There's No Place Like Home

There it is.... after a grueling flight - Dublin to London [1.5 hours], 4 hours at Heathrow, then London to Singapore [13hours] 4 hours at Changi Airport, the Changi to Brisbane [7 hours] then Brisbane to Esk [1.5hours], we made it home... the flights were pretty good, although there was a bit of rugged weather on the London to Singapore leg - turbulance was nasty!

We had such a great time overseas, but it is fabulous to be home - and even though i am suffering the after effects of flying, a small dose of jetlag - it is great to be in our house with a great big comfortable bed, be able to have a light beer and vegemite on toast [not all at the same time] ... I am such a simple person and it really is the simple things that are the best.... I can't wait to get outside tomorrow and have a good look around this place - 7 weeks is a long time in the mind of someone with and incredibly short attention span!

Currently, i am downloading some photos, we managed only 1732 photos in all! So, the shots on this site are just a taste of things to come - i am looking forward to putting together "the ultimate tourist" a little book of our adventure - and even though we didn't see every little thing in each place we visited, we tried our best amongst the gazillions of other tourists who were lining up in front of us, to get the best view of each monument... both Sue and I agree that our Scottish campervan adventure is hard to match - but we loved each place so much and can't thank the Berliners and the Amsterdam girls enough for their hospitality, and we hope one day we will get back to these places again!

Stay tuned for our next adventure!

Melissa and Sue xxoo :)

7 Weeks already!!!!

Well.... hard to believe that this will be our last installment from Dublin - it just seems like yesterday that we were in Berlin.... [Sue got the Trinity Symbol Tattoo here in Dublin]
We ventured over to Kilkenny - which is quite a small town and is only 2 hours bus ride from Dublin. So we wandered the cobbled roads looking at historical buildings, listening to the local lingo ... lovely - we attempted to look up some of my relatives but with no success - as the local library was very small and public transport in kilkenny was non existant.. we managed to catch some info on the local hurling team, who were going to be playing in the Gaelic games semi final on Sunday in Dublin - so when we arrived back in Dublin the first thing we did was book our tickets to the match - and i've got to say that Hurling is one of the most exciting games i have ever seen - it's hard to describe - sort of a cross between hockey, soccer, lacrosse and polo [without the horse] Needless to say we had a great time - as a bonus we also saw a game of Gaelic Football - which is a bit like Aussie Rules and Soccer - but different - again great to see!
Just to top off our efforts to become the ultimate tourist , today, we took the Mary Griffin Bus trip out to Tara and NewGrange to see some fabulous historical sites - amazing history, scenery and sense of spirituality!! A bit of a different sense from the sporting day we had yesterday!
Well, time is getting away - we have had a wonderful time and are really... and i mean really looking forward to getting home - the comforts have been missed! After spending time over here i still reakon Australia is not bad - and believe me, i will never complain about the price of things again - if you look up "Dublin" in the dictionary the meaning is: double the price of everything and then add and extra 10% just to be sure!!!
thanks for watching this space..... see you when we are back home!
Meliss and Sue xxoo :)

Finally

okay.. well.. since the last entry - which was in Ayr - Scotland, where Sue was getting her tatoo... see pics - we have waved goodbye to the campervan, spent a couple of days in York - there's a of Yorkminster pic. up too... then we zipped down to Brighton for a few days! It's all going so quickly now - seems like only yesterday we were in Berlin! Brighton was an absolute hoot - i played at the Brighton Pride festival - there are just soooo many people at these festivals its amazing - and a little scary for two chicks from Esk! We finally saw some sunshine in Brighton which was lovely - although it did manage to rain after the festival. We stayed at the dodgiest place - a backpackers hostel - what can i say - the floor was sloping, the toilet leaking, their hotwater service had broken down - look, it was all just a bit faulty towers - but i've got to say it was in the best location - just across the road from the Brighton Pier - no good complaining... just all part of the experience! We went to this fantastic drag show on the Sunday - i have never seen anything like it - Lucy Lashes was the best and could she sing!!! Again the venue was just chocker block - but it was a blast....
So.. after a full on weekend, we were back on the train Monday morning - back into London then to Heathrow for our flight to Dublin - which is exactly where I am sitting at the mo .. tomorrow we are off on a tour of Wicklow and Glendalough... then we have 2 days in Kilkenny and finish with a couple more days in Dublin where we will probably visit Tara and the like on a couple of little day trips! Again, it is so easy to get around as Ireland is a very small place... and the Irish are great people - only one day here and we have been welcomed like old family friends.. noice!
There you go..... hopefully, I will get a chance to put some more photos up after the next couple of days of us being the ultimate tourists in Ireland!!!