To be sure, to be sure, the weekend in Dublin was a great one. We got to experience the lovely Ryanair which wasn't all that bad and we even got to sit together on one of the flights. We arrived late Friday night and were pretty much only up for the bus ride to our hostel and check in as by then it was midnight and we knew we had a bit to get through the next day. Saturday we explored the city looking at St Stephen's Green, Grafton St, Temple Bar (including ...

Whilst not as far as Lisbon, Portugal our trip to Chemlsford was still as exciting. We finally got to travel out of London by train and see some of the countryside... which looks rather similar to the countryside of NZ although with a bit more fog. The weather was dismal but it ws great to see that Heather hadn't been paying Brent to photoshop a husband into her photos and finally meet Toni. We enjoyed a leisurely brunch and some catch up time then wandered ar...

Our weekend trip to the 'award winning beach' started with foggy mist but this wasn't too much of a problem as there were a number of inside activities. We visited the Royal Pavilion which was built by King George IV who was an extravagant man resulting in an amazing building. It is an oriental themed palace that has been restored to an amazing condition with a very insightful audio guide. We visited the Laines which are little side streets filled with marke...

We had been in London about a month before we had our first European weekend excursion. We went to Lisbon and Sintra in Portugal for a long weekend due to the Spring Bank Holiday. We flew over on the Friday night and arrived at our hostel reasonably late at night. There seemed to be a big street party going on just down the road but I think we were both so exhausted that we managed a good night sleep. The weather the next morning was just what we were expecting...

Next and final stop before we arrived in London was New York City. We arrived at the hostel at night on the 18th April and immediately set off for Times Square. Walking the 5/10 minutes from our hostel to Times Square was a pretty surreal experience. Everywhere you are surrounded by huge skyscrapers and the roads and footpaths are in a constant source of craziness. Times Square is just as crazy with lights, people and sounds everywhere so that you never know wh...