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[[Image:County Carlow.png|thumb|250px|That's County Carlow]] Hello there! Living in County Carlow, that's in the south-east of Ireland.
Travels
[edit | edit source]The way I see it is that we've only got a short while on this planet... we may as well see as much of it as we can. Wouldn't be on Wikivoyage if I didn't love travelling, so I'm in the process of making up for years of neglect in that department. Here's where I've been:
1999-2005
[edit | edit source]- August 1999: Pembroke Dock and Tenby, South Wales (family trip).
- August 2000: Manchester and Liverpool, North West England (family trip).
- April / May 2004: Liverpool and Warrington, North West England (school trip).
- 2 - 9 July, 2005: Cala 'en Bosch and Cuitadella, Menorca (family trip).
2006-2008
[edit | edit source]- 8 - 12 February, 2006: Munich, Germany and Salzburg, Austria (school trip).
- 10 - 14 April, 2006: Salou, Montserrat and Barcelona, North-east Spain (school trip).
- 8 - 13 August, 2006: Paris, France (family trip).
- 9 - 13 April, 2007: Prague, Czech Republic (family trip).
- 6 - 13 June, 2007: Rome (and Vatican City, Pompeii, Lido di Ostia and Naples, Italy) (family trip).
2009-2010
[edit | edit source]- 20 - 22 February, 2009: Stockholm, Sweden (college trip).
- 1 - 4 June, 2009: Aberystwyth, Wales and Birmingham, England (family trip).
- 9 - 11 October, 2009: Aberystwyth, Wales (family trip).
- 9 - 13 February, 2010: Budapest, Hungary (college trip).
- 5 - 9 June, 2010: Aberystwyth and Swansea, Wales (family trip).
- 10 - 12 September, 2010: Aberystwyth, Wales (family trip).
2011-
[edit | edit source]- 2 - 5 February, 2011: Stockholm, Sweden (college trip).
- 12 - 13 May, 2011: Aberystwyth, Wales (family trip).
- 12 - 14 July, 2011: Aberystwyth, Wales (family trip; brother's graduation).
- 31 October - 4 November, 2011: Aberystwyth, Hay-on-Wye and Cardiff, Wales (family trip).
- 8 - 16 April, 2012: Valencia, Zaragoza and Barcelona, Spain (with friends).
- 2 - 6 July, 2012: Aberystwyth and Cardiff, Wales (family trip).
I've been on 24 plane journeys (12x return) and 18 ferry crossings (9x return). I haven't left Europe.... yet.
Why Aberystwyth?
[edit | edit source]While it's true that yes, I really like the place, it also helps that it's where my brother lived from October 2009 to July 2012. More than all the other reasons, that's why I went there so often.
Plans
[edit | edit source]Going to try something new here and make of list of places I'd like to go to. To begin with there will be some "obvious" choices, but as I think about it more and try to recall other places I've considered over the years the list will grow.
This list isn't in order of preference - it goes first alphabetically by country, then by destination. (Last updated: June 23, 2012)
Europe
[edit | edit source]| Destination | Date Visited | Date Added |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerp, Belgium | -------------- | January 26, 2012 |
| Bruges, Belgium | -------------- | January 4, 2012 |
| Brussels, Belgium | -------------- | January 4, 2012 |
| Ghent, Belgium | -------------- | January 4, 2012 |
| Dubrovnik, Croatia | -------------- | June 13, 2012 |
| Vis, Croatia | -------------- | June 13, 2012 |
| Bath, England | -------------- | December 14, 2011 |
| Bristol, England | -------------- | December 14, 2011 |
| London, England | -------------- | November 23, 2011 |
| Bordeaux, France | -------------- | November 23, 2011 |
| Grenoble, France | -------------- | June 23, 2012 |
| Nice, France | -------------- | November 23, 2011 |
| Rennes, France | -------------- | November 23, 2011 |
| Frankfurt, Germany | -------------- | December 14, 2011 |
| Berlin, Germany | -------------- | November 23, 2011 |
| Trier, Germany | -------------- | November 23, 2011 |
| Athens, Greece | -------------- | December 19, 2011 |
| Corfu, Greece | -------------- | December 19, 2011 |
| Reykjavik, Iceland | -------------- | November 23, 2011 |
| Ascoli Piceno, Italy | -------------- | February 26, 2012 |
| Cagliari, Italy | -------------- | February 26, 2012 |
| Florence, Italy | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| La Maddalena, Italy | -------------- | February 26, 2012 |
| Nuoro, Italy | -------------- | February 26, 2012 |
| Padova, Italy | -------------- | February 26, 2012 |
| Palermo, Italy | -------------- | February 26, 2012 |
| Pisa, Italy | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| South Tyrol, Italy | -------------- | February 26, 2012 |
| Urbino, Italy | -------------- | February 26, 2012 |
| Venice, Italy | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | -------------- | December 1, 2011 |
| Maastricht, Netherlands | -------------- | December 1, 2011 |
| Oslo, Norway | -------------- | November 23, 2011 |
| Auschwitz, Poland | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| Krakow, Poland | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| Warsaw, Poland | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| Edinburgh, Scotland | -------------- | November 24, 2011 |
