Lemony Snicket-ed! Let's see...we did make it back to Newark from Time Square on time to catch our flight to Dublin. We slept part of the way, especially when the movie came on. when we fleww over Ireland's coast the sun was just coming up over the horizan in a beautiful pink bloom. We landed in Dublin and managed to find the right bus to get us...

So....day 2 started late. Kevin woke me up and informed me that some how our computer had adjusted to Dublin time and that it was 07:38am...actually it was 1:38 pm Dublin time. We went to sleep last night at 8:pm and woke 17 hours later. Needless to say our sight seeing was in a rush mode today!!!! We went this afternoon to Christ Church which w...

There are some sporting events that I just need to see and rugby in Ireland at Lansdowne Road was one of them, so with the Aussies on ther autumn tour and not having the best of runs, after a loss to England and a draw against Wales it was time to finish on a high. Late flight over to Dublin and checked into the hostel before heading out to find...

Well folks after endless counting down the days, I finally left work Yippeee!!!! Sorry Tom D, you are a nice boss :-) . Here I am, finally writing my inaugural blog. By the time you have read this I shall have cleared all 28 items on my to do list and will have no doubt forgotten to pack something, lets hope it is not my passport :-) Tomorrow I ...

Arrived in Dublin on Saturday night and I hate to say it but what a contrast to the stylish people of Rome! There is no better illustration of this than when I arrived at Passport Control. Usually passport officials are slightly intimidating, smartly uniformed people. One of the officers here was dressed in a rugby jersey, the other an old souve...

Fly to Dublin on a 99p fare to visit Kim from topdeck. Stayed in Dublin for two nights then drove down to Cork.