving it…

= One of my least favourites

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