TRAVEL TO: Ireland

St. Patrick's Day is coming up and as its Ireland's cultural celebration so I thought this blog post would fit in. Not only in Ireland is St. Patrick's Day highly celebrated but elsewhere like New York people go out and have huge parties - don't know why but why not end up having a great day! I can imagine all those pints of Guinness being poured in all the Irish bars amongst the local craic in that charming accent that everyone seems to love!

When you think about it there's loads to love about Ireland and I'm talking about those stereotypical things. True or not one day I hope to go to Ireland and find out what it is really like for myself.

 The Giant Causeway is top of the list when visiting.

It is an area of around 40,000 interlocking columns resulting from an ancient volcanic eruption. The whole of the Causeway coast in Northern Ireland has lots to do along the coast with it's get scenery walking along and seeing the valleys. There are also loads of castles/churches to see there plus Ireland also has loads of farm lands - gotta get those potatoes.

Valleys, farm lands etc.. is always so different for me (including when I went to Somerset in the west of England which you can read and see more here) because as I'm from London, I'm definitely a city person so it's so weird for me not to just see tall buildings everywhere with the sound of planes flying over and car horns going off in congestion.

Ireland isn't even that far from England so I would love to visit for a short break away. The whole of Ireland has something different about it that intrigues people about visiting. Have you been to Ireland, what were some highlights of your trip?*All images and researched information all via google search ;)NEXT: PARIS, FRANCE

TRAVEL TO: Iceland

I feel like Iceland is such a remote place. I was wondering if I should visit Iceland but if I ever had the chance to I would. It's great to see what there town and culture is like from a remote place. As well as a great place to see the Northern Lights there is plenty more to see there such as the places history - everywhere has a interesting back story to it - volcanic areas of national parks & lakes and the Blue Lagoon.

From pictures like this the one above I see similarites comapred to Norway in the apperance of the town.

The main place to visit is Reykjavik where most of the history and happenings are as it is the main town but else where you can see beautiful natural landscapes. I would love to walk around, despite the coldness and see these places that are unique to Iceland.

Blue Lagoon with black volcanic rocks around. The man-made Blue Lagoon are rich in minerals therefore people who bathing in there is said to help people with skin diseases. There is also a operations based to find cures for skin diseases there using the water.

I wouldn't be much interested in the warming 'healing' water of the blue lagoon but what I would love to do which I've seen people do is try a snowmobile! The cold temperatures, remote location and snow who knows what you can see while having fun driving a snowmobile!

Look at that view!

Look at that view!

Have you been to Iceland, what did you do there?

*All images and researched information all via google search ;)

NEXT: Ireland

WHY BLOG?

Sometimes I need to remind myself why I blog. The reasons why people start blogging means something different to so many people. There are so many types of blogs and sometimes a misleading content of what 'needs' to be posted. Blogs are so personal and should be posted with whatever you want. For me the reason why I blog and started is to show my holiday photos - I was taking so many photos and loving it but when I showed them to people they just seem disinterested. I was taking photos from different perspectives and wanted people to appreciate them more. Travel and photography is a real interest of mine, recent and growing. I thought I had to post the 'typical' beauty blogger posts because that's what people seem to like more but I wasn't particularly liking doing those post - so I've deleted them.

Some people care so much about views but just a few people who view my blog I am shocked by so the amount of views I have now. To most people blogging obviously it's nothing but I am happily shocked by the views and comments on my posts, I am just a newbie still after all. Also stating you have a blog to people can stir up so many preconceptions.

 

Over a couple of years I sometimes question myself about my photography and writing this blog because of what others (particularly 'close' to me) will think about it, but whenever I do complete and publish a post the excitement I get is far better. I get to show people, whoever it is, my photographs from my holidays and trips away in some hope that they will like them and comment something as simple as "great photos!" Constant content can't always be the case and focusing on what you want to post only and not get mix up in the huge blogging world I think a lot of people can relate to.