Everyone knows about my obsession with food. If there is something new to taste and eat - I am in. In my new quest to eat the local food of our holiday destination, my first stop is Ireland. I do like eating potatoes but the Irish take it to another level. A level I must say has made me a little sick of potatoes.
Archive for the 'Travel' Category
Who needs a GPS when you have maps - so I thought. The constant reminder of hiring a GPS is plastered on every car rental website, the door of each car rental shop and then there is Guy telling me how popular it is in Europe. A fancy toy or a necessity in Ireland?
After staying with Guy, we set off to Northern Ireland for a few days. Well, talk about culture shock. We were gobsmacked when we went on the Black Taxi tour of West Belfast. So you read about violence in counties in the newspaper and you see it on the news when you care to watch, but goodness – when you see the results of it and feel the tension of it, you can’t help but think you’ve had one hell of a sheltered and lucky life.
They say it never rains in Ireland, that it pours. And they were right, to some extent! We first got to Dublin and the weather was spectacular, the sun was shining there was barely a cloud in the sky!
After being here for 5 days now, the weather has been divine! Muggy and a little hot really, but really quite pleasant. And today, we got our first storm and downpour and boy - does it rain! It really didn’t last very long, but it was a full on storm with thunder, lightning and a huge downpour and now it’s back to being pleasant again 
This will be my last entry in Australia till I come back. How do I feel? Very mixed emotions from sadness, nervousness and excitment. What now you may ask, well who knows the big wide world is waiting for us…
Well, we’re here at the airport (in Qantas Club lounge which is nice!) and we’ve just said our last goodbyes… Yep, balled my eyes out and didn’t want the goodbyes to end 
And yes, we are definately geeky (ok I admit it this time) for writing blogs even before we’re off the ground - but hey, what else can we do while we wait?!
It’s a touch over 2 weeks before we depart the country on one-way tickets. And it’s starting to finally sink in! As excited as we are, we’ve both had a few jitters and questioned why on earth we are leaving perfectly good jobs, a newly renovated unit and (what we consider) a great life here in Melbourne! We’re on an emotional roller coaster ride!! (more…)
I’ve been doing some research into the whole “working in the UK” thing and some advice that people give is to set up a UK bank account before you go. That’s not to say it’s not impossible to do it over there (a very good friend leaves on Saturday and has decided to wait until she’s over there to set it up). However, if anyone is interested, I’ve found these options… (more…)
Today I received an email from STA travel about “Carbon Offsets” where for just $8 (domestic) or $20 (international), you can “offset” your flight’s carbon emissions. What a fantastic idea! There are so many people who are cautious about carbon emissions, yet still want to travel the globe. Then we feel guilty about wanting to do both.
Entries (RSS)