Ahoy 'thar me hearties! I woke up this mornin' ta' the sounds 'o cannons bein' fired n' man o' fortune voices 'ore the PA around Albert Dock below - turns out 'thar were a massive man o' fortune festival goin' on all around the dock! Ta' celebrate, I'll be attempting ta' blabber man o' fortune in me blog today, yay! (For those not wanting ta' read man o' fortune, I'll also post a full transcript minus man o' fortune blabber as well) For those totally confused (as...

Liverpool could've been named Liver-drool today due to the frothing-at-the-mouth excitement Daniel was displaying for the day ahead! I've never known such excitement could even exist, it was ridiculous! (On an entirely different and unrelated subject, there's only 103 days till Christmas today (the day of the blog, not the day it was written). In fact, because I'm so far behind, by the time you read this there'll be less than 100 days to go - I LOVE CHRISTMAS SO ...

Grandma ****** us over again! That was our general consensus this morning. Grandma, with her über cool, irresistible Scottish-Canadian accent, her partying ways, the promise of hugs (she never promised that but I'm saying she did); the face of innocence, luring us poor souls out into the night and getting us smashed. Again. Well played Grandma. Needless to say, this morning was very slow. And confusing. And that doesn't bode well when you have a flight to ca...

I finally had a bed last night, that was my own, wasn't at a backpackers, was so very comfortable, and was well away from any dreaded church bells! This translated into an absolutely awesome sleep - finally - that just had to coincide with a morning where we had to be up at the crack of dawn, so despite all this it was still all too short! But I wasn't really lacking any motivation because today we were off on another tour, this time north and into yet another co...

Never in my life have I ever been so thankful for having a late night, for being hungover, or most likely still a bit drunk as I was when I opened my eyes this morning. Thanks to being drunk (passed out?), I actually got more than one hour's sleep overnight (although not being in the same bed as Daniel probably helped there). Thanks to being drunk, I also managed this in a hostel of all places. And thanks to being drunk, I also survived the showers at a backpacke...