Victoria McCallum
@vmccallum.bsky.social
She/Her / geg n gobshite / gets around a bit #SoloTravel / makes herself laugh / has no opinions, let alone her own / #ADHD / #WomenInTech #Belfast
To cheer dad up, I let him take me for dinner. Cos I'm good like that 🐷
He's been craving lasagne for ages so
He's been craving lasagne for ages so
July 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To cheer dad up, I let him take me for dinner. Cos I'm good like that 🐷
He's been craving lasagne for ages so
He's been craving lasagne for ages so
Took dad to Coco for Sunday lunch
To start: of course he had the salt n chilli squid 🤣 I had a lobster pasta. They were both delicious 🐷
The roast was fantastic - huge slab of beef!
Obviously, he finished with the creme brulé
To start: of course he had the salt n chilli squid 🤣 I had a lobster pasta. They were both delicious 🐷
The roast was fantastic - huge slab of beef!
Obviously, he finished with the creme brulé
July 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Took dad to Coco for Sunday lunch
To start: of course he had the salt n chilli squid 🤣 I had a lobster pasta. They were both delicious 🐷
The roast was fantastic - huge slab of beef!
Obviously, he finished with the creme brulé
To start: of course he had the salt n chilli squid 🤣 I had a lobster pasta. They were both delicious 🐷
The roast was fantastic - huge slab of beef!
Obviously, he finished with the creme brulé
And then we had dinner in the wee town of Sainte-Enimie which was picture postcard pretty n buzzing for Bastille Day
July 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
And then we had dinner in the wee town of Sainte-Enimie which was picture postcard pretty n buzzing for Bastille Day
We spent one day kayaking (another one of my favourite things to do!) 13km through the Gorges du Tarn which was fucking stunning 😍
July 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We spent one day kayaking (another one of my favourite things to do!) 13km through the Gorges du Tarn which was fucking stunning 😍
It also has 3 museums/art galleries so we got a wee culture fix and I got to see some local old things (ye know how I love old things!)
July 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It also has 3 museums/art galleries so we got a wee culture fix and I got to see some local old things (ye know how I love old things!)
The town is cute as a button! It has a population of only c.25k people and yet had 1 Michelin star restaurant, 2 Michelin recommended restaurants, and a million others! We feasted like queens and had our fill of cheese n wine 🐷
July 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The town is cute as a button! It has a population of only c.25k people and yet had 1 Michelin star restaurant, 2 Michelin recommended restaurants, and a million others! We feasted like queens and had our fill of cheese n wine 🐷
Last wknd I was supposed to be on my first Wild Women of the Woods weekend this year, camping n canoeing in Co Kilkenny, but it got cancelled 😭 So instead, 6 of us went on tour to Rodez, France cos we found cheap flights 🎉 No, we'd never heard of it either! Come with!
👏IT👏WAS👏GLORIOUS👏
👏IT👏WAS👏GLORIOUS👏
July 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Last wknd I was supposed to be on my first Wild Women of the Woods weekend this year, camping n canoeing in Co Kilkenny, but it got cancelled 😭 So instead, 6 of us went on tour to Rodez, France cos we found cheap flights 🎉 No, we'd never heard of it either! Come with!
👏IT👏WAS👏GLORIOUS👏
👏IT👏WAS👏GLORIOUS👏
Sunday fry n pints with this stranger. He moved to north Belfast - may as well have been Timbuktu! I haven't seen him all year!! He got AI to mimic me and I don't know how to feel about it 🤣😭
July 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Sunday fry n pints with this stranger. He moved to north Belfast - may as well have been Timbuktu! I haven't seen him all year!! He got AI to mimic me and I don't know how to feel about it 🤣😭
I found some people to go with! Seeing as no-one i knew wanted to go 😭
Justin Timberlake last night was a GREAT gig. He sounded fantastic, he did all his old moves n hits, and his band were BLOODY BRILLIANT. I love a bit of brass so I do! A fabulous time was had 💃
Justin Timberlake last night was a GREAT gig. He sounded fantastic, he did all his old moves n hits, and his band were BLOODY BRILLIANT. I love a bit of brass so I do! A fabulous time was had 💃
June 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I found some people to go with! Seeing as no-one i knew wanted to go 😭
Justin Timberlake last night was a GREAT gig. He sounded fantastic, he did all his old moves n hits, and his band were BLOODY BRILLIANT. I love a bit of brass so I do! A fabulous time was had 💃
Justin Timberlake last night was a GREAT gig. He sounded fantastic, he did all his old moves n hits, and his band were BLOODY BRILLIANT. I love a bit of brass so I do! A fabulous time was had 💃
Summer solstice P2:
A wee hike from Dunseverick Harbour to Giant's Causeway, a wee dip in Dunseverick's pools, n a delicious feed with the Wild Women of the Woods. All the weather in one day!
