Music: Brinsley Schwarz - Feel a Little Funky <3 I came back to Dublin yesterday - I thought I'd go to somewhere like Maynooth for the day, but I didn't, and I'm so glad I didn't: Dublin was full of life, and I, rather surprisingly, felt at home once I got here again. Hmm. Anyway, there was a man, "The Winged Wizard", in a superb costume (& make-up) who gave a piece of wisdom on a little paper, which seemed to appear in his hand out of thin air, to everyone who gave him change. Yes, I did too. He totally [View Full Entry]

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It seems the wind in Connemara & the Cliffs of Moher was too much, as I now have a major case of nose-leak and hurt-throat. I've been barely audible for a couple of days (you should (not) try out ordering food without any voice, it's kinda interesting), but I know my throat is getting better - now it only hurts when I cough or get out of breath. XD Yesterday I coughed up this incredible, sticky yellow slime that would not break. It was really some kind of alien-slime, I believe, that somehow landed in my throat from outer space. (Whaddaya [View Full Entry]

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I'm still in Galway... I was supposed to be here for only one or two nights, but this is already the fourth whole day. I might go to Cork today. Probably not. I already paid for the hostel, I dunno if I could get the money back. I might not even ask though; my throat is really sore & I got a cough from all the wind in Connemara the day before yesterday and Cliffs of Moher yesterday, and I don't really feel like carrying all my stuff anywhere. (I still have to carry it to this hostel from the other [View Full Entry]

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Okay... *tries to remember* For reasons I don't remember anymore, I didn't go to Cork at all but travelled straight from Dublin to Killarney. Killarney is a really pretty, and my first instinct was "omg I wanna live here!" But after a couple of hours, I'd realized it's wayyyyy too small to live in. I spent to nights there, took a tour (where, I've no idea anymore). Because it was weekend, the hostels were booked and I slept in a mixed dorm with two Californian guys, Paul and Ben. First I didn't like it all, but then I was glad because [View Full Entry]

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...that I'm leaving Dublin today, which means I won't update this often. I've no idea how many Internet cafes there are on the west coast, or how much they cost. So not updating doesn't mean I'm dead, it means Internet costs 2€ for ten minutes, dig? I don't know why I keep forgetting to mention stuff. Yesterday I also went to Dublinia, a museum for medieval Ireland & Vikings. My expectations were low; my travel guide (book, that is) says it's especially good fun for kids, but most of the visitors were adults, and it actually was good fun. Most of [View Full Entry]

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Everything closes too early here; even the biggest Tesco closes at 7 pm. Hmph. The day before yesterday, I was in the hostel room, and opened the door (the key card system is so weird, everybody seems to have problems opening the doors. Well, at least I'm not the only one) to a girl, who asked me where I was from. Well, not only is she Finnish, she's from Tampere as well, lol. Aaand, when she was 9, she went to Liverpool because of The Beatles, thinks Sherlock Holmes is cool (he is, he so is!) and that the MTV "music" [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday I * walked around (mostly because museums and such were closed when I arrived) * for several minutes, chatted with a garbage man who - knew that Helsinki is the capital of Finland, but couldn't remember Stockholm - doesn't think he'd like having a lip ring - should consider opening a tourist information centre * couldn't understand how to get the key card system in hostel to work (locks seriously dislike me!), here's hoping I'll manage today * was really annoyed at one girl in the dorm who didn't whisper when people tried to sleep, and accordingly lost [View Full Entry]

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I'm updating again right away. Ha. It was really fun coming back here again, but I must say that Dublin has sure changed a lot! I dunno if I just imagine it or if the big, ultra modern buildings were here in 2006. I really enjoyed realizing that I still remembered the city centre quite well. A geek shop where I bought my Wolverine posters is still there, but the 24/7 pc games place (I bet most of them played WoW) is no longer there. I really like Dublin, it's such a mixed up, muggled up, shook up world*. A lime [View Full Entry]

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