Lauren's brother Pat came over to Europe for a few weeks and naturally had to be taken to some beautiful European locations. For this purpose, Lauren planned a holiday for a weekend in Paris and a week in Italy. Naturally, I'm not one to pass up the chance for a trip if I can help it, so I went a long to try and keep peace between the siblings.Here we have some of the shots I took in both Paris an...
Glastonbury 2008 - Music Festival MadnessJun 26, 2008
The Glastonbury Festival is amazing, there's no two ways about it. I think the most accurate way to put it, is that it's a whole little, self-contained world/city unto itself, mostly revolving around music.Lauren and I were very excited about going to Glastonbury and we were certainly not disappointed. A degree of stress was encountered trying to get there (check out Lauren's site, http://princess...
Street Performance World ChampionshipsJun 15, 2008
Having nothing much to do on a surprisingly sunny Dublin Sunday, I headed down to the 3rd Annual Street Performance World Championships. I had a great time all the acts were generally either really impressive or very funny and sometimes both. I also liked the fact that, as they were all street performers, they passed around the hat or bag after their show for the standard contributions.The weather...
Well this was my first trip to China, but I have no doubt that it won't be my last. I had an absolutely fantastic time seeing several different cities in China and cruising down the Yangtze and the 3 Gorges Dam.The trip started with the minor snag of Lauren and I turning up to Heathrow airport for our flight out, only to realise (while trying to check-in) that we should have been at Gatwick. Oops,...
Lauren and I had left it a bit late to book a trip for the Easter long weekend and were starting to think we'd just have to give up and stay in London, but Eurostar came to the rescue. I found a package for a train journey to Disneyland Resort Paris, with hotel and car rental. Lauren was very excited about the prospect of going to Disneyland and meeting some Disney Princesses, so that's where we w...