B Safe home and Ill cya soon!

Susan/Mum Brilliant photos as usual. Hope you have a good flight home. See you soon. XXXXX

Chris We are, that's the reason for the lack of activity. Blog shortly hopefully! For last time...

Mum C Hope you're enjoying Vegas etc. Counting the days now! Enjoy the remainder of your time in the States, stay safe. Mum xo

Julie Hi guys thanks for sorting out the repetitive message! Claire, new house is working out well my housemates are nice (a couple and another guy), its a bit strange as im so used to sitting nattering with the girls but im sure once i get to know them a bit it wont be as tentitive. But theyre really sound and are keen to introduce me properly to newcastle nightlife (theyve taken me out once and we ended up in the equivilent of demseys - their mates fault and they were most apoligetic for taking me there). Im coming home on 7th and will probably fly back very early on the 17th itl be nice to get to spend more time at home than a few days! Yes well go and see hp and then we can geek it up talking about what the next one will be like woop woop! Chris im sure youll find somewhere to stay cheap and cheerful im sure! And im becoming quite fond of newcastle (tho if i was moved to london id probably say the same!) the people are so sound and everything seems less hassle than in belfast but i do miss being able to just call round to peoples houses, and of course the nights out im back almost every weekend neways so its like im never away! Enjoy LA guys looking forward to seeing ya soon xx

Susan/Mum T Fiji looks exactly as I imagined - sooooooo jealous

Chris Julie, repetitive message problem fixed! As for moving away, gonna be bed and breakfast accomodation as cheap as I can find it for first few weeks. But a weekend away!!??!! I'm looking for a flat not a palace!! Glad Newcastle is going well but don't get too attached. Nights out just wouldn't be the same! lol

Claire Hey Julz, so how is the new house working out? What are the housemates like? Yea ill def go see Harry Potter with ya, we went to see it tonight but ill def see it again. Its just not the same watching it with Chris and shouting at all the bits they changed and he doesnt get all the silly geeky bits lol, What date do you come home, woohoo, that means we can hang out and do stuff during the daytime too. Talk soon xx

julie Yes claire there was a lot of banging the steering wheel and cursing. Of course i know how to phone a taxi adam i called you lol. Karens new house is just off the ormeau road its lovely went there on sat and just stayed there, was a good night listened to some cheesy pop courtesy of karen and tamsin woop, as usual i got pretty hammered luckily i wasnt slabbering so i think it was a great night! Im off the week you come back (thinking of it like a carnival!) so claire if you fancy going to see HP again let me know (i reread the book again!!) - noone over here is that fussed on seeing it :( Aw chris well at least you have a week tho itl prob be so busy youll be knackered, have you got somewhere sorted to stay down there then? i can see a weekend away down in eniskillen on the cards! Enjoy the indulgence and cheap shops im soooo jealous Love and take care Jxx

Chris Mum, America is the indulgent nation of the world, of course we're excited about the food! Hope it's all still as cheap as the last time we were there! I know man, 18th August is quick like, give me a week to get everything sorted though, they initially offered me the 12th August, not happening! So a few pro nights are required before then! How did B's birthday go down? And, since it's been ignored we'll ask again, where's K's new house? You should've booked to come and meet us in America man, though yeah, not being a recession would have helped that decision! Kind of looking forward to get home a bit too, wana see everyone again now, but then yeah, reality bites pretty quickly on the 18th! Still, could be coming home to no money which is worse... 3 weeks today...crazy!

Fulty I stopped short of punching the steering wheel lol, but all those airport b******s with there bags just hoofed on across the crossing for like 10 minutes, i was seconds away from sticking the boot down and mowing a few down like dogs lol. Julie your the only person i know who can book flights and find your way round airports etc.. but then finds it physically impossible to order a taxi, its like a mental block or something...i dunno. Poo time you were sick claire, i take it it was some sort of food poisoning?? im surprised you got so much sympathy from moore, i bet he stood by the food though and argued that it was your poor ammune system that let you down. lol Im raging you are heading to USA to eat horrendous amounts of greasy goodness...i miss the bag out of that! They all rock, I'm busting to get back there and eat like a champion. 18th of August...what nazi made that arrangement? you will just be getting over how crap everything is again and then BANG 9 Oclock starts and strange geography experiments! gutted. I'm going to look for jobs in enniskillen or the craic, wouldnt it be mad if i got one lol. don't get your hopes up though, turns out there's a recession or something going on and businesses are forever being stingy...the day a tesco shuts down I'm out of here...thats the last straw.. start of the apocalypse or something lol. right bed time, laters keep enjoying

Mum C Sorry to hear you've had a wet day, there'll be plenty of those when you get back to NI! No matter how nice it is first thing in the morning, there is usually rain before the day's over. Glad to hear Claire's feeling better. Note that the focus for USA is not where you are visiting but where you will eat; no change there then. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Fiji, talk soon. Mum xo

Claire Haha, i can just imagine Ads getting all worked up, crossings at airports having people on them, sheesh who would have guessed. Chris reckons he was punching the steeing wheel and all. Did you guys have a good weekend? Where did you end up? Fiji is beaut, but i got sick for a while there and spent one day in bed making Chris my slave for the day while i made repeative runs for the bathroom - not so nice, now i cant wait for safe food in America, everything here im looking at with suspect. first stop marble slab - cant get sick from ice cream, only of too much of it. oh julie im sure there will be just a couple of nights out in August (if we have any money left, though we've been drinking so little we'll be total lightweights - not that im not already... Talk soon, xxx

Julie Hey guys aww hopefully that is the only rainy day! Having a ball in newcastle (well as much fun as you can have in a hotel for 1!) job is stressful and feel like im actually earning my civil servants wages for once! Was really looking forward to coming home this weekend havent been home in a few weeks and was waiting by the airport for adam to pick me up and seen him cracking up at a zebra crossing cus so many people were crossing - some things just dont change. Incidentally the only reason adam was picking me up was my whole family were away and thought hed be pleased to see me - plus i know how much he loves telling people how he drives me everywhere! Im so jealous that youll be going to marble slab - i even went on their website i think id be there everyday to check out the different flavours it makes mauds look amateur (ask them can they bring one to NI??) Yea Karens bbq today looking forward to it (tho the weathers looking dodgy but hey it always is here) then think were heading into town probably to whites since we have no imagination for bensons bday woop woop. Fingers crossed for some great nights in august! See you soon! xx

Chris and Claire Woohoo! Wireless access in Fiji, just in time for the first rainy day since we've been here! OK, Fulton NI tickets ares sorted, just have to pick them up before game and collect money from ya, but all sorted, as always by the master organiser! You wanting to go out anywhere over next few weeks? Just tell me where and when and I'll round everyone up for ya!! And we're gonna get stuck into all things food in America, ihop, chilis, olive garden, tgi friday's, hard rock, you know just the usual corporate chains that ya milk over there for their prices! Here if you're job has an opening down in Enniskillen anytime soon take it and we'll set up a wee pro evo den down there! I'm setting up there from 18th August! A week at home like, come on! Harsh oh 2 things - 1 where is Karens new house? 2 Phil - no excuses, bacon in a burger im impressed. Mum T - yup the relaxing on a beach thing is pure bliss, just what we have needed, its apparently cold to the loacls at this time of year, but we're both swealtered when the sun comes out. today is wet and grey but well, keeps the plans green and all that. Jill - cant wait for a party back home. though ive drank so little whilst away ill be a total lightweight (not much new there) Talk to you guys soon. Chris and Claire