IRELAND AND PARIS

SORRY ALL BACK TO FRONTCREPES IN PARIS MMMMMMMM
UP THE EIFFEL TOWER
HAVING A THIGH SLAPPING TIME IN DUBLIN!
GIVING THE BLARNEY STONE A SMOOCH!
THE CLIFFS ALONG THE RING OF KERRY
MMMMM GUINNESS
FANTASTIC IRISH DINNER WITH PAUL AND AOIFE (POTATOES AND BEEF STEW)!

UK

STONEHENGE - FREEZING!!
CHECKING OUT THE CANAL BOATS - VERY SKINNY!
WALKING THE WALLS OF CHESTER
HANGING OUT ON THE LAKES IN THE LAKES DISTRICT!
SNOW ON THE BEACH IN BLACKPOOL
AWESOME OLD FARM HOUSE IN NORTHHAMPTON

Round the UK in a month

Dear Diary,

Has been a little while since we have been able to check in!! So time for a speedy re-cap:

After the last time we checked in we picked up our rental car and the four of us toured the UK. We stopped in Northampton where we were lucky enough to stay at an old english farm house. Then we moved onto Stockport to visit the Cavendar family (Dixon side) family of Aunty Jose, cousin Alan and Sally. Here we got to see lots of the areas were Nanna & Grandie Dixon hung out and was a really great part of the trip! We spent our next couple of weeks driving through snow, ice, some sun, and massive amounts of English and Scottish countryside.

Stops included Blackpool (an old carnival town), Edinbrugh (a stunning city with plenty of snow), The Lakes District (potentially our favourite english area with rolling hills small towns and of course lakes), Chester, Stratford Upon Apon (the home of Shakespare), Bath (an old place set in the hills), and of course Maindenhead - Cousin Alans place which we came and went from a number of times. Thanks again Alan and Sally for having us.

Oh yeah and we also managed to see Stonehenge and Windsor castles on out travels, particularly impressive places!!!

Next we flew 'across the ditch' to Ireland for a 5 night mission to see as much as possible. We stuck to southern Ireland and managed to fit in a huge loop of small towns, Irish pubs, cliffs, country lanes and lots of Guiness!

From Dublin we went via Adene to Tralee, the next day we circumnavigated the ring of Kerry passing through Dingle and Killorglin to stay in Kenmare. After a hearty breakfast we drove onto Blarney to give the Blarney stone a smooch at the castle (freezing cold I might add) and then on to stay in Cork. The last hurrah was from Cork to Waterford for a stop to check out the crystals and then back to Dublin for a some jigging and fiddle playing at the local pub!

Back to Maidenhead for lunch at the oldest pub in England and to stay the night before the Eurostart to Paris the next day.

PARIS - very very cool (and cold!). Had 3 days here and we managed to tick almost every tourist attraction off possible! We went to visit Mona Lisa, we crossed the bridges, went to the Notre Damn cathedral, climbed up the Eiffel, window shopped on the Champs d Elysees, stood under the Arc de Triomph, then checked out the city lights by night on a bus. Im sure there is more but I think you get the picture!!

Then on Jan 26th we sadly went our seperate ways. Mum and Dad went onto Singapore to find warmth while we went back to The Nehterlands to see Emilie, sort out what we had left there and plan the last 2 months of our trip towards home.

Thanks Mum and Dad for an awesome trip. It was soooo nice to have someone to share our experiences with. xxx

x McDuff

Tristan & Michele