It has been a very long couple of weeks here in London… When we arrived back from Ireland, the backpackers double booked us (yes again) so we ended up staying in a crappy little hostel in Earls Court. A small stinky room with a porta-loo shower was our home for a while we searched for someplace else to live. What’sContinue reading “Our New Flat”
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Blarney Castle
Listed a one of the top 99 things to do before you die by Discovery Channel we can now cross it off our list. We walked to the top of Blarney Castle to kiss the stone – those who kiss the stone become blessed with the “Irish gift of the gab”. Apparently the people backContinue reading “Blarney Castle”
An Old Irish Man
After our tour of the Guinness Storehouse we met this lovely old Irish man. We couldn’t understand a word he was saying. Eventually we figured out that he was 72 years old and he used to work for Guinness. Today he stands out the front and hounds all the tourists for money. I managed to get a bitContinue reading “An Old Irish Man”