We got up early today (some of us feeling more sorry for ourselves than others), got some breakfast, and waited in the reception for the paddywagon bus, and our 9-day All Ireland tour. Our guides name was Darren, and we got on the bus and drove to the Guinness Storehouse, which is in Dublin. The place was massive! It's kind of designed around a large open circle section in the middle of the buildings, so all the 7 levels look like they're going around a massive p...

We got up today and went to take our clothes to the laundromat. (Ended up with 10kg of washing!!) We left that with them and headed back to the hostel, where we waited in the common area for a guide to come pick us up for a free walking tour of Dublin. The guide who picked us up was Juan, who was from Northern Spain. He took us along the river and up to the meeting place, where there were HEAPS of people! There was probably about 100 people there! Luckily, we wer...

This morning we got all our things together (hopefully!) and headed to the tube. We went to Euston station, where we picked up our tickets for the train/ferry trip to London. While we waited for the train we had a coffee in a cafe at the station, where Darren and I got some porridge and a croissant. It was the best porridge I've ever tasted! And it's from a train station! I think I'll have to hunt down some more amazing porridge when we come back!! We found our p...

Today we decided to have a mega sleep in. I don't think we got up until about 10-11, and didn't leave the hostel until about 1pm! We went for a walk up the street to go find some 'high tea'. Which I discovered is not actually what I thought it was. I imagine high tea as having those pretty little cups, a pot of tea, scones and biscuits etc, but apparently the real meaning of high tea is more like a meal, and comes from the idea of having tea and food at a high ta...

We had a pre-booked tour of Stonehenge today, so we got up and went on the tube to Victoria, where we had a coffee in a little cafe, while we tried to figure out where to go! After asking information, we headed out and down the street to the Golden Tours Information Centre. We lined up with a bunch of oldies, and got on a big bus. The first leg of the tour was from London to Bath, which is about a 2 or so hour trip. The driver was terrible! After only about 15 mi...