So the time had come, my last destination on this amazing trip, I was off to Ireland.

Flying Ryan air I was a bit worried about the whole airport thing, either being stung for extra baggage, or them overbooking the flight! However it was one of the smoothest flights and check inns I have ever had – all for a mere total return of £22!

As I arrived in Dublin, I received a text of Katie, saying she was going to be late! Typical Callery, never can get her timings right. However who was waiting for me, when I got through customs etc... None other than Miss Callery, she looked great! We caught the bus back to her house in North Dublin. She had taken the afternoon off, as well as the next day to show me around, which was nice. Katie is working in a training department for a company who look after cranes; it was so good to see her. And honestly I’ll remember the hug at the airport for a long time. The next two days were cool. We had a lovely dinner in Temple Bar, and a few drinks on day one, and on day two we visited the Guinness Factory, which was huge (I had my first ever Guinness and it was lovely, drinking while overlooking the Dublin skyline) and it has a great sky bar. Dublin is not the prettiest of cities that’s for sure.

My friends from the Whitsunday’s Brian and Niamh came to collect me, and it was off to South Dublin for Paddy’s weekend. Was so good to see them, they are well and living not far from one other. Niamh lives in a gorgeous place just south of Dublin called Greystones, quaint country town with lovely pubs and a gorgeous coast line. Both Brains and Niamh's parents are lovely, and the areas really remind me of home, green and peaceful, not like Dublin itself. We had a game of poker with their friends which was cool, and then prepared ourselves for a mammoth weekend in Dublin.