Imperial Galway

... 30th.<br><br>Next I'll spend 3 weeks in New Zealand, mostly on the South Island, and fly from Auckland to LA on May 22nd. <br><br>After a final 3 weeks in America I will fly from New York to London on June 17th.<br><br>I have bought and scrounged everything I need to take, and I have typed up more notes than I can handle. I'm very excited to finally be so close to going, after years of planning and hoping!! <br><br>My next post will be from India!!!<br>

... It was good for the night life, but a bit too many sequins and short dresses on girls who weren't meant to wear short dresses. We did however stay in an awesome hostel that provided laundry and a nice kitchen. We decided to cook a meal together and we made a great pasta that made up for the lack of other activity in Galway. <br><br>The next day a few of us returned to Dublin to sketch that area before heading to Scotland ...

... from the backseat of the car (haha thats how we backpack, in cars). The farthest we carry our backpacks is from the B and B or HOTEL SUITE to the back of the car hahahha. Dont worry people, thats going to change soon. <br><br>Favourite quotes:<br><br>-Getting lost and asking a man delivering pop..."excuse me...do you know where Ennis street is?" and getting the response of "No, Im sorry, I dont speak English" in english. What???<br>

... pie, which has mashed potatoes layered on top of steamed corn, carrots, potato pieces and peas. It was realllllly good....though I'm sure it was terribly unhealthy. Oh well.<br><br>After dinner, a few people in our group decided that they wanted to try to find a pub crawl. We all went along to check out what deal they were going for. The one they ended up deciding on was one where you started with an all-the-beer-you-can-drink-in ...

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 ...

... the year, unlike our public schools in the States.<br><br>After talking with the very helpful mom we headed over to Monroe&#8217;s. Today was one of the girl&#8217;s birthdays, from our group. Everyone was going to meet there, so they said. It ended up only being the four of us. I had a great dinner though. It was spinach ravioli with a delicious red sauce. I enjoyed that meal. The pub/restaurant ...

... perspective and see so much more than just all the tourist spots. We felt lucky to get an "inside scoop" on what to see and do and have neighbors willing to help and give directions if we needed it. <br><br>We were very excited when Aimee&#8217;s parents arrived to stay with us for a week. It&#8217;s been so nice to see some family after being away for a while, not to mention the babysitting that we have been without ...

So i was humming and hawing like should I write this should I not??!1 then I thought of COURSE I should this is an everyday experience in my life! No secrets here! SO yeah today i went to the STI clinic- I know I was like whats the I for isn't it STD?? So Alana and I were talking about everyday stuff and we had gotten onto getting tested and she wrote me at the end of last week saying she heard about a free STI clinic they have walk ins on mon and wed ...

doOT cut your finger and then get lemon juice in it AGHHHH!!!!! So one more act of stupidity- the general manager asked me to cut lemons TONS of them, he even showed me how- now cut this way and then like this curl your fingers under so the knife goes against your knuckles so you don`t cut yourself I am like phhhhh this is so easy- first thing I doÉ Cut my knuckle- so I am looking around HOPING no one saw this then I ...

... rock, not jagged and in-your-face mighty like the Rockies. I'm learning that Ireland's beauty is quieter. You have to actually look before you see it. But these muted earth tones and ubiquitous stone walls are growing on me. And then there are Killary Fjord (Ireland's only one) and all the lakes with mountains lounging behind. The part of me that is Norwegian feels a special kinship with these. And the human part of the landscape? We pass through Maam Cross, Spiddal ...