Our Personal Journey
Havana ; To and From Not the easiest flight path from Dublin, nothing direct means a limited US connection option or via a European capital, we opted for a connection through Madrid, which apart from immigration was smooth enough. In fairness a UK passport is no asset in the EU these days. Flight from Madrid…
GETTING there … Plenty of flight options to the Canary Islands, from the three main airports in Ireland, we have been to the four well known tourist islands many times over the years and they are indistinct in many instances. They all share a constant year round sunny climate, nothing extreme as in mainland Spain,…
GUESTBLOGGER: delighted to share #blog by our niece Kerry who joined us on a trip to the fabulous #PalmSpring! I had the opportunity to join Doug and Michelle on what was a fabulous trip to Palm Springs in autumn 2019. Considering the time of year it was much hotter than I expected at a scorching…
Despite being avid travellers boarding a plane many times every year to explore a new location we decided due to Covid that 2020 is the year for staycation! As we live in the West of Ireland we choose to begin our staycation Eastside in the garden of Ireland beautiful “Wicklow” to be precise! With no…
TO & FROM There are no direct flights to Phoenix from Dublin , but plenty of one stop via USA East Coast or Mid-Western hubs. We flew via Chicago with Aer Lingus, surprisingly it is another 4 hours from Chicago to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), but with the time differential – 8 GMT,…
To & From: We flew to Rio via Heathrow with BA, bones of a 12-hour flight, you can shave a couple of hours off from Lisbon, but the longer flight to Lisbon from Dublin negates the overall benefit. BA have a mid-morning flight out that will get you to Rio that evening, and upon return…
TO & FROM Las Vegas & Grand Canyon Plenty of travel options from Dublin, nothing direct but best to break the journey in USA, taking the hassle out of immigration by clearing at Dublin Airport. Make sure you have valid ESTA—you can check status or renew See 1 under Useful Links United Airlines fly via…
To & From As one of the key Far Eastern air bridges connecting Australasia to the rest of the world, there are many flight options to Singapore from Dublin, nothing direct but only one stop is required Flight and time differential (7 hours GMT) generally means a 24- hour overall journey time, most airlines have…
To and From New Orleans Plenty of travel options from Dublin, nothing direct but best to break the journey in USA, taking the hassle out of immigration by clearing at Dublin Airport. Make sure you have valid ESTA – See 1 under Useful Links. American Airlines fly via Philadelphia to Louis Armstrong International airport New…
To & From: Honk Kong sits in the South China Sea off China’s southern coast and is a strategic gateway for World commerce and travel connecting Asia with Europe, the Americas and Australia. It may only be 420 square miles or so in area, but has one of the densest populations on Earth, the highest…
