Slept in today, plan was to be up at 8.30 but ended up being 10.30. Walked to the supermarket around the corner from our unit to get some food for lunch and breakfast! Went back to the unit, walked up the 6 levels of stairs, had breaky/ lunch and headed in to town. Was about a half hour walk to the Olympic stadium, and then further on to the temple of Olympian Zeus, acropolis and Panthenon. The views from the Acropolis really put Athens into perspective(able to s...

Left early from Cork, long day spent most of the day flying. Transited in Heathrowe with 3 hour stopover. 3 hour flight to Athens with a 2 hour time difference, didn't leave much for the day. Athens wasn't what we expected, still under developed in parts but very hot as expected. Great to get some hot weather at last except the 30 minute walk with the backpacks had the sweat dripping off us. Our apartment is awesome, got views of the acropolis and the city from t...

Had our day planned out by our very forceful B&B lady however we only did what we wanted to do. Went to Cobh, the last stop for the Titanic before it sank. Went back into the city centre for more shopping/drinking/betting. Brett won 50 euro. O'Briens Irish sandwich Bar, crisps with sandwich for lunch. Miserable weather so had a quiet dinner at home, packed our bags for leaving tomorrow.

Left Tralee early, drove to Fethard (near Tipperary) to go to Coolmore Stud. Did an awesome tour of the farm, got to see all the horses and where they do their thing. Drove to Cork where we will spend final 2 nights in Ireland. Checked in at Briarville B&B and then headed into town. Pub crawl - the Welcome Inn, Old Oak, Thomond, The Grafton and Counihans. Had kebabs for dinner at a Turkish place called Istanbul!

Left Galway this morning on track for Tralee. We stopped at the cliffs of Moher which was windy and cold, Brett and I were not prepared. Most people were in jackets, long pants and Scarfs where Brett and I looked like we were headed for the beach. Had soup at the little cafe for lunch before heading off for the Dingle Peninsula. On the way we drive through a few small villages that were really lovely. Finally arrived at the Dingle Peninsula 3 hours later. The wea...