Republic of Ireland

Very similar to NZ. But there is nothing wrong with that. Difficult to understand the accents sometimes though!! We did LOTS of driving and covered a lot of territory . . . but it was worth it

I found my stone wall so i ran on it and did a handstand on it (among other things!)



This man and his donkeys were standing out in the rain, on a country road, selling bits and pieces


Cute little fishing village in the Ring of Kerry


The coolest stone fort ever!!

The Rowing (thats why we went on holiday!)

The ladies rowed and the rest of us cycled 206km in 5 days from Toulouse to Beziers. Overall they came 17 out of 40 boats which is a fantastic effort. Very sore bottoms but by day three we were numb to it all. Saw some gorgeous sites along the way and lots of wine at lunch time to drink!

Lots of narrow bridges to make our way through


This was masking taped onto the bow of the boat so that everyone knew where we were from . . .as if they couldn't tell by the accents and lack of french speakers in our group!


The country side


The kiwi team and the time keeper.


Typical French men!

Paris

Then there was Paris, the city of love, and boy did I fall in love with it. Twice I was busted sleep talking in French. It was too short spending a day and a half here but there is always next time. I think Mum was glad to have an interpreter!

Hong Kong

A city designed for shopping. Not much fun if you are there as a tourist and have no money to spend. Was good to check out though.

This was a view from our hotel room .. . on the 12th floor!!

Oops

Well so much for updating a blog site as I traveled through Europe. I was lucky to get to an internet cafe for more that 20mins at a time. So now that I am in the land of the strange accents here are some of my favourite photos from the time away!

Final Countdown

Bags are packed, lightest i have ever packed before i do believe. Popping pills to 'cure' my cold. Tickets printed off. Not much else to do. Gotta be at the airport at 9:30am tomorrow .. Bon Voyage

My Country Boy

On Saturday night our Young Adults ministry had a Country dancing night. Its amazing what can come out of the closet on a night like that. So much energy and enthusiasm and new faces. Me and my Billy Bob had a great time, in our matching green gingham. I really believe he is a country boy at heart!