I’m Karyn and I’m a published travel writer, photographer and blogger. Midlands-born and Dublin-based, but my heart belongs to France and Italy, my two favourite countries in the world - (don't ask me to choose one. It's like being asked to choose a favourite child).  

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​I’m the travel planner for our friends, & love passing on my personal recommendations and new discoveries. Few things make me happier than a message or photo from friends saying how much they loved a hotel / bar/ restaurant etc.. that I recommended.  I jump at the chance to put together a hand-picked personalised itinerary, and have been known to email mini novels of tips to friends if they happen to visit a city I love.

 

Here's what you need to know about me in a nutshell...
 

• Never found without my trusty notebook and camera in hand. 

• Have a terrible sense of direction. Will go astray even when using a sat nav. Easily distracted by beautiful things to take photos of 📸

• Likes an itinerary. Gets FOMO if I don't cram at least 5 things into a day's trip. Pretends to enjoy being spontaneous and seeing where the day leads us. Spoiler alert: I don’t. 

• Loves city breaks, and seeking out those off-the-radar spots that tourists rarely venture to.

• Art lover and all-round culture vulture.

• Loves live music, especially jazz. 

• Food-obsessed wine lover 

• Coffee addict

• Nature lover - never happier than when walking or cycling in the great outdoors.

• Bookworm

• Yoga keeps me sane   

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My favourite cities in the world are (in no particular order) Paris, Rome, Turin, Bologna and Toulouse. I could easily pack up and live in any one of them. I spent three months travelling around South East Asia in my twenties which was an eye-opening experience and one I will never forget. I lived in Toronto while at university -  a city that held my heart from day one. I met the most wonderful people and was completely taken with this vibrant multicultural city. It felt like my home in a very short space of time and it broke my heart to leave it. I also had a short but very sweet three week trip to Australia in 2007, taking in the wonderful cities of Melbourne and Sydney, with a trip to the Blue Mountains thrown in for good measure. In short, travelling makes me really happy and I hope to continue in this vein until I shuffle off this mortal coil.

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Happy travelling!!

Karyn x

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