A wee hike from Dunseverick Harbour to Giant's Causeway, a wee dip in Dunseverick's pools, n a delicious feed with the Wild Women of the Woods. All the weather in one day!
June 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Summer solstice P2:
A wee hike from Dunseverick Harbour to Giant's Causeway, a wee dip in Dunseverick's pools, n a delicious feed with the Wild Women of the Woods. All the weather in one day!
A wee hike from Dunseverick Harbour to Giant's Causeway, a wee dip in Dunseverick's pools, n a delicious feed with the Wild Women of the Woods. All the weather in one day!
Playing more catch up...
My favourite day of the year: summer solstice ☀️♥️
Chips n champagne (n a bucket of Pimm's of course!) on Ballyholme beach with a wee swim n a wee fire with truly wonderful people
My favourite day of the year: summer solstice ☀️♥️
Chips n champagne (n a bucket of Pimm's of course!) on Ballyholme beach with a wee swim n a wee fire with truly wonderful people
June 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Playing more catch up...
My favourite day of the year: summer solstice ☀️♥️
Chips n champagne (n a bucket of Pimm's of course!) on Ballyholme beach with a wee swim n a wee fire with truly wonderful people
My favourite day of the year: summer solstice ☀️♥️
Chips n champagne (n a bucket of Pimm's of course!) on Ballyholme beach with a wee swim n a wee fire with truly wonderful people
I am behind in my social media updates. How will I ever remember that I did something?!
Anyway, Beyond the Pale was great craic💃🤣🐷 even if the weather was mixed. This was the year of the chickpea curry. Tho 2 festivals 2 wknds on the trot is too much for me at this age 👵
Anyway, Beyond the Pale was great craic💃🤣🐷 even if the weather was mixed. This was the year of the chickpea curry. Tho 2 festivals 2 wknds on the trot is too much for me at this age 👵
June 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I am behind in my social media updates. How will I ever remember that I did something?!
Anyway, Beyond the Pale was great craic💃🤣🐷 even if the weather was mixed. This was the year of the chickpea curry. Tho 2 festivals 2 wknds on the trot is too much for me at this age 👵
Anyway, Beyond the Pale was great craic💃🤣🐷 even if the weather was mixed. This was the year of the chickpea curry. Tho 2 festivals 2 wknds on the trot is too much for me at this age 👵
Went for Thai with Dad, and shared a bottle of wine cos he hadn't drunk in ages and I'm selfless like that 🥂
June 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Went for Thai with Dad, and shared a bottle of wine cos he hadn't drunk in ages and I'm selfless like that 🥂
For once, we didn't share our mains cos Juan and I are not octopus fans!
German Victoria's octopus
My aubergine
Juan's orzotto
And of course we shared the cheese plate and all the desserts 🐷
German Victoria's octopus
My aubergine
Juan's orzotto
And of course we shared the cheese plate and all the desserts 🐷
June 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For once, we didn't share our mains cos Juan and I are not octopus fans!
German Victoria's octopus
My aubergine
Juan's orzotto
And of course we shared the cheese plate and all the desserts 🐷
German Victoria's octopus
My aubergine
Juan's orzotto
And of course we shared the cheese plate and all the desserts 🐷
Final night's dinner at Salut Bistro
To start:
- Oysters
- Sardines on brioche
- Spicy salmon tartare
- Vitello tonnato (cold thin veal slices w a creamy tuna sauce - it was better than it sounds!)
To start:
- Oysters
- Sardines on brioche
- Spicy salmon tartare
- Vitello tonnato (cold thin veal slices w a creamy tuna sauce - it was better than it sounds!)
June 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final night's dinner at Salut Bistro
To start:
- Oysters
- Sardines on brioche
- Spicy salmon tartare
- Vitello tonnato (cold thin veal slices w a creamy tuna sauce - it was better than it sounds!)
To start:
- Oysters
- Sardines on brioche
- Spicy salmon tartare
- Vitello tonnato (cold thin veal slices w a creamy tuna sauce - it was better than it sounds!)
