Lawlors Hotel Naas

... Bailey's in my coffee!) After that we decided that since it was such a nice day, a thing we were not about to take for granted that we would go out to the coast and see some of the seaside villages we had read about in my guidebook. We started out in Malahide, which is the home of a beautiful castle set right in the middle of a huge green park . We even got to see a bit of (almost) forest on our way to the castle from the train station ...

... station... as we have spaniards yelling and laughing at us "corre!! corre!!" or "run! run!". We get to the top of the huge thing and run around finding security guards, locals, information people, and train attendants to find where our bus leaves (in 1 minute). they a;; point us to the same bus. we go to the bus and ask more people, its this one they say. FIVE people say its this stop thats the bus to the airport that is an hour outside of barcelona. we stand there, and watch a ...

... were enough people from our group there to make it fun so we danced and left together. All in all, a pretty fun night despite the fact that they didn't play the music we went to hear. Friday I had my first Modern American Lit class and that was pretty intimidating. Maybe it's just the size, I don't know. But after the class I came back to my room and packed to go on the homestay weekend trip. We all got on a bus and headed to Gorey, Ireland, which is ...

... attendre jusqu'a 4h30 du matin pour prendre le train jusqu'a Liverpool. A Liverpool y faisait ****in frette! C'etait debile pis tout le monde se promenait en t-shirt. On s'est canter dans un mcdo en attendant que le soleil se leve. Apres ya fallu attendre jusqu'a 10h pour que l'office de tourisme ouvre pour avoir des infos. Apres ca, heureusement, on est alle visiter le musee des Beatles et c'etait vraiment bon ...

... when your imagined perfect moment actually comes true whilst visiting a country. Particularly when its so unexpected, in an little old pub in a dirty alley. That afternoon we drove to the capital... Dublin. We went to the famous Temple bar on the Southside. It was absolutely rocking. The live acts were top class and the crowd was going wild. The street buskers were just as interesting and it was a great way to finish our Irish visit. We returned the car ...

On my last weekend before I headed off on my big adventure went for dinner with loads of my friends in Peony Palace on the Friday and then on a mad one in Graces on the Saturday!! Had pics but my camera busted so I think I lost them sorry! Luv you all xxx

... a sunny afternoon...We take the luggage and get on a bus to the city center where our hostel was.We were at the Browns Hostel, cheap but friendly and very well situated.After registering at the hostel, we go out to take an irish coffee at the Pravda, and to make a small walk to Temple bar, where we ate at The Bad ass cafe.

... a 3-day tour throughout Ireland called Shamrock Tours. Imagine listening to U2 while driving down the country side (on the left side of the road of course), sun rising, sheep grazing, and a full rainbow in the distance. I can't even tell you how alive I felt.

Anyway, today was the first day of the tour. We went to Clan MacNoise, one of the first Christian monestaries in Europe, located right on ...

... grab a bite to eat. The nearest place was Temple Bar and I found myself in front of Bad Ass Cafe --so that is where I sat myself to have a good old California Burger and a Diet Coke. I walked some more after the meal thinking that I would walk off the pain which I think might of helped. By the time I got back to the hotel I got a pitcher of ice and iced the rest of the evening only going out later for a store sandwich and some snacks. All in all, I think I was lucky and ...

... 900 years old!) for a delicious traditional Irish dinner (Fish and Chips and Bangers and Mash!!). Unfortunately the weekend had done quite a number on Aron and he had to recover!!! The guys headed off to Cork the next morning to kiss the Blarney Stone returning on Wednesday night and then to Belfast on Thursday to see a hockey game and take a black cab tour. On Friday me Cam and Kevin caught a bus to Galway (Aron decided to stay behind in Dublin having had enough ...