alana goes away

sammy pointing to where we are headed  and finally at the top wouldnt be an alana trip without an awkward jumping photo a little bit dunediny pretty much all of costello So the rest of the time we were in Ireland we pretty much just drove around sight seeing. It was the best. Driving through valleys and the bumpiest roads ever, and glassy glassy lakes and even up a mountain. And as always by mountain, I mean steep hill. We stopped in at the Connemara National Park and decided to do the walk up the 'Diamond Hill'. There are three different heights you can go to so obviously we decided to get up to the top. And boy oh boy I tell ya, if you ever go there take some moz spray, as I have never been so eaten in my life. Hunnnnnnnnndreds of them. Stuck everywhere. I was super hot from walking up the hill  but I had to put my jacket on, it was just unbearable. Teeny wee things like a cloud you just couldn't not breathe them in h...

sam being reckless woop woooop A few weeks ago Sam and I finally got our butts to Ireland! Just for a long weekend, but boy was it beautiful. We flew in to Shannon airport early on the Friday morning, and hired a car to drive up to Galway. We took the scenic route up there, via the Cliffs of Moher. What. A. Sight. And not just because I was reliving Harry Potter moments (Horcrux hunting anyone?). They were such an epic sight. It was a cloudy kind of day, and I think it was perfect for the cliffs. They just looked so massive and wild and doomy with the cloudy backdrop. Wonderful stuff. Then we were heading the scenic route to our B&B, along more super scenic coastal roads, past crazy stone formations of this place called Burren, where it looks like lava has spilled out and dried up (I've not idea what it actually is btw) but was definitely worth a stop off. We wandered around these super spongy grass/rock fields, and looking around, the hil...

canal traffic jam rialto bridge one of the many mask shops st marks cheeser! best burger shop insta shots - horror movie trailer or what sams birthday pres in action beach time standard venice canals This year for Sam's birthday, we decided to have a 4 day weekend in Venice! What a great idea! Even though London had been having a pretty rad heatwave, and I'd actually been up at Focus again (Jesus camp) which was really good, it was nice to get away (with work but it doesn't feel like it when we are out of  London) and go to some of the talks, and live in a campground by the beach etc. but getting out of the UK now that Sam had his visa (YAY!!) was a must. I've had super hectic work months due to the summer holidays, so I've been non stop all over the place - down to Cornwall for a week - back to London for a day - up to Focus camp in Mablethorpe - back to London for a couple days - bac...

photos from a speeding van never the best ait benhaddou thems the fake gates on the right el guido moroccan kitty looking alot happier than parisian kitty ah the blue and reddy brown and the wow YEAH!! pretty thingsss ma :) me n ma! and lastly ma and a random... Oh-Kay. Look at this, two in one month. Ah-hell. So this adventure is - surprise surprise - still in Morocco! Almost done draggin it out, promise. We booked ourselves a one day tour, as the original plan was that we would leave two days early and go to Essouira for an overnight trip, but then we were having too much fun in Marrakech we thought flag it, do a day trip, then we can stay in our riad which we lo-hooove, not have to travel anywhere (like the 2-3hr trip Es-Mk) on the day we fly home, and fun! Mountain trip! Oh I loves me some mountains, and these were just amazing. Getting out of Marrakech took a while, and while we w...