Blogs from Cork, County Cork, Ireland, Europe - page 27

Luck of The Irish As you all know we have been living in the land of little green men. We are on to our 11th month living in Cork City come February. Moving here last April, Sam and I set ourselves up to just work hard, play little and save for bigger and better travels in April 07. We set ourself up in a little one bed unit smack in the centre of Cork city. I wouldn't call it the Ritz but it did us alright. The walls are paper thin, and we're just around the corner from the "4 faced liar" (a clock tower so called because each face tells a different time) so we're woken up on the hour, every hour, by the bells, and also the 15 polish people in the one-bed flat ... read more

Things are going well, I'm getting a PPN number (the equivalent to the SIN number) soon so I will be paid. Thank goodness...things are expensive! I bought a small container of oyster sauce (~175 mL) and it cost like 4 euro! I don't know why I bought it...i don't even know how to cook with it! Just missing my momma's home cooking I guess. Things run differently here and that is taking some getting used to. Banks are open from 10am-4pm PLUS they're closed for lunch at 1230-1:30pm! Ah, to be a banker in Ireland! What fabulous hours...but it's not conducive to me getting a bank account. Still quite jet lagged and sick so I've been trying to function on 4 hours sleep total. My brain is a bit foggy as well... Here are some pictures ... read more

This is just a test to see if I can get this up and running. We are starting our travells tomorro and our first stop is the one and only Bangkok where we will work our way through S E Asia from there. At the moment we are quite nervous and excited and we cant sleep so we are suffering from JetLag already !!! I suppose having going away parties for the last seven nites doesn't help either. Well I hop you will all enjoy our journals once we get posting properly !! Sarah and Danny... read more

Hey hey monkeys, So Ireland, let the good times continue..... Flew into Dublin last Wednesday....got in about 10.30pm......rushed to our hostel (thats me, Pistol Pete and the Assman)...showered, changed and were at the nightclub 2 doors up from the hostel (handy I know!!) before 12........ITS A GOOD THING!! Not a bad club, was some sort of promotions night, so there was a large group of young women dressed up as school girls..... not really my bag, but the other boys seemed to enjoy it!!! Spent the next day rushing around organising a rent-a-car and hostels...then spent the night in Temple Bar where I consumed my first ever full pint of Guiness....now, 408 pints later.......I've decided that I don't mind it!!! Drove the next day to Northern Ireland and Belfast.... stayed overnight had a huge night out ... read more

Well finally leaving Ireland. A very sad day. My last night could't have been any better. Went to a polish house party. It was a huge shaker. They had a live dj with r'n'b singer/mc. Like really good music Alot of reggae and dance/hip hop fusion. really great. And of course tons of Georgeous Polish Girls. But it was a mixed crowd. There were people from spain, estonia, germany, poland, canada (me and J), and of course Irish. Really super nice people. It was nice to go to a house party. The freaking pubs seem to bankrupt me. what evs. But no pics cuz I am reatarded and forgot my camera at the hostel. We were in a rush. But coul'd ask for a better evening. Heading on a stupid long bus to London, gonna ... read more