Weekend Trip to the “Big City”

This Valentine’s weekend we went on a trip to Dublin, the big city, away from our day to day life. The main reason was to visit hubby’s brother who lives in the North party of Country Dublin. We set off Saturday morning and I had my mind set on leaving at 10 am. Now, you might know with kids your…

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Top 5 Family-Friendly Castles in Ireland

For the new year I said to myself that I would try and get out more with the kids and the hubby to do more stuff together as a family. Chloe will be one in February so she will be at an age it will be easier to travel. Less bottles, less stops and proper food. Before we had kids,…

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Shopping + Night Out in Galway

My best pal came over for a spontaneous visit last week for a few days. It was nice to see her again before the new year as I don’t think I will manage to fly over one more time before Christmas, especially with 2 kids, unless I am taking Matthew or Chloe but I didn’t plan to go anyway.

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Family Trip to Killashee House Hotel

On Friday we started our first trip as a four piece. On the way to Killashee House Hotel in Co. Kildare not far from Dublin in fact. The journey actually wasn’t that bad. We left at a time where the kids were already fed and were due a nap. That was 1pm. The whole drive is normally 2 hours and…

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Cork Trip Away – A mini holiday

A few weeks ago I blogged about some recommendation for a family getaway. We had ours this weekend. We went away to Cork mainly to go to Fota Wildlife Park. Its a bit of a journey from Sligo so we decided to stay 2 nights because it was a bank holiday weekend anyways. It’s 4 hours 30 mins in fact.…

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