Strolling around Cork and Blarney Castle. County Cork is situated in the Nicole and Robin are with us for the weekend. Cork is a huge city, cleaner than Dublin, not many people have a lot of positive things to say about Dublin, we all love Cork. Stayed at The Gresham Metropole Hotel it was superb, Keith was excited by the elevator and luxurious décor. Gresham's "Leeside Leisure" is a state of the art leisure centre complete with gym, pool, sauna...

Dublin to Galway We hired a car, a Toyota Aventis and if we keep the car for a week it will be a seventh-day Adventist. We left Dublin (still raining heavily) and aimed for Galway with our trusty Tom Tom we steered to Nass, Kildare, Portlaoise and to a very small village Mountmellick. Why there? Because I had read that I could find a woollen mill and Irish linen. The village was particularly small the mill was no where to be seen so we went onto Tullamore, the h...

The Day the 23 Aussie Squad took the InternatiionalRules Football Cup HomeThe Cormac McAnallen Trophy We started the day with a walked to theTemple Bar Food market, we were lucky to have a sunny-rain-less day after yesterday's miserable weather. The coffee was the best since the Borough Markets in London. Why's that? There must be a business opportunity here. Tried there Irish Coffee last night, and I must say we do it better back in Sydney. The food at the mark...

Walk to the National Art Gallery & National Museum of Ireland. Woke to a drab wet day, well it's Ireland. Coffee and walk along Lower Osmond Quay and Bachelor's Walk, mind you after seeing some of the girls around Talbot street bachelorhood looks like a good option. They guys aren't much either.However, cross the river Liffey and a whole new world opens up. The Quay is modern, the theatre is new and the apartments are modern and filled with light and elevato...

We had supper at the Burj Al Arab today. Amazing architecture. Opulent, iconic and very memorable. Thank-you Prue, my wonderful friend and guide. The service, architecture, food and views are very special and a must for any traveller to Dubai. Dubai is Vegas without the glitz - infact there are no neon lights anywhere. Rather sobering. Its a vast city with the majority of people being x-pats. Sheikh Mohammed is a man of vision. He instructs his planners that h...