Seeing as its New Years Eve and all, I thought it would be the perfect time to reflect on the most and least accessible places we’ve visited so far. We left Ireland in May and have completed 7 of our 11 month European road trip […]
Author: Aoife
Travel Itineraries and Reviews Part 12 – Valencia, Oliva and Tarragona
Right, so full disclosure, I’m a bit behind on these posts. Between meeting family, driving around, Christmas festivities and some other bits and pieces, I’ve not had the time to sit down and write. I’m writing this from 2023, even though it will be published […]
Travel Itineraries and Reviews Part 11 – Carcasonne and L’Estartit
It’s been a quiet and relaxing few weeks here in Vanessa the van. Our previous few weeks were quite busy with pet sitting and lots of driving so we needed a while just to stop and enjoy our surroundings. Our hopes of visiting Andorra were […]
I’ve been nominated for an award!
I’m thrilled, honoured and incredibly humbled to have been shortlisted for an NCBI Vision Award 2022! The Vision Awards are annual awards established in 2021 to recognise individuals and organisations for their leadership and example in helping to establish a more inclusive society for people […]
Travel Itinerary and Reviews Part 10 – Schlüchtern, Belling, Luxembourg and Saintes Maries-de-la-Mer
We crammed some more alpacas into the last two weeks, and even added a dog, 2 cats and 4 chickens to the mix. They are unfortunately not literally crammed into the van with us. Instead we spent 5 days with them on their farm in […]
Travel Itinerary and Reviews Part 9 – Holle, Langelsheim, Schierke, Moosheim, Růžová and Karlovy Vary
The packed title of this post is pretty representative of the last couple of weeks! Its only now that I’m reflecting on it that I realise how much we squeezed in. From an old watermill, to a cloudy mountain hike and even some alpacas (THEY’RE […]
Travel Itinerary and Reviews Part 8 – Rotterdam, Utrecht, Leiden and Amsterdam
Heavy hearted and sad is how I will leave The Netherlands. What a place! We did a good bit of travelling around to see as much as we could in the 5 weeks we’ve been here. Combine that with some dog and house sitting, we’ve […]
3 of the Most Common Misconceptions I Encounter with a Visual Impairment (and tips to overcome them)
As human beings, we all have a set of assumptions or pre-conceived ideas about people, society or life in general. We’re human after all! However, there are times when these are harmful or misrepresent a person or a group of people. Having a visual impairment […]
Travel Itinerary and Reviews Part 7 – Pukkelpop 2022, Valkenswaard and Burgh-Haamstede
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an itinerary and review and we’ve been pretty buy since we left Marburg! This post is a bit of a mixture of a few things – my first music festival, some show jumping, crossing country borders over 17 […]
Travel Itinerary and Reviews Part 6 – Marburg, Germany
Marburg – a stunning town this was, from the architecture to the accessibility to the people. I didn’t want to leave and I’ll forever want to go back. Marburg is known as a “blindenstadt” which is a town built to make life as easy as […]