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When planning our eight-month, fifteen country motorhome trip - the windswept Wild Atlantic Way seemed a great starting point before setting sail from Cork to France.
We were warned by friends that the weather can be atrocious even at the height of summer. How right they were!
Leave Work To Travel trio–Sharon, Steve, and travelholic golden retriever, Bracken, set off in high spirits on one of the world’s most iconic road trips spanning 1,600 kilometres.
Pop the kettle on and find out if it lived up to our expectations.
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I challenge even the most seasoned traveller to be immune to the breathtaking, fairy-tale landscape of Cappadocia in central Turkey as they ascend over fairy chimneys in a hot air balloon.
Totally transfixed by this out-of-the-world experience, nothing in our lives - before or after - has surpassed what has been the highlight of our longest-yet motorhome adventure which took in fifteen countries across 253 days.
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Sustainable, attainable - and with culinary delights to banish diets forever - Lisbon’s cultural concoction lures visitors from far and wide, including Leave Work to Travel.
Charming and disarming, it is also an important pilgrimage destination whose jaw-dropping Cristo Rei statue, inspired by the world-renowned Christ the Redeemer icon in Rio, stops visitors in their tracks.
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January may be in its infancy but, if you’re like us, you’ll be dreaming of warmer climes with stimulating landscapes, colourful cultures and flavoursome food.
Planning a city break is the perfect panacea to banish the winter blues and kickstart the year ahead and the wealth of adventures in store.
In this article Leave Work to Travel puts the spotlight on heart stopping Porto, Portugal’s second largest city.
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Bellissimo Bilbao - Shimmering Spanish Jewel
Jaw-dropping and heart-stopping are how we’d describe our first sight of the iconic Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, a shimmering Spanish jewel.
Bowled over by the magnificence of Bilbao, a Basque country treasure, Leave Work to Travel relished the architectural splendour of the museum - but were underwhelmed by the exhibits.
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Palace of Versailles - Spellbinding in its majesty
As the sunshine glistened on the magnificence of the Palace of Versailles and its iconic gardens, I drank in the breathtaking and spellbinding beauty of its majesty.
