Author: Travelling Minion

Travelling Minions in 2022

ByTravelling Minion December 31, 2022 2 Comments
2022 saw the return of travel for me and much of the world! With many countries loosening their COVID restrictions, the prospect of exploring is tempting again! Airlines begin to offer deals to win back business, and tourism ads start to pop up in YouTube Advertisements again. Looking back, I realize a lot of my travel is concentrated in the back half of 2022. I suspect this is due to most...

Minion Monies: How much did my trip to Ireland Cost?

ByTravelling Minion November 27, 2022 0 Comments
The following will be an accounting of my 2022 trip to Ireland. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. Or if you want a summary of the entire trip you can check that out here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! All prices will be in Canadian (or converted into Canadian when it shows up on my CC bill).  The Transportation ($1364.28) The Flights ($1017.56 + 250...

Wrapping up my trip to Ireland

ByTravelling Minion November 20, 2022 0 Comments
With my Ireland trip blog complete. It's time to wrap it up with a few thoughts. I know that Maui was the first "real" international trip I took. However, going to the US from Canada doesn't always feel that "international". So I'm going to identify this Ireland trip as the "first" one! If you've spent the time to read through the trip, I appreciate it! If not and you want to, you can find the...

Jameson and the Book of Kells

ByTravelling Minion November 13, 2022 2 Comments
Mad Yolks This morning, I get up bright and early in order to give myself plenty of time to walk from my hotel to the Jameson Distillery. In fact, I gave myself so much time that I arrived early and the distillery hadn't opened yet. Good thing I did a little research beforehand and found a breakfast spot nearby. Mad Yolks is a cool breakfast sandwich shop and I picked up a great egg sandwich...

Back to Dublin & Visiting Guinness!

ByTravelling Minion November 6, 2022 1 Comment
Today is mainly a travel day as I will be taking the train back down to Dublin where I'll spend my remaining time in Ireland. But before that I still have the morning in Belfast. Victoria Square While exploring on the first day I stumbled upon Victoria Square. I remember when doing research for Belfast, there is a cool viewing tower at the top called "The Dome". Unfortunately it was already...

The Giant’s Causeway

ByTravelling Minion October 31, 2022 1 Comment
Today I head to the Giant's Causeway. Because of the distance and cost of renting a car, I end up booking a day tour to visit it and a few points of interest along the way. So in the morning, I get to the tour assembly point, check in and get on the bus which will be my home for the next 8-10 hours. Carnlough The first stop along our route is a small town called Carnlough. The harbour of the town...