At the beginning of our year abroad in Ireland, I wrote down a list of what I would like to experience, learn or accomplish this year, what I want to use my time for and what not. Now after exactly one year in Ireland (WTF ???) it’s time for me to strike a balance, even […]
Our first Visitors
Not very long after we moved into the cottage we had visitors for the first time. First, it was the family’s turn. Falk’s parents had announced themselves for early May for four days, so we planned many tightly timed highlights in our area for them. What we didn’t have, was the problem where to house […]
Nollaig Shona Dhuit
We’ve been very excited about the Christmas season in Ireland. We asked ourselves questions like: Do the Irish celebrate Christmas like we do in continental Europe? Are there Christmas markets including mulled wine and roasted almonds? Will a Christmas tree be standing in the Irish living rooms? So we set out on a search for […]
Meetup in the Forest
A friend recommended the app “Meetup” for getting to know some new people in Ireland. No sooner said than done – and we were already registered for a trip to Lough Key Forest Park together with about 15 other people from Galway and the surrounding area. The 800-hectare park on the south shore of Lough […]
The Irish Midlands
People travelling to Ireland often only visit the coastal regions. The heartland of the country, also called the Midlands, is almost only being entered for travelling through. This is understandable on the one hand, because the Irish coast is breathtakingly beautiful and spectacular, but on the other hand the Irish Midlands also have a lot […]
Red deer, ruins & more
Because Falk likes to hike, he was surprised with a trip to the Killarney National Park by me (Verena). We already drove through Ireland’s beautiful, green and oldest National Park and hiked to the Torc Waterfall during our road trip in 2016. We also liked the idyllic town of the same name, which is located […]
Savage Beauty
Oscar Wilde once described the place, we’re writing about this time, as a “savage beauty”. Once you’ve been there, you know what he’s talking about. We‘re talking about Connemara, a region in the west of County Galway. Connemara has so many faces. This gets visible especially when looking on the footage from various corners of […]
“Sunny” South
At random we went for our first major trip to the “sunny” south of Ireland. It wasn’t sunny at all though, actually it rained more or less all the time, but it was still almost winter, so we tried to make the most of it! After more than three hours of driving, we arrived hungry […]
Seascapes & Traditions
Shortly before Easter we explored the coast in the south west of our county Clare around Miltown Malbay, where traditional music and Irish culture are located, for the first time. Discovering Spanish Point and its history We started with the blue flag beach at Spanish Point. As we learned soon, it got its name from […]
Our little Irish Cottage
As written in the third to last blog post “Let’s get started”, we viewed new houses and flats a week after we moved into the holiday apartment in Ireland. With lots of luck and by not letting go, we were also able to view a cottage that was nowhere to be found online and was […]
