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From Galway we caught a bus to the Dublin Airport. Another part of our traveling cheaply involved sleeping at the airport when appropriate. We got to the airport around 10, had some food and tried to find a nice place to lay our bodies. This part didn’t work out so well. In most airports there is at least a sitting area, that at night turns into a sleeping area…in Dublin this is not the case. We found a spot where we were led to believe no one would bother us, and fell asleep for maybe an hour. Then we saw a booth at the food court open and dived into that. I fell asleep for about 2 or 3 hours, but Ivana stayed up the whole time. At 3 in morning the airport became full of ... read more

We got to Galway mid-afternoon. We started the search for hostels, after going to a few to check rates and then the tourist information we decided upon the Kinlay House. It was a really nice hostel and not very expensive either. We got in our hostel and felt the emptiness in our stomach and went for on a search for some food. We found the Irish equivalent of Walmart, Dunne's. We first were introduced to this store in Kilkenny, it is a lot like Walmart but the quality seems a bit better and it is definitely not the cheapest option, though it is pretty cheap. Another store we found in Kilkenny was Argos. In Argos you see nothing but a counter, then at the counter you walk up and flip through a catalog of everything they ... read more

After leaving Nina's Ivana and I had the intention of hitching to a town called Clonmel and getting a bus from there to Ennis and from there hitching to the coast towards Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher. We got to the highway, I made my sign up and we waited. At first we had little luck, first of all we kept thinking we had been through enough of the roundabouts...but there were four or five and we weren't sure which one would be the last one (being past the last one was a benefit because it meant only people traveling to that town were on the road). Finally we got past the last one and waited. A younger guy named Richard pulled up and said "I'm not going to Clonmel, but I'm going to Callan." ... read more

We decided, even after our success, to take the bus to Youghal because we had to be there by 2 PM and didn't want to risk it. We were going to be couch surfing with Victor and his roommate Yoel in Youghal. Yoel is pronounced like you would say Yole and Youghal is pronounced like you'd say Y'all. This strange mix of things became a highlight of our trip....Yoel from Youghal. Neither was a native or Ireland though. Victor was from Spain and Yoel was from Honduras. Youghal is a small town with little going on, but in Irish history it is a very important site. It is on the coast and used to be one of the most important ports of Ireland because of its access to the Blackwater River (yes, it is black). But ... read more

I flew into Kerry, Ireland from Frankfurt, Germany on the 11th of August. Can’t say I really saw Frankfurt, I mostly used it as a spot to wash clothes and get some rest. I got sick my last day in Venice and continued t be sick for the rest of my trip but the toughest days were in Frankfurt, so I just laid in bed and drank tea and soup. I wasn’t too sick outside of these two days…in fact I recovered mostly within a week. While I was in Istria, Croatia Ivana had been in the Holland and our plans were to meet in Cork, Ireland the night of the 11th. We flew into different airports so we didn’t meet until 6 pm that night. When I flew into Kerry I was shocked to find ... read more