Hello, and welcome to Our Crossings Travel Blog!
We are four Latvians, Aiva, Ericeira, Madara and Valters, currently living in Sligo town on Ireland’s West Coast and together we make up Our Crossings.
Our story began two decades ago when we stumbled upon each other by pure serendipity in a small town north of Dublin. After 20 years of travelling together, we created Our Crossings travel blog to log our outdoor adventures, failures and triumphs.
While working in full-time jobs we have visited over 30 countries and 90+ cities, many of them several times.
About Our Crossings Travel Blog
Our Crossings was created on a warm summer’s day and the main reason for it; we wanted to combine our biggest passions in life – travel, writing and photography.
This travel blog mainly covers our trips around Europe. However, it has a special place for Ireland and Scotland
If you plan to visit these two countries, rest assured that you’ll find many valuable trip-planning resources on our blog.
In addition to travel itineraries and loads of real-life photographs, we also try to provide value. With this travel blog, we aim to share and provide:
- Useful ideas for your next trip
- Tried and tested road trip itineraries
- Mini-guides to beautiful European cities
- Travel costs and heaps of practical tips
- Honest recommendation
Our travel philosophy
We firmly believe there is more to travel than just collecting stamps and air miles. After all, travel isn’t a competition. For us, the allure of travel is not a matter of mere numbers; it is what we find while being on the road- friends, natural wonders and good surf.
In fact, we love to revisit countries we have already been to numerous times. We like to return at different seasons to explore every coastal inlet and every little village, this way we can get the real feel of it and can honestly say that we have been to a particular place.
Our primary goal in travelling this dynamic World is not to escape but to transform, understand other people’s views and beliefs, encourage personal growth and connect.
Fulfilling our dreams
Our biggest dream manifested into reality when in January 2018, after 10 years in Dublin, we moved to a place where the Atlantic Ocean touches the land.
Living with a purpose on Ireland’s West Coast, where unparalleled energy is emitted in the surrounding ocean is a fantastic gift we get to enjoy every day now. We are super happy and beyond amazed to call Sligo our new home.
Shortly after settling on Ireland’s West coast we blissfully experienced yet another big dream come true moment, that completely reshaped our minds.
New experiences and plentiful wandering came flooding into our lives as soon as we found the most perfect family campervan ever! We devoted weekends to exploring Ireland and learned that thus wonderful island is full of amazing surprises.
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OUR CROSSINGS 