I considered continuing on yesterday's blog to cover for today, as just because I went to bed, it didn't mean my day really ended. Far from it! The giant behemoth of a bed hog in Daniel ensured I heard every single dong of the bells from the Christ Church Cathedral across the road from midnight to 7am! Not that there wasn't any sleep though. By about 4am I'd given up and relocated to the ground to try and find the elusive Zzzzz's. And I did, for about 50 minutes....

Top o' da mornin' to ye! And for me, it was a pretty frikking long one! Our first night in Dublin was characterised by a long battle for occupation of the bed. I lost. As I was staying triple share these few weeks with Dad and Daniel, our first foray into each hotel we stayed at always carried this nervous anticipation of whether we'd get three single beds, or a double and a single. Unfortunately in this situation it was the latter. Unfortunately more, Dad got th...

There was a new and refreshing start to the day today - no hangover! Hello morning! The refreshment didn't last long though, because after eight 'rejuvenating' (who am I kidding) days in Barcelona, this morning we were up early for an 11:10am flight to Dublin, to be sure to be sure. At least with a flight I could appear less backpacky. As my pack gets checked on to a plane, and we're too frikking lazy to catch public transport anywhere and instead opt for a taxi,...

Today we saw a dog in a wheelchair. It was heartbreaking, inspiring, and so very hilarious that I couldn't even wait to tell it in sync with the day's events! Not that much else really happened today actually, so it almost could be left at that! But really, after last night's efforts there really wasn't gonna be much happening today. Plus it was our last full day here so I was going to make the most of doing nothing before things ramp up again next week. After wa...

We woke up today ready for another camera wielding, jeans and runners wearing, money belt loving, dodgy souvenir, real touristy day on the tourist bus! Yay! Well that was only half true really, because first we were going back in to the pub we found yesterday to see if we could watch the first footy final, with Geelong playing Hawthorn in the Qualifying Final at about 11:30am our time. But we were going to utilise the tourist bus to get back into town there too t...