Snapshots of Berlin | Travel Diary

Once again, it's been so long since I've written a blog post. I was so ready to get myself back on track and having regular posts but the whole month of January was just not a great month in many various ways that I won't get into and now is the first chance I've really had to start blogging again. I know I missed the start of 2018 blogging wise but I'm hopeful this will be a good year, not just for me but for everyone too. Near the end of December, I traveled with my boyfriend to Berlin and it was so wonderful around the Christmas period with all the Christmas markets. I know the trip was a month ago now but I thought I'd still share my photos just because I love seeing peoples travel photos and I love having a photo diary for myself to look back at.

The best thing about visiting Berlin around Christmas is their Christmas markets. There is literally so many around and they sell so many cute items and amazing food, I'm dreaming of it right now. This is one of the bigger markets at Alexanderplatz and we visited this almost everyday that we were there. They also had an ice skating rink, which was so nice and a cheap activity to do.

We visited a lot of historical sights and museums, as you do, and our hotel was about a five minute walk from the Brandenburg Gate which is such a pretty monument and street.

We visited Check Point Charlie and other various parts of the Berlin wall, but I definitely found Check Point Charlie and the museum very interesting historically.

The East Side Gallery was something I really wanted to visit and I loved the artwork, it was so different to what I imagined it to be. The historical and artistic combinations in Berlin are amazing, it makes it such an interesting city. There are also a lot of vegan food places around this area if that's something you're interested in.

This market has a wonderful band and atmosphere at night, I had eggnog for the first time here and I will probably never drink it again after, the mulled wine is a better choice.

We didn't actually go up the TV tower, partly because it was very foggy each day we were there, and also I'm not the biggest fan of heights, but I do think it looks great in photographs.

Rememebering all the Christmas markets is making me want it to be Christmas all over again, every where you look is just so pretty and the city was just buzzing with life.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my travel diary, it's long overdue. If you want to check out more of my trip you can watch it on my Youtube channel here. 

Has anyone ever been to Berlin before? What's your favourite places?

Cliffs of Moher | Photo Diary

Last month I went away for a weekend and although I spent most of it with family, I went on a trip to visit the sights of the West of Ireland and I thought I'd share some photo's with everyone. Ireland, where I'm from has some of the prettiest sights there is to see. It has a huge amount of green land and amazing landscapes and coastal sights as well as lot of heritage and history sights. I really love it, it's always so peaceful and calm. Here's a photo diary of some of the pretty sights I've seen on my recent travels.

I was on a guided tour bus from Galway city to the Cliffs of Moher and it stopped by in the Ailwee Caves and a little village called Doolin. The tour was along the coast of the North Atlantic ocean, which is what the above photos are of. This beach was along the coast of Galway and it was super pretty once the sun came out. The waves on this side of the island are huge and I'd never seen big waves before so it was pretty cool to see them clash against the rocks.

The Cliff's of Moher themselves are Ireland's most visited attraction and probably one of the world's most famous cliffs, plus some of Harry Potter is filmed here, how amazing? Unfortunately, the day I visited it rained constantly and it was so cloudy, it was so disappointing but I was still super taken a-back by the breathtaking view. Although the cliffs were a lot smaller than I expected it was still stunning. Near the cliffs there is a visitors centre packed full of information and lots of things to keep tourists busy especially on days where it's rainy, which is probably most of the time. I loved it there and the air was so fresh I would love to revisit on a sunny day and see what it's like then and maybe walk along the coast line a little bit more.

    

 

On the return back to Galway city where I was staying we were told historical anecdotes by our super lovely tour guide which were nice to hear and also see the heritage at the same time. The hotel I stayed in was right in the heart of Galway city which is so beautiful also. I got to see the sun set over Galway bay every night, which was so pretty once again, as you can see. The meal pictured above was from a pub in the city centre and it was amazing, we ate there both days of the stay as it was so nice. It was a very traditionally Irish pub and I got to talk to some lovely people up there also.

I would really recommend going on a trip around the sights of Ireland if you've never been as they are really beautiful, despite the rain. The photo's really don't do the scenes enough justice. 

Has anyone ever traveled Ireland or been to the Cliff's of Moher before?