Jim Edwards Kinsale

... 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 ...

... The tour guide told us that Cork has been hit especially bad by the recession, but in the last few months it has been starting to come out of it. It's kind of crazy to hear about the history of the country because it goes back so far. It's so different from US history since that only goes back to the 1700s. In Ireland they talk about the 15th century and earlier! So our tour was pretty fascinating and after that I went to get a late lunch ...

... friends. We went out and grabbed pizza at one of the local pubs and ended up staying for awhile because there was a person who was playing live music who was actually incredible. Galway also has some of the most incredible street performers. The next day I took a tour of the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren. I cannot even begin to explain how absolutely incredible they are. It doesn't even seem real. I felt as though I was ...

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.

... which was significantly more cost effective than the hostel, and a little more central to downtown Kinsale. There we shared a cramped, wee, cozy, single room.  After being away from each other for 6 weeks, there was no lack of resurgence over that time, spending hours reconnecting on long walks around town, & sleeping in our tiny shared single bed..... And I'm not talking Canadian standard single bed, we're talking 'Ye Old Irish' single bed..... Made for the ...

... Haha! Et je n'ai pas le numéro à Samuel, c'est lui qui a le mien. Bref, ça va attendre à demain! Mais bon, un logement sans job, ça ne donne pas grand-chose! 7 juin 2007 Bon, j'ai finalement le nom de la Landlord à Samuel (il m'a laissé un autre message ce matin) alors je vais pouvoir l'appeler ce soir! L'offre d'emploi à Apple c'est pour un poste permanent alors on oublie ça (j'ai en effet l ...

... mon épicerie, ouvrir un compte de banque et voir pour mes frais d'immigration. J'ai oublié un détail important... Mardi matin, j'ai appelé au travail pour leur dire que je ne pouvais pas aller travailler. Roy m'a rappeler quelques minutes plus tard pour me dire que si j'avais besoin de repos, il pouvait me donner congé pour le reste de la semaine, c'est-à-dire jusqu'à vendredi. J'ai accepté avec "joie". J'ai donc congé demain, je vais espérer avoir assez d'énergie pour ...

... shopping mall and right infront of us a big sign saying "Newport Cafe". Inside the Cafe was pretty groovy! It was fully decked out with speccy lights everywhere, and yet again serving up to awesome Irish expectations - there were 15 different beers on tap again :-P There was this elevator which had UFO type lights on the bottom of it, which was going up and down in the middle of the Cafe that looked awesome! (like a ufo going pu and down ...

... on watch from 2300 - 0200hrs. The wind was freshening so we took in a reef and shortened the jib for the night shift. We spotted one ship off Cape Vincent and the clouds over Madeira looked ominous, we were heading into the low which according to the forecast was a barometer reading of 1007 F6/7. Sunday 9th. We finished our watch at 0200 hrs and it was still blowing ESE 4/5 and freshening. There was a spectacular lightning display off our port beam at first and later off ...

... a banjo player, and a bodhran drum player). We made our way to the bar (being little as we are...my mum and me had no problem getting a place to stand where we could see, people were really nice to move for us). We ordered our beers and the 3 of us enjoyed a night of hand clapping, toe tapping, and grinning ear to ear fun. There was one guy who would shush everyone so someone could sing a solo ballad....there were a couple of older women who would get ...