Mann' Made

It is my second (and last) night in Dublin,
My cold is still giving me the shits, but is slowly receding, with enough drugs (thank God they still sell you Psuedoephedrine in Ireland) and Irish whiskey.

Had a general wander about on the first day, then hit Temple bar in the evening, which was jam packed to bursting. the majority of all the pubs were overflowing out onto the streets, yet still managed a couple of pints of the black gold.

Dublin is a lot more run down than I expected, lots of derelict buildings about and general disrepair. There always seems to be a siren blaring in the background Ambulance and police always rushing somewhere.

The following day I did the Jameson's factory and then the Guinness Storehouse
The Tour at the storehouse is pretty huge, with an awesome bar at the top of the building, with glass walls, giving 360' views over Dublin.

Am about to head out for a last couple of pints of Guinness before bed.
Picked the car up today and its off to Belfast in the morning.
Later!!

Hiya All, and Greetings from Dublin,

Since my last post, we Left Ben and Afsha & caught the train to Cardiff, where we met up with my cousin Dylan (& his Fiancee Gemma).
Dylan was able to score us some tickets to the Wales v Japan match. On the night we were swept along the roads in a sea of red, till we hit the stadium. The game was great, (which wales won of course). We were almost deafened every time Wales scored a try, as the crowd cheered in unison.

After the game was finished and won, we hit the bars, (a little too hard in fact) It seemed as soon as I finished one beer another was being thrust into my hand. after a mini hangover in the morning, we flew off to Dublin............................

Bit of a bummer on Saturday just gone. I was just transferring my 'to date' photos to my flash drive, when the power went off at the Internet place (some workmen were renovating the shop and tripped a fuse), when the power returned, all of the photos from K.L and London were gone. :-(



Oh well will just have to make more 'Memories' to capture

We watched Aus' beat Wales in a local pub, and received a few lighthearted jeers from the locals (I think my wallabies jersey might have had something to do with it?.....).

We arrived at K.L in the evening, was transported to our hotel, and decided to have a wander B4 hitting the sack. the Petronas towers were amazing!, the next day we went up to the bridge, as well as some other sights. K.L was surprisingly quieter than we expected, however it was not long before we had to return to the airport to head for the U.K.

Hi all,
Well we finally made it after a delightful couple of hours at Heathrow. the arrivals hall was jamm packed, and they only had 3 customs officers checking people in, CRAZY! took us about 1.5hrs to get processed!.
we have just checked into our hotel, have had a quick pint and are about to submit to sweet unconsciousness.

hope everyone is well

XO
Si

Well all of my shopping is done, just have to pack my bag, work one more shift, and we are off!!!
I must admit, I will miss my little girl

As I hit single digits, the excitement is beginning.
In exactly 9 days, I will be sitting in "Cattle Class", probably somewhere over central Australia, en route to K.L.

YAY!!

This trip has been a long time in the making, it has been a while since I have had a good break, so here it comes!

We are planning a few definite Destinations / Dates on this trip, but will generally just go with the flow, fancy free.

As a rough guide, this is what we have put together as our "Hypothetical" journey: (I wonder how close we will end up???)

• Sep 11th Depart Adelaide, (bound for a 2 day stop-over in K.L)
• Sep 13th Arrive London, (scout around England for a week)
• Sep 22nd Dublin (Drive the Island for 5 Days)
• Sep 27 Munich - (OKTOBERFEST!!)
• Sep 30th Paris
• Oct 3rd Normandy & Brittany
• Oct 5th down through Bordeaux
• Oct 7th Barcelona
• Oct 10th Venice
• Oct 12th Rome
• Oct 13th Back to Paris for the Rugby World Cup S.F 1
• Oct 15th Belgium & Holland
• Oct 18th Prague
• Oct 20th Krawkow (Poland)
• Oct 23rd Scotland
• Oct 30th Wales
• Nov 6th Depart London
• Nov 8th Arrive Home! :-(

It looks to be a pretty packed schedule, and I am sure I may miss some bits and include others. One thing I am sure........It will be sweet!!!!!