"This list goes on and on..." Finally rode the channel train the other day. Got me from Londons Kings Cross all the way to Brussels. It was Bruce, Sian, Michael and I looking forward to a few days in Belgium. First impressions, crazy maniacs on the road and way to busy! Our cab driver had us on coming traffic at one point. But we checked into the cheapest four star hotel deal ever and dropped our bags. City was nice filled with old over the top buildings and des...

"Everything is going wrong..." It was ment to be one of this trips highlights. Heading to Pukkelpop, a music festival in Belgium for 3 days. We got to Belgium, checked the weather all looked good. Mid 20's, sunshine perfect festival weather. So we trekked out to the site of the gig and it was busy as and pumping already. Excellent! After setting up our tent we went in and began a day of watching bands. It got to about 630 and we had seen two of the hundreds of b...

"So take the photographs and still frames in your mind..." To finish our Ireland loop Dias and I bused it up the west side of the country from Galway to Belfast. What used to be one of the most dangerous cities in world. Now though it's quite safe in fact number 2 on the UN safest cities to visit. The number one thing to do in town here is a black cab tour around the areas which have seen the worst of the conflict between the Catholics and Protestants. We learnt...

"Don't get ye b******s in a twist..." Finally we worked an affordable way to hire a car! Just ment we had to get all the way west to Killarney to pick it up and drive it up to Galway! After speaking to your boy at the last bed and breakfast he said we should drive the Beare Peninsula. So we got to Killarney another small town for a night and to get the car. While there we saw the national park which makes up part of the ring of Kerry. Another hugely popular tour...

"We'll do it all, everything..." We ended up in the tiny town of Youghal (pronounced y'all with an irish accent) after Dublin. The only reason we landed here I guess was friends we met in Amsterdam live here so figured we would catch up and get a local look at the country side. Sarah Jane and Brendan came and met us on arrival and drove us around to see the highlights. Mostly the beach really. But it was a real sand beach and actually kinda nice. Really cold ob...