Hibernian Hotel & Leisure Centre Mallow

... to move on. It's weird since I've been traveling I've developed this sense that when it's time to leave I can do it without too much of a fight. I get the privilege of spending the night in the Dublin airport because my flight leaves at six in the morning for Madrid. To those who have followed my itinerary you might as well throw it out. I've started to just follow my heart and say to hell with whatever other people say. So yes, I am skipping Paris. I'll get there someday, but probably ...

So my weekend in Cork was so much fun! I got up early on Saturday morning and went to the bus stop. From there we drove to the Blarney Castle, which was amazing! Everyone that comes to Ireland should definitely make a stop at the Blarney Castle. We were there for a few hours and we went in the castle first and I tried to kiss the stone, but I was really scared and couldn't really reach it. I'm a little disappointed, but oh well, I made the ...

... countryside. Its hard to explain how different this was from Dublin which was very commercialized and dirty. It was great to see the bright green rolling hills and the large amount of animals grazing right next to the train tracks. The train ride was around 2 and a half hours but really seemed to fly by as there was so much to see. I rolled into the Galway station around 5 in the evening and was greeted by large gusts of ...

Probably one of the best known things in Ireland.

The Blarney Stone is at the top of the castle. You have to sit down and bend over backwards to kiss the stone below you. I made sure I went further down than then other people up there. I guess one advantage of being tall. Don't think I caught anything from the experience.

Also walked around the grounds and saw the house they live in now.

... The other is Armagh is home to a massive Anglican cathedral, which I've been told is very pretty. Oh well. Some people have all the luck. On Friday we took a quick trip to Dublin. From our discussions about my impressions of Dublin and his impressions of Dublin several years ago, we realized the city has changed significantly and thus warranted its own trip. We saw the Book of Kells (a 9th century book with a brilliant plot twist surprise ending) and St. Patrick's ...

... did not benefit from, whilst the Protestants certainly did.   This was how in the 20th Century Ireland was divided into 2 warring sides. The Protestants feared living in a country ruled by Catholic nationalists, while the Catholics wanted the Irish to rule Ireland.   Thus Ireland saw itself immersed in a period of violent guerrilla warfare between the IRA (Irish Republican Army) and the British forces.   So in 1921 a treaty ...

... pas prévu le dépot de 50 euros pour les clés! 6 aout 2007 Bon, tout ne va pas toujours comme on le veut... Samedi j'ai profite du fait que j'ai de l'espace dans l'appart! Woot! J'avais une ampoule sous le pied parce que j'ai marche pendant des heures la veille en cherchant l'auberge... Alors disons que je n'avais pas tres envie de marcher. J'ai donc passe la majeure partie de la journee a lire Harry Potter 5 (eh oui, je n'ai pas reussi a attendre jusqu'a mon retour... le ...

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... yeux fermés. Petit résumé jour par jour... Samedi: travail, comme d'habitude. Comme d'habitude? Pas tout à fait. Mon shift terminait à 8h, mais j'ai pu convaincre Roy de me laisser partir à 4h... Migraine exige! Eh oui, eh oui, c'est ma merveilleuse amie la migraine qui m'a payée une de ces visites... Bref, samedi je suis retournée chez moi, j'ai pris une fiorinale et je me suis couchée. Plus tard, j'ai appelé mes parents parce que ça disait pas sur ma bouteille combien d ...

... we were packed in like sardines so, sad as it is, we decided to call it a night at about 9:30pm, found a feed of Supermacs (the Irish equivalent of McDonalds, but better!) and were tucked up in bed by 11:30pm on St Paddys Day!! Coming back to London on Saturday nite was almost depressing..mainly because of the fact that it meant back to work on Monday, after an excellent, no stupid-work-hassles roadtrip week...not exactly an inspiring ...