A white Christmas?

Well as you all know I spent my Christmas this year in England with dad, Luke and the family. Unfortunately there was no snow! But the incredible 3 course meal we had on Christmas day soon made up for any other disappointments, it melted in our mouths. Johnny & Jake had spent the entire day in the kitchen preparing a feast and it was exactly that!

On Boxing Day we had 38 people over in the new house in Holt Lane, talk about crowded =] But we had a great time, family and friends came around for the celebrations and Georgia and Elliot brought their Wii along with Shaun White Snowboarding and Guitar Hero! Well man I was set, JD and coke in one hand and a guitar in the other, we partied the night away.

Some might say that I’d already had enough partying in 2008 but I was ready to see in the New Year in style. The night was organised, the girls from Bristol had invited me to a house party and I was all set to go, copious amounts of alcohol and fireworks sounded like a night that I would never remember but never forget! That is until the death flu got a hold of me and confined me to the sofa. Home alone on New Years.... not anybody’s idea of fun, talk about a quite night in!

I couldn’t move my muscles were aching, I hadn’t eaten in 4 days, I couldn’t swallow, I was shivering in the cold, I thought the world was all coming in on me. But I powered on through, trying not to listen to the loud music coming from down the road, or the fireworks and celebrations from town. I think I may have fallen asleep before the clock struck midnight only to be woken up by my mobile ringing and screaming voices wishing me a Happy New Year. I guess I’m just gona have to make New Years 2009/2010 twice as good!

It’s now Monday the 12^th Jan and I’m currently sat in Dublin International Airport waiting to check in for my flight back to the UK. I’ve been in Ireland all weekend and it’s been a blast (on the credit card that is!) at $13 a pint it’s nearly too expensive to go out, souvenirs are way over priced, actually I’d go so far to say that Ireland is even more expensive than the UK. But with all that aside I had free accommodation with the lovely Maire who was a fellow Gap Year representative, and he has been an absolute angel. I arrived into Dublin on Thursday the 8^th Jan to a smiling face at the airport, and after 8months of travelling alone it’s a great feeling to have someone meeting you once you get off the plane in a foreign country! We spent the afternoon wandering the streets of Dublin and the rest of the weekend doing the tourist thing.

I get home in a few hours, heck the flight is only 45minutes followed by an hours train journey. Now in all logic a flight should cost more than a train right? WRONG! My train costs $37 return and yep you guessed it I only paid $21 for my return flight!! Now why can’t Australia offer these deals!? Luke heads home on Thursday back to the sunshine ‘Down Under’ which means I’ll be heading back to work soon before leaving for Canada on the 2^nd Feb.

Wait they just called my flight over the PA system that’s my que to go. I wish you guys all the best of luck at uni this year and I’ll see you all back home in June!

Till next time...

SMILES =]