Ireland- Day 5 continued

Hey all! It's Amanda! Wanted to add a couple more pictures and tell you guys what a great time we are having. Ireland is much more our speed- (food, nightlife, language -lol). We love it here and have decided we aren't coming back to the US. Hope you miss us!

Anyways, we had dinner last night at Gallaghers Boxty house and it was delicious - I took a big leap and ordered a Chicken Boxty having no idea what it really was but I am glad I took the chance. It's a potato pancake filled with chicken, bacon and a creamy sauce.... ummm if anyone knows me, they know I was probably in heaven!!! Delicious! Then for dessert we had bread and butter pudding - it was a raisin bread covered with butter, chocolate and whipped cream! Yum - o. Speaking of yum-o, we are hitting a place Rachel Ray recommended for dinner tonight! I will keep you posted on more tasty eats!


Mike in front of our cute little dream home in St. Stevens Green Park. It was so cute. One of the only times the sun shined today! Perfect timing!


St Anne's Cathedral - so pretty.


Some killer ivy on these walls.

Day 5 Ireland

Hello again,
Today was our first day in Ireland. We went on a sightseeing tour of Dublin today. The weather here has been a bit dreery and raining on and off. When we got here last night we decided to upgrade our room to a deluxe suite, very good idea. There is a free standing bath tub in the middle of the room. This made Amanda very happy since we know how much she loves to take bathes. Here are some pics of the room and from our tour of Dublin.

The bathtub....very cool

The bed

The shower

Amanda and I walking through St. Stephen's green. Its park in the middle of Dublin.

Some of the land scaping in St. Stephen's green. The grass here is super green. Its not like anything in the US.

Germany Day 3

Hello All!
Sorry for the delay in posting. We were traveling all day yesterday and Sunday......well lets just say I tried to drink all the beer Oktoberfest had to offer and lost. Needless to say we have been having a great time. We are now in Ireland and it is great. Stay tuned for a seperate post on our first day in Ireland. Anyway, here are some pics from the rest of our time in Germany.


A huge Cathedral in Munich, Germany


Inside the Hofbrau House at Oktoberfest. It has capacity for 10,000 people, and thats just one beer tent!


Amanda and I enjoying a beer at the Hofbrau House.


Some of the people that we met at Oktoberfest.


A little later in the day. I'm starting to look a little worse for wear.

Germany - Day 2

Well Mike spent the last hour talking to some dude in our hotel bar who didn't speak a lick of English, I got tired of watching so I came back to the room. I can't really handle the in-your-face type of talking they do over here-especially if I'm stone sober. So the question is "why I am stone sober?" Basically because I am so worried I will be pulled into an alleyway or robbed because I have seen too many Americanized movies (i.e. hostel) that I am so freaked out and really trying to stay aware of my surroundings. It is fun to watch this culture, I feel I am just a little more paranoid because I have absolutely no idea what people are saying.
Anyways, we got up late today (ahhhh, I love honeymoon's) and then went on a Munich sight seeing tour. Their architecture is so beautiful and they are really light years ahead of us in transportation and energy efficiency. America, we have a long way to go.





After the tour, we headed to Oktoberfest grounds again for some yummy food-I love hot dogs and sausage and this is the place for it. We also had fried potato cakes that were so greasy they put this block of absorbant material under them so your hands don't get dirty.
Well we are about to watch a movie in our room and head to bed. Tomorrow is the big day of 9 am drinking at the Hofbrau house in the Oktoberfest gardens. Stay tuned for more pics and me freaking out because people have no personal bubble over here. Oh-and surprise, the men think my chest "is very good!"


This is for you Miss Brittnay! Muah

Welcome to Germany!

The entrance to Oktoberfest!



Amanda drinking her first German beer! Note the special of the day behind her "Chicken and Nuggets with French Fries" very exotic ;)



Me drinking my first Beer of our trip!

Germany Day 1

Hey Everybody,

Well day 1 is done and we are having a great time so far. Germany is definitely a culture shock for both of us, but we are getting used to it. Our first day consisted of walking down to Oktoberfest to check it out and get a lay of the land. We tried a bit of the local fare, Amanda had the best hot dog she has ever had in her life. After that we went to a local bar next to our hotel and had our first German beers! I had some dinner (Schweinbraten with a Potato Dumpling and Sauerkraut), my mom would be extremely jealous of the sauerkraut, it was wonderful.

We tried uploading a video and some pics for everyone but so far the size of the files is proving to be a bit of a challenge. If I can get it figured out at some point I will get it uploaded.

Reminds us of Carmel.....

Well, it's the night before our big trip and we've spent it watching as much American TV as possible. I have a feeling it's all going to be so different over there.

I kept thinking about what my sister said this weekend about the Carmel roundabouts and it reminded me of this National Lampoon's European Vacation clip below. I watched it at least 3 times and laughed harder and harder each time.

Anyways, I am getting a little nervous about this whole thing
(not the marriage, but the honeymoon) as I have never traveled further than the Bahamas, but I am sure Mike will keep me calm.

So...enjoy the clip and we will check in tomorrow!