Istria – Croatia

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 / Daniel McNamara / 1 Comment

Having scoured 'Skyscanner' for reasonable flights during the school summer holidays, we found the only flights that looked vaguely sensible in price were to Croatia. We saved more money by opting to travel to one of the lesser-known airports - Pula on the Istrian peninsula.

Switzerland

April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 / Daniel McNamara / 2 Comments

The first stop in our trip to Switzerland was Zurich. Arriving early in the morning we started as we meant to go on, by walking. Walking very long distances! We explored the city on foot and by tram. The weather was glorious and unexpectedly hot. After monitoring weather forecasts closely we had prepared for rain but as with previous short breaks... We got lucky!

Krakow – Poland

February 19, 2017February 19, 2017 / Daniel McNamara / 5 Comments

The next stop in my aim to visit as many European countries as possible took me to Krakow, Poland. It was a very chilly visit with temperatures dropping to -8ºC at times.

Iceland – Day Three

December 6, 2016December 29, 2016 / Daniel McNamara / 10 Comments

It was an easy one hour trek into the mountains from the nearby village of Hveragerði to a very active area filled with steam outlets, bubbling mud pools and steaming rivers. The area was absolutely breathtaking and the views were spectacular.

Iceland – Day Two

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 / Daniel McNamara / 13 Comments

Day 2 of the Iceland trip took us 370km east of Reykjavik towards Jökulsárlón - A glacier lagoon on the south coast of Iceland. We made several stops along the way and thankfully, unlike Day 1 there were far fewer tourists along this trail.

Iceland – Day One

November 26, 2016November 26, 2016 / Daniel McNamara / 4 Comments

Iceland has the most stunning and varied landscape I have ever seen. The country is a photographer's dream and for this reason my Iceland post is going to span 3 separate blog entries!

Lisbon

October 10, 2016October 13, 2016 / Daniel McNamara / 2 Comments

Friday 30th of September - Monday 3rd October. Eleven of my closest friends and I made our way to Lisbon to celebrate Matt Connolly's 'Stag do'...

Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg

September 1, 2016October 13, 2016 / Daniel McNamara / 3 Comments

I love to see new places and have an ambition to visit every European country - something which may or may not become more challenging in the near future thanks to the 'Brexit' referendum result in June 2016 ...