Saturday 30 January 2016

Ireland Trip 2015


So heres the deal, I am going into my last year of schooling this year and I start next week... A lot of people are saying that its the best year of your life and that I am going to have a whalllle of a time... But I mean, I'm not so sure about that! I have wanted to start a youtube channel for a few years now but I have found that I just don't have the time or space in my life to do it, so I decided 2 hours ago that I would start this blog. This blog is going to be my stress relief tool of 2016, when I feel stressed I will come over here and write a post! I don't have any particular theme in mind for what type of posts I will be putting up but I am sure there will be a bit of everything!

 Now storytime, there was a freak storm last night and I woke up to the lovely surprise of no wifi...brilliant... i was not happy, so what i decided to do instead was look through some of the photos from my recent trip to Ireland over my christmas break and pick a few to put up here! 

I spent the month of December in County Clare with my grandparents and uncle, it was such a great trip and although I have been to Clare a few times this year I really got to see other places around Ireland! Sooooooo here we go my first ever blog post!

On the first few days of our trip we were suuuuuuper tired because we live in Australia so we had spent about 3 days either on a plane or at an airport. However, once the jetlag started to settle dad, mum, my sister and I went on a little trip to go stay with my uncle in another County called Offaly. I looooove Birr! There are so many cute, little shops that were FULL of fun little trinkets, jewellery, candles, homewares and christmas decorations!



One night we went to Bunratty Castle to visit the Folk Village and attend a christmas themed banquet! I had so much fun that night because everything was so christmassy and cheerful! There were singers that sung heaps of christmas carols throughout the meal and the food was delicious. I loved it here because I love love love everything about christmas, as this was basically Santa's irish holiday home!






The next few photos were all taken on one of the best days we had in Ireland. We went to the Burren which was one of the strangest and most incredible things I have ever seen! Kilometers and kilometers of just rock... it was crazy! We also went to the Cliffs of Moher and it was so so so windy we struggled to stand up straight! haha







FUN FACT: in the above photo^ this is where they filmed some scenes from Harry Potter! Can you guess what film???






Galway was one of the prettiest places I have ever been, the main shopping street was so gorgeous and the way they decorated it was just incredible!






This was my first time visiting Dublin and I have to say, Grafton Street was so amazing! It reminded me of a prettier version of Bourke St in Melbourne! haha We went and looked through Trinity College and Dublin Castle which were both gorgeous as well as Kilmainham Jail which was a cool experience.


Obviously I don't enjoy shopping and I am really big into saving money!^ hehe ooops! 


 Cheeky little stop at Laduree, I wish we had a Laduree Store in Melbourne.. they are my absolute favourite treats!







We also met up with some of my family in Limerick and went ice skating and went and got some food at a place called Milano.. they had these appetisers called dough balls and OH MY GOODNESS, they were the most amazingly delicious things I had ever eaten in my whole life! If you live in Ireland, I recommend checking them out! Does anyone know where I could find them in Melbourne???




On Christmas eve, my sister and I did a bit of baking! She made some cupcakes and I decided to make some mince pies and gingerbread! I got the recipe for the mince pies from Zoellas blog and they tasted so so good! I used the Tesco mince meat and no one could tell that it was from a jar ;) 




It snowed on Christmas eve! I was so excited!

Christmas Day last year was one to remember, Santa went to town on the presents and it was so fun because usually its just mum, dad, my sister and I because no other family lives in Melbourne! I loved being able to share my most favourite day with some of my most favourite people and I will cherish the memories we made forever!











So there we go! My first ever blog post! Even if no one ever sees this, I must say I am really enjoying writing them and picking the photos! If you got to the end then heres to you my friend you are fabulous! 


Love C xxxx

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