3rd Jan - 13th Jan So I arrive in Dublin and meet up with Amy and head straight to the pub, not even taking my bags home. We have some dinner and a drink then make the journey back to her house to drop off my stuff then head out again; we meet up with the others and hit the town. Tuesday I slept in and recovered and went for a walk to see what Dublin had to offer, I found the City Sightseeing bus and enquired about the tours. So I ended up buying a 2 day Du...

29th dec - 3rd Jan So my new years was pretty quiet, I met up with my rellies and spend it playing Trivial Pursuit not even cracking open a drink… at 11:30 the put on the Live worldwide celebration where they showed the Sydney fireworks…. Straight away I felt sad and totally withdrew, I missed home, I missed everyone… So I went to bed and cried and woke up the next morning sad but determined to push on past this and headed to Birmingham where I had booke...

29th dec - 3rd Jan So my new years was pretty quiet, I met up with my rellies and spend it playing Trivial Pursuit not even cracking open a drink… at 11:30 the put on the Live worldwide celebration where they showed the Sydney fireworks…. Straight away I felt sad and totally withdrew, I missed home, I missed everyone… So I went to bed and cried and woke up the next morning sad but determined to push on past this and headed to Birmingham where I had booke...

29th dec - 3rd Jan So my new years was pretty quiet, I met up with my rellies and spend it playing Trivial Pursuit not even cracking open a drink… at 11:30 the put on the Live worldwide celebration where they showed the Sydney fireworks…. Straight away I felt sad and totally withdrew, I missed home, I missed everyone… So I went to bed and cried and woke up the next morning sad but determined to push on past this and headed to Birmingham where I had booke...

Berlin derby experience!!!! Day 1 Saturday I leave Potsdam having to trudge through a snow, water and mud slurry after it decided to rain the night before meaning the snow was melting and just making a big mess of the streets. I arrived before Yake so I went to the hostel to drop off my luggage and have a walk around while I had to wait for him to arrive. The hostel was a nice one, clean rooms, clean reception, some one always at reception (unlike in Potsdam ...