Blogs from County Cork, Ireland, Europe - page 43

Beep...Beep...BEEP 4am and my phone alarm is buzzing away like its cool to be waking up at 4am on a Thursday morning. Not only is it early, but its freezing. When I open the curtains the windows are covered in frost and its still pitch black outside. A burst of excitement rushes through me as I know I'm up this early for a reason... I'm off to IRELAND! I stand like a withering feotus in the shower waiting for the water to warm up but when it does I get showered and prepped for a backpacking trip around Ireland. Speeding through the countryside at 4.30am in my Uncles Alfa Rameo we arrived at the airport with about 10 minutes to spare on the check in gate. Before long I'm on the RYANAIR jet to Cork, Ireland. ... read more

Ireland is green with lots of sheep and potatoes. Very quiet as we went in the low season. Very pretty. Jon did a great job driving us around. Here are some photos. ... read more

After talking about wanting to travel around the world for years, Sophie and I are about to jet off - next Wednesday actually, 26th October 2005. The Preparations Life has changed a bit for us in the last few weeks. We’ve left Bermuda behind after 5/6 years of living there respectively. We’re certainly going to miss it but looking forward to living at home again - I certainly hope Cork is trying to get all of its rain out of way before we get back to living over this way cause it’s been pretty much non stop since I got back! Anyway, before we become proper adults and get a job, mortgage and a house, we’re off on walk about for 6 months around the world - yippee! The plan is head east to South East ... read more

On one of my daytrips around County Cork I decided to go to a small town on the coast called Kinsale. This is a cool artsy town full of shops and well...artwork. I took the bus in the afternoon to the town center and walked around all day. It wasn't a very eventful day but it was fun. It was also a test to see what its like with a lot of solo time since I would be traveling by myself two months. I walked around town and saw Desmond Castle where they held American POWs in the Revolutionary War. The shops in town were awesome. Some were art, some were good cooking, some were the weirdest imported foods and products I have seen in a while. They had candy shops, and chippers, and restaurants, and ... read more

Hello from Ireland!! Finally got here after a really bad flight from boston. My last day in boston was pretty chill. Went to the red sox game and they finally beat the indians. Truth be told, the seats that I got for the games were pretty shitty, I was in the last 10 rows of right field, not to mention that the seats are made for midgets and my knees were killing me. That night I met a girl and went out and had a few drinks and such. My last day in boston we just hung out in the park and waiting for our flights. She was going home LA so I actually had some company at the airport which was really nice. By the way the airport in boston is the most chaotic, poorly ... read more

The short list of things I've done this week: Peaposting (hammering giant posts into the ground and tying chicken wire around them for the sole purpose of giving peas something to climb), planting the REST of the leeks (330, I guess, was not enough), transplanting fruit bushes (actually, this was easy), hoeing and planting lettuce, and building elaborate bamboo structures for beans to climb. I have a whole new appreciation for vegetables. It has been fun, though - and it's hard to doubt that veganism is healthy when you see little kids genuinely excited that the peas are ready for harvest. (I've never seen little kids even remotely happy about peas before. It's eerie.) And the good news is that jam is vegan, so I can have lovely toast and jam and not feel TOO ... read more