(D) Another day when it’s my turn to start the writing – we both say each time “but I’ve got nothing to say” as it’s hard to start recalling and recounting our daily activities. The fact that we both know how much we’ll appreciate the efforts we’ve made as we re-read this blog in years to come really helps with the creative push though! I know Liane has blogs from many an earlier trip but my first experience was ...

(L) We had gone to bed at 8.30 and I slept all night without getting up once… minor miracle! Both of us were awake by 6 am and dying for a cup of tea…. we had some teabags we’d brought with us from Ireland but had no mugs or kettle. Fortunately we had gone through this last night, both of us longing for a cuppa in our room and wondering what we should do to make it happen, until finally Deb had gone to reception and after a disjointed conversati...

(D) Wow, what a day! We woke up at the Metro Hotel Dublin Airport, where we'd stayed overnight, at 4am ready for a 5am shuttle to the Airport for our flight to Venice. Our flight wasn't until 7.30 but given it was an international one, and we wanted to do our tax free refund returns at the airport beforehand and, most importantly, Liane had read horror stories how busy it could be even first thing in the morning..... and ok also given the fact neither Lia...