Food and wine was delicious 🤤 SO RICH. We had to order extra bread to mop up all the sauces n olive oil
Would highly recommend 🐷 #Barcelona #TrufflePigsOnTour
Would highly recommend 🐷 #Barcelona #TrufflePigsOnTour
June 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Food and wine was delicious 🤤 SO RICH. We had to order extra bread to mop up all the sauces n olive oil
Would highly recommend 🐷 #Barcelona #TrufflePigsOnTour
Would highly recommend 🐷 #Barcelona #TrufflePigsOnTour
So lunch yesterday was at Casa Ines:
- gilda to start (pickled olives n chilies w sardines)
- patatas bravas
- bread w tomatoes
- burrata, sage basil pesto w tomatoes and pistachios
- courgette flower stuffed w black sausage n foie gras
- mushroom, cheese n truffle cannelloni
- gilda to start (pickled olives n chilies w sardines)
- patatas bravas
- bread w tomatoes
- burrata, sage basil pesto w tomatoes and pistachios
- courgette flower stuffed w black sausage n foie gras
- mushroom, cheese n truffle cannelloni
June 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
So lunch yesterday was at Casa Ines:
- gilda to start (pickled olives n chilies w sardines)
- patatas bravas
- bread w tomatoes
- burrata, sage basil pesto w tomatoes and pistachios
- courgette flower stuffed w black sausage n foie gras
- mushroom, cheese n truffle cannelloni
- gilda to start (pickled olives n chilies w sardines)
- patatas bravas
- bread w tomatoes
- burrata, sage basil pesto w tomatoes and pistachios
- courgette flower stuffed w black sausage n foie gras
- mushroom, cheese n truffle cannelloni
An English Victoria, a German Victoria, and a Chilean Juan walked into a Spanish festival...
Yeoooooooo let's go!! 💃
Yeoooooooo let's go!! 💃
June 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
An English Victoria, a German Victoria, and a Chilean Juan walked into a Spanish festival...
Yeoooooooo let's go!! 💃
Yeoooooooo let's go!! 💃
Buenos tardes bitches
June 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Buenos tardes bitches
I feel a lot better for having showered and having had breakfast ☺️
June 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I feel a lot better for having showered and having had breakfast ☺️
My wee Couchsurfer made Turkish breakfast 🐷
April 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My wee Couchsurfer made Turkish breakfast 🐷
Gonça had a photo of us from 2012! She's to my left. An after photo to come! She's back in Belfast in 10 days so we get to continue the adventure. I do love life sometimes ♥️
April 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Gonça had a photo of us from 2012! She's to my left. An after photo to come! She's back in Belfast in 10 days so we get to continue the adventure. I do love life sometimes ♥️
A great afternoon for a swim with new friends ♥️
April 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A great afternoon for a swim with new friends ♥️
Mains:
A unanimous Sunday roast
There was a bit of lost on translation with us n the staff n the kitchen so we didn't get any horseradish 😭 And they have a meal deal but it isn't detailed on the menu so we ballsed it up and didn't get the discount 😭
A unanimous Sunday roast
There was a bit of lost on translation with us n the staff n the kitchen so we didn't get any horseradish 😭 And they have a meal deal but it isn't detailed on the menu so we ballsed it up and didn't get the discount 😭
April 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Mains:
A unanimous Sunday roast
There was a bit of lost on translation with us n the staff n the kitchen so we didn't get any horseradish 😭 And they have a meal deal but it isn't detailed on the menu so we ballsed it up and didn't get the discount 😭
A unanimous Sunday roast
There was a bit of lost on translation with us n the staff n the kitchen so we didn't get any horseradish 😭 And they have a meal deal but it isn't detailed on the menu so we ballsed it up and didn't get the discount 😭
Dad is back in Belfast so we will be resuming our Truffle Pigs stint 🐷
Which reminds me! I forgot to post our last dinner!
We went to Holohans with some friends
To start:
- smoked mackerel pate
- whipped goats cheese
- mushroom soup (hands down the best by a country mile!)
Which reminds me! I forgot to post our last dinner!
We went to Holohans with some friends
To start:
- smoked mackerel pate
- whipped goats cheese
- mushroom soup (hands down the best by a country mile!)
April 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Dad is back in Belfast so we will be resuming our Truffle Pigs stint 🐷
Which reminds me! I forgot to post our last dinner!
We went to Holohans with some friends
To start:
- smoked mackerel pate
- whipped goats cheese
- mushroom soup (hands down the best by a country mile!)
Which reminds me! I forgot to post our last dinner!
We went to Holohans with some friends
To start:
- smoked mackerel pate
- whipped goats cheese
- mushroom soup (hands down the best by a country mile!)