A half day of travelling today, up early, breakfast and Au Revoir to the Hotel Innova. John Pierre (sjorn pee air) was very helpful. Caught the metro to Montparnasse and another to Nord Railway station. Did the whole immigration thing and boarded the Eurostar. This train is awesome, you have no idea your moving (well almost). We rocket along at 180mph. When you go in and out of tunnels you have no idea they are coming, its bright then dark in an instant. Depart the train station at St Pancras. This adjoins Kings Cross Railway station. I thought I had the tube system worked out, but have some issues getting the right tube to Paddington. This Kings Cross Station is like nothing else. Theres me and another chap looking at the map and signs and scratching ... read more

Bonjour, Breakfast at the Innova was frenchly different to the full breakfast enjoyed in Ireland. Though my waistline will benefit i am sure. I took two metros to Chalemagne Statue just near Notre Dame. Did some sightseeing then met the tour guide for my cycling tour of Paris. Paul from BikeAboutTours set us up with bikes and the peleton hit the streets. I highly recommend this tour. Like most other personally guided tours, you saw things and heard stories that are truly unique. Paul (from New Zealand) view of the city is from a downunder perspective, with all the knowledge of a local. We stopped at his favourite cafe and I ordered the baguette, drink and dessert. There were many jhighlights including a trail of discovery for the movie Ratatoille. The makes of the movie fashioned ... read more

Today was another amazing day. I bought my ticket for a Castle and Dublin Bay tour combined with a full day of hop on hop off travel around Dublin. As I had 1 hr to wait, I headed up O'Connell St to get my bearings for the Airlink bus back to the airport tomorrow. I then walked across town to Oscar Wilde's house, and to spend some quiet moments in Merrion Square (parkland/garden). Just lovely. Early in the morning there were no one else around, and they day was crisp and clear. Wandered back to the bus stop and headed off to Malahide Castle and Gardens. Did the tour of the castle, and continued the bus tour along the Dublin coast. Many interesting stops along the way. I got back to Dublin city and rejoined the ... read more

Todays objective was to drive back to Dublin, which has been achieved. It was around 300km which over here can be anywhere from 3 hours to 2 days. I left Bunratty and took a few pics of the Bunratty Castle, then onto Limerick. I visited Johns Castle and did the whole tour. Another town completely devoured by history and battles. I punched Dublin into Tom and hit the road. Did some back streets and meandered around the Shannon River before finding a half decent road, which then turned into the M7 and up to 120kmhr again. Arrived in Dublin at around 3ish which was good traffic. Unloaded my stuff into the room, and drove down to Dun Loghaire. This is like a semaphore or outer harbour but with an international departure point for ferries. Came back ... read more

Today I left Killarney, but on the way out, stopped off to have a look at Ross Castle and St Margarets Cathedral. St Margarets is huge, and I was allowed to just wander in. The door seems to be always open. It was very peaceful. Headed out through Killorglin, Milltown, Castlemaine, Inch and arrived at Dingle. Dingle is very nice. Went to another milltown (which plays havoc with the GPS as after picking the town, you have to pick which county your in, which is not always clear on maps). Had an hour to kill, went to Ventry and saw Dunbeg Fort. Each fort i visit it different, unique in its own way. this one was perched on the edge of a cliff. there were parts of it that had fallen into the ocean, but that ... read more