We awoke to a lovely sunny Wednesday morning and headed down to see what the traditional Irish buffet breakfast had in store for us. We had a selection of toast, bacon, eggs, baked beans, corn flakes, juice, blood pudding and strange spicy sausage balls. After filling ourselves with all that we could hold we headed out for our hop on, hop off tour. This is a 23 stop tour around Dublin's sights and attractions on a double decker bus with full Irish commentary. The...

Laura and I decided to travel to beautiful Ireland to see what everyone had been telling us about. We flew out of London on Tuesday at 9:35 and landed in dublin at around 10:30. Little did we know that you dont have to go through customs when you land in Ireland from Britain. We caught the airbus from the airport into the heart of dublin and decided to pick up our tickets for the following days hop on,hop off bus tour. We found our hotel and checked in and went o...

This weekend Adam and I ventured further to east of where we are living in Grays to Southend on Sea, which is suppose to be what the British consider a beach. We caught the train out to Southend Central. The town centre has a big shopping mall that would easily rival Queen Street back home, with every major store. I bought a new beanie/beret type thing and I was glad I did because when we walked down to the beach the wind was so cold that it felt like it was cutt...

I know it has been a while since our last blog entry. We have been very busy setting up our little place in Grays and I have been busy getting use to working in an English school. We have become well acquainted with our surroundings and I would say that we are coping very well. Grays has everything we could ever need and it is quite easy for us to get around. It may not be the most picturesque or particularly nice part of England, but it is home for now. I am sti...

We have now made our move out to Thurrock. We are renting a little two bedroom house in Grays. We have only been there for the past three days now and have been frantically cleaning and making the place liveable so that Laura can start work at her school next Monday. The town centre in Grays has everything that we could want. There is a small shopping centre with a variety of different shops - butcher, baker….no candlestick maker….and there is a Morr...