As we round the half way mark on our little holiday we gave ourselves a week in London before we could close the European chapter of this story. But since Clare lived there for 6 years and I've been there a few times, we didn't feel an urgent need to do all the touristy stuff (although we still did walk under the London Eye and saw Big Ben). We arrived in Hackney and met up with Clare's family friends Marie and Brian at the trendy community garden they ow...

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...

Since arriving in Belfast airport to an impressive welcoming party (consisting of Clare's Mum, Dad & brother complete with "welcome home" helium balloon) most of the time here has involved either having a pint of beer or cup of tea in hand enjoying the volatile Northern Irish weather. Sunny & mild one minute… wind & hail the next. Luckily, Melbourne has trained us well for this. Admittedly we were supposed to be driving around Europe by now, but...