The fact that we are alive after the flight over to Dublin is amazing. This was the worst flight I have ever been on. Not only were we flying with a cheap airline but the winds and rain when leaving Leeds to Dublin were such that our plane felt like it was on a bloody trampoline the whole way! To make matters worse, the plane was filled with rowdy, drunk boys laughing and yelling "we are going to die" and girls shrieking loudly at every slight bit of tu...

Not to waste any time, we decided to head down to London for our first weekend away. After a lot of kafuffle and realising you had to book tickets to catch a bus we decided to go all out and pay $180 for a train. Luckily we were staying with Chris whose family very kindly let us into their beautiful home. The next morning we left early to pack in all the sites we wanted to see. We first made our way to the London Eye. Much to our distress it was closed, but we sa...

Arrived in Leeds after a very long 27 hour flight of watching movies and NOT sleeping. With luggage to last us for the next 6 months, we were seriously bogged down with our bags whilst being lost around the university trying to find our room! We were greated very warmly by our room buddies however we were exhausted and succumed to jet lag. By luck Veronica was in Europe and so as you do in Europe popped over from Germany. We decided to hit the town and experi...