Ireland

I had about a week between the time I finished the tour and the time I was due to fly to Australia. I did not just want to spend the week in London and I had a little bit of money (not really mine) left. I decided I needed to see Ireland. I got there the cheapest way I could which meant a few trains then a ferry which arrived into Dublin about six am. I spent the full day in the city and booked myself on a tour of the south leaving the following morning.
The Paddywagon tour was hardly full and the tour guide just seemed to be going through the motions. It was a fairly routine path I chose and the tour guide I could tell had seen it all hundreds of times before. We stopped at the Cliffs of Mohair, Galway, Killarney and then the Blarney Stone.
Many people make comparisons between Scotland and Ireland and it is hard not too. In my books though Scotland easily wins. I enjoyed my few days in Scotland over my few days in Ireland but I was happy to have seen Ireland and it was time to leave Europe.
I flew from London back to Melbourne in mid August 2010 over 17 months after flying in there the year before.