We had another day in Edinburgh today. We started the day at McDonalds yet again to use their free Internet and by 12pm we realised we should probably get some breakfast, well we ended up having brunch because we couldn't find anywhere selling breakfast. Today was called 'Open Doors day' where some of the local attractions that you usually have to pay for are free but we didn't see anything that took our fancy so we decided to go for a tour of The Royal Yacht, Britannia (which is yet another vacation venue for the Queen and Royal family). It is about the size of a cargo ship but is actually a vacation boat for the Queen that was decommissioned in 2007. We saw that the Queen and Philip do not share a room (although they ... read more

Up late this morning as we are taking things easy at the moment! We moved out yet again and drove into the town (we found a free parking area today) and walked into the actual centre which has a stone wall around the outside of it (similar to Dubrovnik but not as good) that are the remains of the fort. It, of course, began to rain but we decided to walk the wall anyway and luckily it stopped raining after about 10 minutes into walking. We got some nice views of the town from up on the wall. The wall is only in sections because it is remains so we walked it until we came across the York Minster (which looks just like Westminster Abbey) and went in to have a look. We very promptly returned ... read more

Packed up again this morning (getting really tired of having to relocate every day so we are going to work on that). We drove into Cambridge centre to have a look around and find something we wanted to do and came across a hilarious sight... the local park, with green grass, children playing, people walking through, trees, tracks and... a herd of cows to keep the grass down! And what was even more funny is that no-one was reacting! We parked in a parking building which made us rip our undies at the other end because we were 3 minutes over the hour so we had to pay an extra £2 ($4 NZD) so had to pay a total of £8.50 for 3 hours! But we had a good look around Cambridge – it is definitely ... read more

We woke up on time with good intentions to go and do a walking tour recommended to us by Rebecca and Brett but somehow it didn't happen... and it was crappy weather outside anyway! Instead we mooched about our really nice, spacious hotel room then went on our own driving tour around Dublin and Nicole was our 'tour guide'... I would highly recommend hiring her... she is good at reading off a map and making history up! We dropped our car off at the rental place and caught the shuttle back to the airport. We checked in and went straight to our flight... time goes really fast when you have to check in and go through securtiy and all the other 'stuff'. Because we were one of the last ones to check-in (no Mum and Dad, ... read more

So this morning we got up and packed up to head to Belfast. We went to reception to pay for our night and the lady looked down her list and said 'You aren't on the list so it is like you weren't even here. It makes my life to difficult if you pay so don't worry about it' – What a score! So far we have not come across a single rude or not very pleasant Irish person. Everyone we have dealt with has been so accommodating and helpful... I like Ireland!!! We stopped at another supermarket along the way to get some bits and pieces for lunch then went and found our backpackers. Our backpackers was right by the University and they must have just been startiing back because all the other houses/flats down the ... read more