As the title says, this is my last night in Dublin. I didn't do much today. Ended up buying two books, one of which I already finished reading. That probably wasn't the best idea, as they were meant to last me the whole trip, but I've been waiting for my iPod to charge and it's been taking forever! By the way, Amanda, the bookstore had a copy of...

One of the things that was said to me about backpacking in hostels is that you're never alone unless you want to be, and it's so true. I've spent much of the time since my last entry with some new friends I've met in the hostel. Last night, I took Jana, Bryan, and Sean out to the gay clubs. First we checked out the Dragon and that didn't have en...

Day 3 of Dublin and I'm beat. I've gone out the past 2 nights and definitely have not had enough sleep at all so far. We had a bunch of new arrivals in our dorm yesterday. Earlier, it was mainly myself, Bryan, and Shawn (both Americans) who were in the room. Then, yesterday, Jana (from Germany & Ukraine), Monica, and Monica's friend whose na...

I've just come back to the hostel after appx. 5 hours of wandering. After an excellent hostel-provided breakfast (from what I've been told, it'll all be downhill from here), I walked through Dublin, visiting Trinity College and St. Stephen's Green. I'm still adjusting to the whole 'not being busy' thing. A number of times today I've had to remin...

Just a quick note to say that I've arrived in Dublin safely. At the moment, I'm trying to kill time. The plane landed at 8.30a and I can't check in until 2.00p, but as soon as I can, I'm totally napping. I'm wiped right now. A couple quick observations. Wow, the moment you enter a huge, busy new environment, your filters have to kick in like cra...

Amigos! Apologies for going so long without an update; I've been traveling! I think I'm going to mostly write about Dublin in this entry... but the weekend trip to Tarragona before will come up in futures ones. What to say about Dublin... in a nutshell it was freeeeezing, green, and the nights got progressively more fuzzy (and fun) with each pin...