Our first stop in America was New York. Our first encounter was, of course, with immigration at the airport and we were pleasantly surprised when we were greated by a very friendly officer. Our first night was spent in Harlem which, again, was very surprising. We were expecting to feel very unsafe and out of place but we felt quite the opposite. We went to a local 'soul food' restaurant called Sylvias where we feasted on an entree sized chicken wings and a mai...

It has been so long since the last email that I don´t know where to start but here goes. From Marrakesh we went on to the West coast of Morocco to Essouira which is a beautiful seaside town with the usual city walls, port, medina and markets. It is well known for its windsurfing as it is obviously very windy which meant that the nights were actually quite cold for a nice change. From there we headed north to Casablanca which is nothing special but we still ma...

The heart of Morocco is definately Marrakesh. We stayed here for 6 nights and still didn't get to see the half of it. In the stiffling 40 degree heat we wandered through the old Medina and observed the Moroccan way of life. Local farmers line the narrow alley ways with their fresh fruit and veg for sale while the kids run around playing tiggy and marbles. The local butcher shoos flies away from the beef carcasses hanging in the heat with what looks like a dus...

We arrived in Morocco about 10 days ago now. We are having a ball. Trents parents flew in from Ireland to meet us and , as usual, Trent pulled off a surprise for us and none other than his brother Justin was already in Fez waiting for us. So now we have myslef, Trent, Jeanette, Macca, Justin and Aunty Mary all travelling around Morocco together having a ball. Our first few days were spent in the old town of Fez. One of the largest cities in Morocco it has it...

Our time in Italy is almost up. We spent a week in Naples and the Amalfi coast and we have just spent the last 5 days in Rome. Every corner you walk around in Rome you literally run into more Roman ruins so we have been busy exploring the city. We saw the Colosseum which you can imagine was spectacular then we also went to the Vatican and St Peters Basilicar which is amazing. The Basilicar is huge and decked out in loads of marble, gold and plenty of statues....