Who said London was gloomy? My first day in London I was greeted by this beautiful blue sky. This sky turned out to be lying to me as the following day it rained and then it tried to kill me with the sun, but nethertheless it was a beautiful welcoming. Hostel: Clink 78 The Clink 78 (not 261) is where the topdeck tour leaves from so with a 7am depature its a fantastic place to stay. It is however made from an old jail, so its kinda creepy in an interesting way....

To have crack* is to have a good time, and thats exactly what I did my second night on the tour. The entire tour went to the one place tonight, a little bar/pub/club with a varying age range and no lack of confident Irish men. Like, drunk Irish guy: Hi, where are you going? Toilet. Can I come with? And not taking 'no' for an answer. In ireland they have 'lock in' not 'lock out' like Australia does. So come 2am everyone slowly left the bar/club/pub and dr...

There are two things that Aussie travellers, like myself, will never get over in Ireland. 1. There is no summer, one should not need jeans and jackets in summer. 2. The sun sets at 10.30, and rises at 4am. How can it be so light and yet so cold? We will never get it.

Hostel number 2: Avalon house.ie in Dublin Small room, two bunk beds between us, with a sink in the room! Communal showers and toilets. Shower blocks so small I can hardly turn around. The shower has no hot or cold, just a button. Which runs for about 30 seconds. Flactuates between hot and cold. The internet didnt like me. Wireless through out the hostel that liked to tease my phone by randomly connecting. But it was okay there were 6 communal computers. Pity...

Ireland tour day 1 Blarney Castle and Pa Did you know... Saint Patrick: Isn't Irish, he's Scottish Name wasn't Patrick He isn't actually a saint. There are no snakes on Ireland, thanks to Saint Patrick bannishing them, or the land coming from a glacier, whichever. Blarney Castle has the Blarney Stone, which you kiss and get the gift of the gab. To kiss it, one must climb to the top of the castle through the skinnest, illogically built stairs, hang upside down ...