After a wonderful wedding day on the 03rd June when the sun was spitting through the trees and a joyful mini tour of the USA for our honeymoon I have returned to the Emerald Isle to my surprise warm and humid conditions.
The wedding was of course an amazing day and everything ran smoothly including my speech which I was extremely nervous about! The weather was perfect as was my new wife and everyone appeared to have an enjoyable day. The day was very long and we were both warned about how quickly the day itself would fly in... it did and its hard now to remember it as it was 3 weeks ago! Hopefully the photos will jig our memories when we choose the ones to go into our album!
The honeymoon was firstly a few nights in Los Angeles then onto Hawaii, San Francisco and finally New York, just over two weeks in all. The travelling was tiresome but it was a once in a lifetime trip so it was well worth it and it never rained once, infact temperatures were always between 26-32o! My Factor 30 suncream even gave me a tan!
Los Angeles had the sights but it was quite a dirty place and really isn't worth staying more than 3-4 days. We did catch a LA Dodgers game which was an experience if not slightly boring! Hawaii as you can imagine was hot and sunny and aimed for sun worshippers on the golden sandy beaches. However, there was Pearl Harbour to visit which brought a lot of emotion out of the present Americans. Hawaii seems to be the tourist destination of Japan and South Korea and there are so many of them present in Hawaii you would think you were in Asia rather than America! San Francisco was a nice if very hilly city with less sights than Los Angeles but the good thing is that the city is easily toured by yourself on foot which we did. The hills are a killer on the feet though! Alcatraz was really interesting to see and there was no fog present at all so the Golden Gate Bridge was in full view to everyone. New York was a stop for shopping and the credit card took a hammering! We did visit Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty which was closed on our last visit to the States four years ago. Our hotel overlooked the Ground Zero site and unfortunately apart from the great view the noise was unbearable at times. They are working 24/7 to build the new Freedom Tower by the tenth anniversary of Sep 11th.
Back to normality now and back to work next week :(
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