Ballsbridge Court Hotel Dublin

... to talk with an older man sitting by us, and he was from Ireland, living in Naas, and getting off at the same stop as us. We had a good chat with him there as well as on the train ride to Sallins. When we got off the train he let us borrow his cell phone to call Kevin (we are staying with Kevin and Anna, who we met through couchsurfers), who came to meet us and take us to their place, which was literally right by the train stop for Sallins. Sallins is very small, I think Kevin said ...

... with the group of girls who are all from San Francisco and decided to take me under their wing.

We spent the night in Westport. We walked into a pub and there were people literally strumming a guitar and singing. We spent the majority of the night there singing with the locals and picking up Irish Slang. So, for your amusement...slag= to rib someone. used in a sentience, The more you slag someone, the more you ...

... time I started walking home, it was pouring. Doris wanted to head straight to the city and I had other plans with Stacy and friends, so I headed home to change. Remembering a shortcut, I tromped through 2ft tall weeds in a wet field trying to shorten my 30 minute walk back home. Ended up lost in a field with a lost runner. I had been wearing shorts so the weeds and briar scratched up my legs pretty badly. Climbed over a fence and hopped over ...

... statues and sidewalk chalk artists, painters and magicians. I would have liked to linger longer, but I was on a mission. Along the way, I stopped in several shops in search of the elusive clock. I tried a pharmacy, but found only beauty supplies there. It was nothing like a stateside pharmacy, such as Walgreen’s or CVS, where you’re as likely to see shoes, sparklers, Halloween costumes and coolers as you are makeup and OTC drugs. There were a couple of camera shops ...

It's been a busy couple of days and I haven't had a chance to write, so I apologize for not updating this sooner. We did make it to St Andrews on Sunday and it was an amazing day. St Andrews is right on Scotlands coast so we got to go to the ocean and I always forget just how much I love the ocean until I visit it. It just takes my breath away. We explored the city, which is basically a small college town which I loved. We found the ruins of an old ...

Arrived at Dublin airpoirt at 5.50am following the goodbyes at both houses, both full of anticipation and nerves for what is to be our epic adventure around the world. Gerry got the task of the airport goodbyes as the women were not able for it - tears all around!!!! Peter had abandoned ship ...

... Springsteen, Tom Cruise, Justin Timberlake's parents - no I'm not making that up). Anyway, the sausage and chips were awesome. We walked over to Christchurch Cathedral and ate our food there, though Celia tossed most of her chips at the pigeons (one more thing I get enough of at home). Dublin Castle was packed with school groups (and not American schools, even, from the looks of it), so we weren't getting in there. Instead, we headed to the National ...

... you would always be inside, but your vision would be blurred. We opted for Japanese food that night figuring it would be a good base to drinking...it definitely was. After dinner we went to a few more pubs to get my last Irish beers in. Needless to say, I was very full again by the end of the night and ready for bed by 2. I said goodbye to Brian, thanked him for his wonderful tour of Ireland and hospitality, and ...

... I'm open to comments on this enigma. Well now that, that's out of the way, what a lovely place, full of abnormally, but delightfully friendly people. I'm staying at a fantastic guesthouse in a residential area and its beautiful. I can jump on the bus and head into the city center and it only takes about 10 minutes. The buses are easy to catch as well, but you have to stick your hand out as if you are hitch-hiking to get them to stop ...

Keep to the Left! I was in Galway last weekend, which is on the west coast of Ireland. This girl named Lauren and I (who I met at the Hostel) rented a car for the weekend and did a little road trip on the west coast. So great, and all typical road trip stuff...only with an Irish twist...like stopping in the middle of nowhere for Irish stew, stopping for cows to cross the road and driving on the left hand side of the road for the ...