| Fuerteventura, Spain | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| Alicante, Spain | -------------- | January 18, 2012 |
| Cordoba, Spain | -------------- | June 20, 2012 |
| Madrid, Spain | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| San Sebastian, Spain | -------------- | January 25, 2012 |
| Seville, Spain | -------------- | March 15, 2012 |
| Tenerife, Spain | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| Toledo, Spain | -------------- | November 25, 2011 |
| Valencia, Spain | April 8, 2012 | December 30, 2011 |
| Zaragoza, Spain | April 12, 2012 | February 28, 2012 |
| Gothenburg, Sweden | -------------- | November 24, 2011 |
| Malmö, Sweden | -------------- | November 24, 2011 |
| Berne, Switzerland | -------------- | January 27, 2012 |
| Lausanne, Switzerland | -------------- | January 27, 2012 |
| Lucerne, Switzerland | -------------- | June 12, 2012 |
| Zurich, Switzerland | -------------- | January 27, 2012 |
North America
[edit | edit source]| Destination | Date Visited | Date Added |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal, Canada | -------------- | January 10, 2012 |
| Toronto, Canada | -------------- | January 10, 2012 |
| Vancouver, Canada | -------------- | November 20, 2011 |
| Appalachian Trail, USA | -------------- | February 19, 2012 |
| Atlanta, USA | -------------- | December 27, 2011 |
| Big Sur, USA | -------------- | January 10, 2011 |
| Chicago, USA | -------------- | December 16, 2011 |
| Las Vegas, USA | -------------- | January 10, 2011 |
| Los Angeles, USA | -------------- | November 20, 2011 |
| New Orleans, USA | -------------- | January 10, 2011 |
| New York City, USA | -------------- | November 20, 2011 |
| Sacramento, USA | -------------- | January 10, 2011 |
| San Diego, USA | -------------- | January 10, 2011 |
| San Francisco, USA | -------------- | January 10, 2011 |
| Seattle, USA | -------------- | January 10, 2011 |
| Washington, D.C., USA | -------------- | June 17, 2012 |
| Yosemite National Park, USA | -------------- | January 10, 2011 |
Asia
[edit | edit source]| Destination | Date Visited | Date Added |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima, Japan | -------------- | December 1, 2011 |
| Oku-Hida Onsen Villages, Japan | -------------- | December 1, 2011 |
| Tokyo, Japan | -------------- | December 1, 2011 |
| Luang Prabang, Laos | -------------- | January 4, 2012 |
| Bangkok, Thailand | -------------- | January 27, 2012 |
| Lopburi, Thailand | -------------- | November 21, 2011 |
| Pattaya, Thailand | -------------- | January 27, 2012 |
Africa
[edit | edit source]| Destination | Date Visited | Date Added |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Town, South Africa | -------------- | January 27, 2012 |
Oceania
[edit | edit source]| Destination | Date Visited | Date Added |
|---|---|---|
| Katherine, Australia | -------------- | November 24, 2011 |
| Melbourne, Australia | -------------- | January 11, 2012 |
| Perth, Australia | -------------- | January 11, 2012 |
| Sydney, Australia | -------------- | November 24, 2011 |
| Auckland, New Zealand | -------------- | January 11, 2012 |
| Christchurch, New Zealand | -------------- | November 24, 2011 |
| Dunedin, New Zealand | -------------- | January 11, 2012 |
| Queenstown, New Zealand | -------------- | January 11, 2012 |
Countries
[edit | edit source]An at-a-glance list of the countries I've been to so far:
Ireland
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Counties in Ireland which I still have to visit as of January 2012:
Leinster
[edit | edit source]Connacht
[edit | edit source]Ulster
[edit | edit source](Trying to work out whether I've briefly been to Tyrone and Monaghan!)
Contributions to Wikivoyage
[edit | edit source]Articles
[edit | edit source]Got onto the site in August 2006, since then I've gradually pieced together most of the information on the following pages:
A lot of these don't have a lot of information though, but I'm working on it :).
Photos & Graphics
[edit | edit source]| [[Image:Liberty Tree Carlow.JPG|left|thumb|250px|The Liberty Tree in Carlow Town.]] | [[Image:Carlow_underpass.JPG|thumb|250px|The underpass on Carlow's second inner relief road, with part of the Fairgreen Shopping Centre in the background.]] | [[Image:County Carlow.png|thumb|250px| County Carlow]] |
 | [[Image:Fairgreen SC.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Christmas at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre.]] | [[Image:Carlow Shopping Centre.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Carlow Shopping Centre.]] |
| [[Image:Leighlinbridge_Marina.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Part of the marina in Leighlinbridge, with the Valerian bridge and the remains of the village's Norman castle in the background.]] | [[Image:Carlow Cathedral.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Carlow Cathedral]] | [[Image:Carlow Map 01.png|thumb|350px|Carlow town map.]] |