No more sleeps, my big adventure part one has begun! After what seemed like a mammoth journey we arrived in Sydney! We left Heathrow Terminal 5 at 9.35 on Wednesday 12th April and after 2 flights (13 hours to Singapore and 8 hours to Sydney), 4 meals and a rather large number of films we arrived at Sydney airport at 5am Australian time! From here we headed to the taxi rank to get ourselves a lift to our first hostel. On the journey we drove through Sydney city ce...

So the day has come and we are all packed and ready to go. Just a few last minute Bon voyages and then watch out Australia because here we come!

So our last proper day of the holiday and it began in the usual way with breakfast. Although this morning I found one of the most yummy inventions ever - a Swiss mocha - hot chocolate with a shot of coffee which makes the scrummiest drink!! So after breakfast we headed down the Laugavegur to buy Dunkin donuts for lunch and buy some gifts and souvenirs. Stopping occasionally to look at the street art and the Rainbow houses along the way. We then headed back up the...

So today we headed out after a little lay in to see the biggest church in Iceland. The Hallsgrimskirkja. And although it was closed you could still look inside. It was very stark and minimalistic a complete contrast to the churches of Italy we visited last summer. From here we headed down to the Trojnin (that pond) and the first park of Iceland. Where we saw lots of swans, eider duck and gulls. The weather was hideous heavy rain and cutting cold wind but in true ...

So day 2 in Iceland began with another early start in preparation for our trip to the Golden Circle. We set off just after breakfast (which was a little random as I ended up with lemon tea and a dodgy danish but the rest of it was yummy!) and headed straight to the geysers. The journey was just under 2 hours but the scenery was totally amazing as we travelled over and through lava fields and were surrounded by snow capped mountains and geothermal steam shoots app...