Five day working weeks are tough. Very tough. We considered lobbying the government to reduce the working week but decided alot less effort was required in taking a day off and heading for the hills. So with a three day weekend we picked one of the furthest points from the capital. West Cork is my favourite place in Ireland, amazingly it still holds its magic for me despite being dragged around it for "Sunday Spins" as a child. This past couple of weeks it holds even more magical potential for some. Two weeks ago in a very Oirish turn of [View Full Entry]

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So 4 months to the day we arrived back in Ireland and we were off to Oslo on a mini adventure. Its tough enough to pick countries in Europe that neither of us have been to but the whole of Scandinavia was unchartered territory for both of us...hooray! The reason it is unchartered, however, is the expense. A little advice...never under estimate the cost of travelling in Scandinavia! Thursday night, election day in Ireland, we headed to Lucan so Ed could vote...while chatting with his sister outside the polling station I noticed a pain in my stomach, when I got [View Full Entry]

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Easter weekend and four blissful work free days! Blogging is addictive and we were finding the withdrawal difficult to take, so here we are back again. While travelling in Asia and particularly in the Philippines we found the Filipinos were very good at blogging and promoting their own country. I think we can try a little of that. As we are skint it's not likely we'll be getting much further than Ireland for the rest of the year. So we have decided to explore a county at a time. First stop Wicklow, Dublin's south easterly neighbour. We took off on [View Full Entry]

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Boys will be boys Europe » Poland » Krakow By Edam March 28th 2007 Edward Carroll & Amy FordeSome not so cultural wanderings in Poland. For Mr Niall Monks' stag. [View Full Entry]

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Ok so we said the last entry was our last but we couldn't resist one final one. Especially as we are now trying to open our eyes a little more to our own country and see it with a new light. It's great to be home, catching up with everyone has kept us busy along with our job searchs. Our rambling life has not come to an end yet as we are homeless and so wandering from home to home until each tires of us and sends us packing. Thanks everyone, we hope we're not too much of a burden on [View Full Entry]

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This may well be our last blog (boo hoo) that is of course if we don't get withdrawal symptoms and start writing about the monotony of our day to day job seach back in good old Dubland. Strangely, I am well and truly ready to return home and I am looking forward to getting stuck back into some routine. Ed would happily keep the wanderlust going for another six months. So our flying Australian visit has come full circle and we are back in Melbourne wrapping up six and a half months of carefree wandering. The last couple of days in [View Full Entry]

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We haven't updated the blog (thanks for the prompting JFK) for a while (since Murwillumbah) but have travelled quite extensively since then. After much chopping and changing of our plans we decided our first stop was Brisbane. We intended to go to the Water Park "wet and Wild" but decided it was too much hassle. Our accommodation was fantastic (and has been since escaping Sydney), located in New Farm, a suburb of Brisbane. Amy questioned me that the room pirce was correct and not per person, incredulous that we could have a tv, ensuite bathroom and fridge for less than a [View Full Entry]

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On our final night in Sydney, our cell companion was a friendly local lad called Jason. That was friendly, until he went to sleep, at which point he started to burp, fart and sleep talk a little too aggressively for our liking. This prompted us to ditch the dorms and their unknown quantities, for our newly acquired tent (or travelling tent as it says on the cover) at our next stop; Port Macquarie, or Port as its affectionately known by the Aussies. The campground held pride of place between the centre of town and townbeach and was home to tents and [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Melbourne after a weary flight from Singapore with Austrian Airways. Before we alighted from the plane, we were treated to a de-lousing spray. It was off-putting and not a particularly welcoming experience. Being honest, we declared at customs that we brought nuts (ding-dong) from the Philippines who kindly ushered us through with no hassle, maybe getting a whiff off our rucksacks and not wishing to open them up. Memories came flooding back for me, having spent 5 months in Melbourne a few years ago. It was funny to hear Australian accents again. We checked into our hostel in [View Full Entry]

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We hope you all survived the Christmas season without too much weight gain. Christmas in Manila was different to say the least. Sunshine made a dramatic change from the Irish rain and fish replaced the traditional gobble-gobble for dinner. Other than that, the booze, mass and tv were very similar...even a great seasonal showing of The Polar Express to see in Christmas day. By St Stephens day, our lovely hotel room with fabulous buffet breakfast was a distant memory and we were back to planning the next step. We left Manila behind us with the sound of fire crackers, gunshots and [View Full Entry]

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