We arrived on Christmas Eve although in the Czech Republic they celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. After a hair raising overly expensive taxi ride to our hotel right in the centre of the old town, Josh realised he left his passport on the plane so after a few frantic phone calls he went back to the airport and luckily managed to get it back. In the meantime, the rest of us went into town. When a relieved Josh turned up, we headed out to the Old Town Square wh...

Sevilla, Spain I had forgotten just how pretty you are! For some reason I cannot remember it at all even though I know we went there. Quite nice as I get to discover it all over again. Our three-star boutique hotel is more like a five star hotel. It reminded us of a Morocco Riad. Not surprising with all the Moorish influence evident everywhere, including even a Medina. We stayed in the Jewish Quarter (judería) which is just near the Catedral & Giralda in th...

We took our last Ryanair flight to Heathrow and were lucky to even get on as a lot of flights were cancelled due to snow. No snow on our arrival though. I really do like old London town. Our hostel was just off Oxford Street and we spent our first night at a pub (of course) and doing fun stuff like washing to all hours of the night. The next day we walked through town past Trafalgar Square, The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben (which was draped with scaffolding...

Ah Ireland you beauty! We arrived in Dublin on Ryanair and were greeted by Passport Control in such a nice way it felt like we were just having a chat. We got the bus into town to the north side just near the Spire (or as it is locally known, "the stiffy by the Liffey" and the "stiletto in the ghetto"), as it is felt to be of not much use or is particularly attractive. It costs a mere $1.5 M to clean but it does have a light at the top to guide drunken people h...

Ah London we missed you. But surprise, surprise, we arrived and had the third degree at passport control and then had problems with connecting our UK SIM. Some things don't change. But it is great to be back and feels like coming home. Yes, things have changed; there are new buildings and developments, extra lines on the tube, but it still is London. Love it. After getting the train into town, we headed on the good old Jubilee Line to Kelburn, just two stops fro...