My last 2 months!

Ok Ok... I know I've been pretty slack with the updates lately so here's to the beginning of the slack updates! From now on I probably wont be updating my blogs as much as I'll always be on the move for the next 6months.

Easter was my last update, a lot has happened since then...

My memory isn't too good (alcohol damaged), so I'll only write about the most memorable moments that I have lived and learned over this time.

Since Easter, the occupants of the London Pad have all changed. Britain moved out: Italian moved in, French moved out: French moved in, Italian's moved out: Aussie's moved in, Moroccan moved out: Italian moved in. I've got to say, since these changes the house has been such a better place to live in. Bills paid on time, dishes washed, drinks drank, laughs had and plenty of good times etched into our memories.

Not sure if I mentioned this in my previous blog but the last job I had in London I was working in a Financial Research Company which was probably the best job I've had while in London, better atmosphere, more money and easier work... Basically started doing data entry then moved on to being a Financial Researcher which was a lot more interesting and challenging. I worked there for almost 2months, which came to an end a few days before departure to Scotland. I didn't tell them I was leaving until the day before, which I thought was a bit hard on them but I enjoyed doing it like that for once, I've been so nice with my "quitting" in the past!

The rest of the time from Easter until a few days before I left for Scotland were pretty much the same old, drinking Fri/Sat and working Mon-Fri... A few "exciting" occurrences occurred during these times which I wont be mentioning in this blog... Actually, I'll mention one of them! (Just for you Josh!) Josh got knocked the fuck out at the Walkabout in London one night, was hilarious! I turned around and found him lying on the pavement sprawled out like a beached jellyfish! Many more stories to follow on arrival back in OZ...

Mikaila and Hannah arrived in London on the 25th May and stayed at our place for a couple of nights. Pretty cramped but we were all pretty pissed so sleeping on the floor, couch or wherever didn't really bother any of us. Actually, I think Josh had the worst sleep of us all, on that air-bed that went completely flat after a couple of hours of sleep (he thought it had a hole in it... hmm???)

Saturday night and being the nice hospitable men we are I decided that our evening would involve a tonne of drinks and plenty of dancing at the one and only Ministry of Sound nightclub. The night started off strong at home with enough drinks to satisfy a small army then we made our way to the club. The music wasn't exactly the kind of stuff you hear on "The Annual's" but it was still very energizing keeping us movin' and groovin' to the early hours of the morning with the sun welcoming us home to our bed, floor or couch.
Sunday came and it was time for me to embark on my journey into the rest of Europe. First stop Glasgow to meet with my Dad and the rest of my reloz. Hannah, Mikaila and myself jumped on a plane and away we went. A few hours later and I met up with Dad. Was really good to see him again!! Being gone for 6months, naturally I was missing him! From there, where else but straight to the pub...

Over the next 8 days in Scotland I met up with my Scottish relatives in Glasgow and Edinburgh. I haven't seen them for ages, if at all, so was good to catch up. Other than that our days and nights were pretty much based around the pubs in the city. I'll tell you, the Glasgonian's know how to take a drink or 20! Dad took me around Glasgow showing me where he grew up, saw where he took his first steps, the house he grew up in and plenty of other stories rolled off tongues left right and centre.


A road trip lasting 2 days found us winding through the Scottish Highlands. This part of the world has some unbelievable scenery with 360deg picturesque views over the rolling hills and mountains. The weather was on our side with the days hitting around 23deg which saw me wearing "beach gear" for the first time in a long long time (unusual for Scotland). If you ever get the chance, I'd recommend you take a trip up that way at any given opportunity! We had a few more days to relax in the pubs in Glasgow and then next stop Ireland.
\So we jumped on a car ferry with my uncles van from Scotland to Ireland and a couple of hours later were in Belfast. We took a look around the city which had some interesting physical sights but not that exciting. Yes I know that there is a heap of history about the place but I haven't, still, had the chance to read into to too much. We departed Belfast with Monaghan our destination. This town close to the border is where some of my distant (in location and relation) cousins live.

The next few days staying in Monaghan with the reloz were pretty much non stop drinking and meeting relatives that I'd never met let alone know about before. One night we had a "family introduction" where I got to meet up to 30 relatives who are apparently my 3rd cousins. So my already large family is beginning to get even bigger and I found out that two of my 3rd uncles (or something) actually have build almost the whole village, pubs, hotels, houses, cathedrals etc...

On one of my 5 days in Ireland we ventured up to the very north of the country on a mini road trip, damn I love road trips! Any kind of burl actually... Anyway, we stopped off at the Bushmills Distillery and took a look around, not much to see here, but there were a few bottles of whiskey that were bottled over 200years ago! Our next stop was the Giants Causeway. This place is absolutely magnificent! The scenery is just amazing and the rock formations down by the ocean are incomprehensible. So far, Ireland has put on a great display of character and definitely lived up to my expectations. Oh and I'll just mention that the people in Ireland are so damn nice its annoying!Ok I know I'm rambling a bit now but as I said earlier a lot has happened since last update! Anyway, I'll be quick and just jot a few quick happenings down.

The rest of my time in Ireland included visiting a couple of graves of my Irish ancestors, attending an Irish funeral service (a friend of my relative we were living with), a visit to Castle Leslie where Paul McCartney was recently married and a day in Dublin before my flight to Portugal. I thought Dublin was a much nicer city than Belfast, alot more going on and still nice people. And once again, was loving the Irish reloz, they put me and Dad up in an apartment they own in the city centre.

Ok well thats that. I'm now in Porto, Portugal and loving the place, but I wont write about that now cause I'm here for another 3days then Paris for 3days so I'll let you know how all that goes a bit later on.

Until then,
Keep safe and remember I'm still missing y'all back home!

Don.