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i have a strange feeling that i will not be staying on top of this until i get home...i've been crazy busy with school and trying to maintain somewhat of a social life. well anyway, my mom will be here on Friday! i'm so excited, i just can't wait. my aunt and my cousin are coming too and we're going to have so much fun! well time to get more work done so that i'll be able to have fun while they're here! love you all and i'll be home a month from today!

... deck, and room service, oh yes, room service. This is how we roll when we are backpacking. We took the time, obviously, to shower, striaghten, shave, and beautify ourselves in order to take fulladvantage of the luxurious suite we ACCIDENTALLY booked. We told each other we were going to do this once or twice this tripand here we are, three days in, enjoying this luxury. Hahaha nothing but downhill from here. We'll just take a night or two sleeping in ...

so i haven't updated in a while and i have about 6 entries that i need to post, but i've been super busy with midterms! i miss everyone and this weekend i will hopefully be posting pictures and entries of everything that i did while i was in the UK. i just wanted to let everyone know that i'm ok and just trying to power through all this school work.

Sorry I havent posted in about a month... I have been very busy, but mostly I've just been lazy and my internet really sucked before so I couldnt upload pictures. However now it is fixed and I am hoping to do alot of bloggong in the next couple of days, so we'll see. Lets step back in time to Sept 20th. Me and the rest of the Villanova kids decided to do a tour of The Burren. This included the Cliffs of Moher, the Aillwee caves, and Dunguaire Castle ...

... elle est toujours belle aujourdhui il a fait 18 degre avec du soleil on etait tres bien. jusqu'a date on as eu une seule journee nuageuse .on se plein pas. en passant hier on a mange des mure ,partout ou on arretait il avait des mures sauvages on en as mange a notre gout. on vous donne d'autre nouvelle bientot .a plus.<br> lyly et sophie<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>< br><br>

Dublin....my first impressions of the town were... Im tired, coach sucks and it's raining. We actually didnt spend any time in Dublin except for the hour or so it took to check in at the Budget car rental and the hour and half it took to go the 20 kilometers to the city's edge on our way to Ennis, County Claire, homeland to the Hehirs (O'Hares) and extended clansmen.<br><br>The three hour trip through the heartland of ...

... grotto in the old quarry (you can read about it on the plaque shown in one of the pictures) and got a great view across Dingle Bay. Heading off the island, we decided that we should head back to Cahersiveen (it was past opening time) for breakfast. Plus, we had left some food at the hostel on accident, so we got to retrieve that as well. We all ate the full Irish breakfast (pictured), which consists of eggs, rashers (like a ...

... also enjoys. So Ennis, or just outside Ennis (Tubber) is where she, my Granny, and our free accommodation on a farm, is. I have 2 Uncles and numerous cousins who live close by too. It's always very ...

... and from what she tells me, Botswana would of provided a very different travelling experience to Australia... in the future:) But Tsaddy was quite intrigued as to why I would want to travel for 12 months... I share her thoughts at the moment. But deep down, I REALLY want to see Spain and Portugal... it will be a tough decision when I return to Perth next week. Anyway, I spent most of today driving and am now in Galway... at a very ...

... don't need but they're so cheap and they fit great), an old edition of Galway Now (for research), and an Anne McCaffrey book I'd already read. Total: &euro;4. Good buys? Yes, but not exactly needed. I can see this becoming addictive. Luckily I'm thrifty too, so I won't be getting into cash-flow problems anytime soon. I'm also an over-analyzer--one &euro;4 thrift-store purchase and I'm worrying about becoming a shopping addict!