Casey
Hey there! This journal will be about my trip to Ireland (June 14th - 24th)I am 22 years old. I live in West Haven Connecticut (also known as waste haven).During the school year you can find me slaving away on some awesome history paper I am creating (hey I am a history major) at CCSU (for those of you not from CT that’s Central Connecticut State University). This upcoming Fall semester (2005) will be my last one at CCSU. But don’t worry! I will still be attending college for my Masters because, honestly, I am that freaking crazy. When I head to graduate school it will be at the University of New Haven (oddly its really in West Haven) for elementary education. I love music, friends, life and a bunch of other stuff check out my interests... CaseyBugger
Travel Blog Posts
June 25th 2005
Hey everyone arrived home last night. I uploaded all my photos to http://fotki.com/sykoreact/ireland you are all welcome to check them out.... read more
Bunratty-->Dublin via Offlay and Kinnitty Castle
Published: June 23rd 2005Europe » Ireland » County DublinJune 23rd 2005
We did Falconry today… OMG… BEAUTIFUL. IT was indescribable to feel a bird taking off or landing on your glove. It was a lot of fun. We had an interesting time getting there. But it was a lot of fun once we were there. The man (Jack) was a lot of fun. First he introduced us to the training part by explaining terminology and the process. The he took us through the holding area and had us hold a falcon each and then I got to hold an owl and Pat got to hold a red tail hawk while he explained about the birds. IT was very informative. Then we got to take one of the Harris hawks out. What a fabulous and gorgeous bird. We walked for about a mile or maybe more talking and ... read more
June 22nd 2005
Today was a REAL butt buster. We went to the Cliffs of Moher. The climb to see them was a steep one but easy. My mom and Dad were being over protective and wouldn’t let me take a picture on my tummy of the over the side. So instead I climbed out over a “safer” part and took some pictures. My mom couldn’t take it and she had to walk away afraid I would get knocked off the cliff and my lifeless body would be swept away at sea. I don’t really blame her for worrying. I would have put my money on dropping the camera instead of me falling but whatever. The views were amazing and it was very windy but very pretty. Then we headed to the caves. It was neat we were in ... read more
June 21st 2005
After I updated this thing and we came back from Killarney we got food and then went to the Kingdom Bar. They were said to have traditional Irish music there. When we walked in I had a bad feeling about the place. We were the ONLY ones there and the bartender was drunk way more then we would EVER get already. We asked if there was going to be music and the guy said no. Shortly after we were about to finish our pints the father comes downstairs and says there will be music. He was a great bartender. He took the head off the Guinness and made it perfectly flat. Really interesting. The guy who was going to play music came in and started setting up. He was Norwegian but was a great singer and ... read more
June 20th 2005
Today we are hanging around Killarney and shopping mostly. Going to go eat Bar food tonight and take it easy. After the long hours in the car the last few days I think we need it. Just a simple break. Brought Crystal and tee-shirts and the regular old junk one buys when on vacation. The I think we will head back to Kilorglin and just relax. I don’t really plan to do much I need the mental break. Find a good spot and read. Then tomorrow we head to Clare (Bunratty) . ... read more
June 20th 2005
So, shortly after I finished typing up the last entry I was going to leave the room to go pay with my brother. I was following someone out and didn’t even think about the step that was there. Now I tried to keep my clumsiness a secret from the Irish. Hoping and praying that only the US would truly know the depths of it but it was all for naught. I twisted my ankle and fell face first on the stone floor. Scraped up my hand an knee and didn’t even have the too many pints for an excuse. Of course it was in front of a huge group of people (why is it when you do something EXTREMELY embarrassing there is ALWAYS a group to witness it)? I came up laughing hysterically because I was ... read more
June 18th 2005
It is such a pain to have to update the journal for more then one day past. I tend to forget so much since we have done a hell of a lot. I am hoping I am getting some of the better comments and quotables down at least. Today we all kissed that F’n stone. I am so proud of both my mom and brother who have a fear of heights, my mom more so. Let us start from the beginning. This morning we woke up and ate a yummy breakfast cooked by the crazy lady. Eggs and Bacon. Now this is not like the bacon we have at home it’s more like a strip of ham but still good. They had tea and oj and toast and everything you could possibly want to sink your ... read more
June 17th 2005
Today was our trip to Kinsale. We are finally leaving the confusing confines of Dublin for what we hope is a much more country and easier to navigate city. The roads will be tough since most of them around here are very small two lane roads. Most of you who know me by sight know I am a short person; I can lay in the road and stretch my arms out to the other side. This is what they consider big enough for two-lane traffic. There is NO shoulder. We have driven many times against the shrubs on the side of the road. I can pick a foxtail flower if I wish from the moving car with out unbuckling myself. Speaking of a couple of things its funny to listen to the manner of speech they ... read more
June 16th 2005
Today we took a out of the city adventure. It is Blooms Day today... dunno what that means ^_~. We went to Newgrange and Trim Castle. IT WAS FREAKING AWESOME! We got up this morning so freaking early 7am! We got ready to go and headed out it was pretty easy to find our way out of the city this time and even coming back in wasnt bad. So we go to newgrange and it was very neat. We saw the demo and walked through it all very pretty i have tons of pictures i will show later. It's pretty amazing to think it was built 5000 years ago. Then after we saw that we went to Trim Castle (it's in the movie Braveheart) The town is very cute and pretty. We had fish and chips. ... read more
June 15th 2005
oh man! I thought i would NEVER EVER get here. Yesterday we left on time from West Haven to head to NYC ran into littletraffic and few problems getting to Aer Lingus. Had to kill about 20 million hours at the Airport Bar. Was interesting. Had very crappy bar/airport food. Called Casey to say goodbye and hopped on the plane. The plane ride had me so freaking excited i couldnt sit still or calm down for a long time. Finally i managed to grab a small ammount of sleep on the plane. They fed us dinner at like 1030 pm our time 400 am dublin time. It was actually fairly good food. Then i fell asleep for a shrt bit. When we landed in Shannon i was way too excited and kept staring out the window ... read more
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