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... again. After that we toured Dublin Castle, Christ Church Cathedral, and walked around St. Patrick Cathedral. All three were nice views, but the castle was closed so we we just walked around it. There were sand sculptures in the middle of the castle and here is a picture of one of them. We toured inside the Christ Church Cathedral and it was massive. The church has been here for nearly 1000 years and it has a ...

... to London, so we walked into the town (I believe it was called Canol y dref) to go to the internet cafe. While I (Marnie) tried to work on this journal, Camolyn chatted with some friendly Welsh guys. They had a lot of questions about Canada, but we could really only understand the one guy. We could make out about every tenth word the other guy said. When we asked about the wildlife in Wales, we heard something like 'Msh whagh kliff blik had the goo foxes hea lof bux fof.' Overall ...

... was “madness” would be an understatement. Obviously, this being rush hour, it wasn’t an ideal time for tourists to be using the bus system. Plus, the Airlink shares a stop with several other lines so there are 97 people standing there at any one time, waiting for various busses. You don’t know who is waiting for what. There are no queues, to speak of. When the bus arrives you see how many other people are competing for the available seats as they all seem to ...

... named Carly. She is actually a friend of a couple guys I met while bartending in SF. I was telling them about my trip and they said that they knew her and she lived in Dublin. I gave them my email info and thought nothing more about it, however I received an email from them early this week asking if I was still traveling to Ireland!!!!(Talk about timing). They asked if they could still forward her my info and she ended up sending me an email! We ...

... to Covent Garden to indulge in the world's best pasties (oh, and I can highly recommend the Cornwall beer!!) before heading back to Marble Arch to catch our bus to Luton. On the way out, guess what??!! It started to snow as we pulled in towards the airport...can you believe it??!! From a sunny bright morning to snow!! I was like a little kid, wanting to jump around and play...but I froze in half a heartbeat and we headed into the warmth of the ...

... so you don't explode. Also, no one waits for the light to change when they cross the street. If they can sneak in, they do so. Amanda, security as per normal at Edmonton, nothing at Toronto, customs at Dublin. For the moment, I have no idea whatsoever what I'll be doing today after my nap. I need to figure out what I want to see and ...

... and I were some of the younger people, but most of the people were probably in their mid-twenties. We had to give a little introduction to ourselves while on the bus, so it made it easy to get to know one another and make friends. The people that we met on the tour were so great and we all had a lot of fun together. The first place we stopped at was the Rock of Cashel. Next we stopped in Mitchelstown to see the cave there. It ...

DUBLIN! or doob- lin as its pronounced here in spain. Anyways, regardless, it was awesome! I loved every second of it. A group of 6 friends and I flew there Thursday morning. Yep, we skipped class. Soooo worth it. We got into Dublin, wandered around, found our hostels, locked our stuff up and wandered aimlessly some more. The first day we were all pretty exhausted and disoriented, but loved all of the changes. Most people would have ...

... reign in their own country. The history of the Ireland is absolutely fascinating and I highly recommend reading into it - it'll keep you going for years! Sunday - Megs and I dragged ourselves outta bed and the off the floor respectively and headed off to Kilmainham Gaol (Jail) for a tour of the place. We went through even more Irish history and heard numerous stories of courage and sacrifice that has made Ireland the incredible country it is today. The jail was opened in ...