This Summer I'm exploring more of Ireland with lots of day trips away. We have no holidays booked for abroad so I'm making the most of what we have to offer here in Ireland. One place I visited in the past few weeks was Carlingford in County Louth, it is such a pretty little town with a great buzz and lots to see and do. So if you are exploring Ireland's Ancient East, do stop off in Carlingford...

More photographs from the Ulster American Folk Park. This time its the Irish streetscape with traditional shopfronts. Not much has changed over the years and lots of towns look like this today, however the interiors have modernised a lot over the years . Love the old bottles and jars in these shops. To see more photographs see Traditional Irish Cottages at Ulster American Folk Park

No words are needed to describe one of the prettiest village in Ireland-the photographs below speak louder than words....

Here is a throwback to my travels to Greece which I never got around to posting. I visited Greece in August, this is my second time to visit Greece having visited Athens and the Greek Islands of Corfu, Mykonos and Kefalonia two years ago. I was so surprised at how beautiful Greece is, the islands are amazing! The photos below are from the small town of Katakolon on the mainland. It is known as the gateway to Olympia. I really enjoyed my visit here, the people were so friendly and welcoming to their town. The shops were really quaint and overall it had a lovely small town feel.

One week into February already... where does the time go. Do you follow me on Instagram? If not, do pop over to my Instagram account allthingsnice_4life where I post almost every day and you can follow my happening here at home and of my adventures...
Below are just some of my Instagram posts from the last few weeks.
From top left, 1. A quaint Irish village centre with this house that I adore, each time I visit, I like it more and more, 2. Throwback to my visit to Cinque Terre in Italy- one of the most beautiful places I have visited, 3. My parents having fun in the desert on their holidays, 4. Some flowers to brighten up the hallway in my house, 5. Umbrella display from a shopping centre in Dubai which my mum sent to me from her holidays, 6. Sunday, myself and my husband went out for dinner, it was really cold and this wee fire was just what we wanted to warm us up, 7. Almost Spring and the cute lambs are appearing, bouncing around the fields, 8. Planning a trip back to Florence Court House and Gardens soon, this was a photo I took of the Gardener's Cottage- isn't it pretty?, 9. An elegant swan I captured who was great at posing for me.

So there you have it, a round up of my happening in the past few weeks, to see more, do visit me on Instagram and follow along if you wish

Do you like your food? Ireland has a reputation for some of the best food in the world so why not have your say! The search is on for Ireland's Top Foodie Town 2014.

The Top 10 Foodie Towns have been announced and Voting is Open. 

The Top 10 Towns are: 

Cork 

Dingle

Galway

Howth

Kilkenny

Kinsale

Lisdoonvarna

Loop Head Peninsula 

Sligo 

Westport & Clew Bay Area

Which is your Top Foodie Town?

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