By Jules Clancy

I love to travel.

I love that it gives you a chance to completely jump out of your old routines and explore new things. I love that even something as every day as buying washing powder becomes an adventure. I love being out of my comfort zone. And of course, I love eating new things.

But most of all I love how it makes you appreciate home.

For the past six weeks I’ve been incredibly lucky to have been on the road. Planning holidays isn’t exactly my Irishman’s strength. Whereas I am someone who is always thinking about the next trip. So I was delighted when I asked him where we should go and his instant response was ‘New York’. Great minds.

And that’s how I came to spend a wonderful, intense month in the city-that-never-sleeps.... More...