Just back from a long trip!

[Susan Veness]

Hi all!

We just got back to Michigan about 2 hours ago and are truly and utterly exhausted from a long day of flying and a massively busy 2 weeks. I believe we saw all the highlights of Dublin, Paris, Disneyland/Studios and London, packing in as much as we could without dropping dead or going stone broke.

I'm sure we will be posting bits and pieces over the next few days (in between catching up on work!), hopefully including pictures. Until then, Paris was amazing (isn't it always?), London lived up to all I remember it being from my first trip, and while the public transportation leaves me weary and frustrated, I do love the city and all its history, good food and incredible sights.

Dublin was harder to get my head around, though we did thoroughly enjoy the sights and the Guinness. I think I would be inspired to see more of Ireland next time, and less so the city itself.

Our brains are definitely in neutral at the moment, but if you have any questions about London, Dublin or Paris we can answer (including Disneyland Paris), please feel free to ask and we'll do our best!

[Catlady]

Welcome home, look forward to hearing about your trip. I hope the weather in Michigan is better than here. :)

[Simon Veness]

MUCh better, I would have to say. It is around 26C and consistently sunny; just typical summer weather here. With the exception of a blizzard (!), we had just about everything while we were in Europe, although I think we were pretty lucky in avoiding the worst of the wet weather over the last fortnight.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable trip, especially just touring the three main cities without an agenda (for a change!), but I think 2 weeks was enough (especially with the huge backlog of work we now have to deal with :eek: ).

It was great to revisit DLP, and the Disneyland Park still looks superb, but we did have some issues with the organisation of various aspects (notably over the new Crush's Coaster ride - the queuing for that, if you can call it queuing, was truly appalling). We had some great food along the way (especially in Dublin) and hit most of London's highlights along the way (including my first visit to the London Dungeons in about 20 years!).

Once we have got settled in again, we will pass on some more thoughts and observations but, just for now, it is good to be back!!

[billiecat]

Its good to have you back, looking forward to hearing about your trip and seeing some pics :D