Arriving back in Ireland we'd hardly time to put our bags down before we were handed a drink and ushered out the door! We'd the Kings of Leon to see, and along with my mum, dad, brother, aunty and uncle we headed to a big field in Belfast to watch them. Being Ireland of course it had to rain on us, in fact as soon as we'd arrived in the airport it was raining, nothing changes! But the weather didn't dampen our spirits and we'd a great night. The next day how...

Heading back into France and with our epic road trip drawing to a close, our last 2 major stops were to be ones we've both wanted to do for some time: Clare to the Palace of Versailles and me to the Normandy D-Day landing beaches. So we mapped out a route with these two on it… first stop Normandy. We set up our tent at a campsite literally one minutes' walk from Omaha beach (AWESOME!). The beach itself was pleasant enough and gave an idea of the sort of cli...

Our first stop in Belgium was in its Wallonia region, which is known for its chateau's, caves and charming towns so that's exactly what we visited. The Hotton Caves were dark, wet and cold, so not my three favourite things in the world but we still really enjoyed it. The caves were full of stalagmites, stalactites, columns and grottoes and our very cute tour guide made it all the more interesting! The little town of Durbuy was our next stop which is probably on...

After Germany the next stop on our European road trip was to the tiny but wealth country of Luxembourg, and although its consistently in the top 3 wealthiest countries in world, we managed to stay in one of the cheapest accommodations anywhere on our whole trip. Our campsite was only €13 per night! Anyway, we ventured out to see what we could see and found Luxembourg City to be a delightful place with some nice views and similar architecture to what we'd see...

Our German experience was to be through Bavaria in the south… mainly because we didn't have the time to travel all the way north, but also because we've both been to Berlin before. So our first stop was Munich, a place synonymous with good beer and of course Oktoberfest. And since I've been known to partake in the odd drop of the amber nectar, I was quite looking forward to this town. We set up camp in a very trendy campsite called The Tent, which turned out to...