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By Lu sa
October 27th 2008

Halloween

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Derry als Vampir

Am Freitag war bei den Kindern der letzte Schultag vor den Ferien (midterm). Da durften die sich dann alle schön verkleiden :-) die Jungs waren Vampire (hab ich höchstpersönlich so gruselig geschminkt)! Lia ging als Handy...ja, wirklich als Handy...sah kein Stück gruselig aus, aber war schon ganz lustig. [View Full Entry]

By Lu sa
October 27th 2008

Howth

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Robbe

Heute war ich mit Mira in Howth. Das ist nördlich von Dublin und direkt an der Spitze der Bucht, dass man auch einen wunderschönen Ausblick hat! Haben dann sooo süße Robben gesehen! Außerdem haben wir den Berg bestiegen (mit etlichen Umwegen)! Die Aussicht hat sich dann aber echt gelohnt! Zum Abschluss haben wir uns noch zusammen Fish and Chips gegönnt, die hier auch echt richtig lecker waren. Dort gabs ja auch überall frischen Fisch. War echt ein schöner Tag, aber anstrengend. Heute mach ich dann nicht mehr viel, außer mir noch nen Film angucken oder so. [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 26th 2008

Ugh.

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Today isn't the greatest day. I'm sure it's a combination of the tour ending (separation anxiety), falling sick (AGAIN), and a little bit of money anxiety. I'm fairly furious that I'm sick for the second time this trip, I'm usually able to only be sick once a YEAR. The good thing is that I'm here among friends at the hostel, because today's one of those rare days that I don't want to be alone. I'll catch the rest of the tour up when I'm back in Scotland and have time/resources. I'm going to bed. [View Full Entry]

By nirkeen
October 25th 2008

Dublin at last

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The Bloody Stream
Not what I was counting on the next day.

Forecast- Rain with outbreaks of heavy drizzle followed by long periods of low cloud, poor visibility and downpours Outlook: wet ha! Welcome to Ireland. We have arrived. Not hard to get up and out of the Heathrow Hilton, Terminal 4, this morning. A beautiful modern hotel but the rooms and everything in them - a bit small. Very narrow twin beds on WHEELS with thin white covers, like a gurney (adds a nice nightmare feature to the jet lagged). Aer Lingus flight was ez even with gusty winds. Hassled a bit at Immigration but Customs for both countries was non-existent. Our [View Full Entry]

By Al
October 24th 2008

Goodbye my pretties I am off to a better place!

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My life for a year!
My whole property for a year!

Well lads and lassies.... Just want to start by saying thank you all so much for your generosity, gifts, kind words and company over the last few weeks. It's time for me to begin my big adventure with Colin, Fiona and James. I've decided to set this up, and blog every once in a while about my travels. I hope you enjoy and do leave comments! For the time being I shall leave you all with my favourite quote.... "One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with [View Full Entry]

By Lu sa
October 23rd 2008

Dublin Zoo

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Otter
der Otter war sooo süß, hier hat er grad nen Fisch oder sowas verdrückt hihi =)

Am Samstag (18.10.) war ich mit Kristina im Zoo in Dublin im Phoenix Parc. War echt cool. Der Zoo dort ist voll schön und die meisten Gehege auch richtig groß und naturbelassen. Das war allerdings auch der Grund weshalb wir manche Tiere nur von weitem oder auch garnicht gesehen haben. War aber trotzdem voll interessant und lustig. Später haben wir uns noch mit Mira und Katja in der Stadt getroffen, was gegessen und dann musste ich abends Babysitten. Die 3 kamen dann aber noch mit zu mir und wir haben dann noch nen gemütlichen Mädelsabend gemacht. Dieses Wochenende muss ich ja [View Full Entry]

By Joost y Gill en Sudamerica
October 19th 2008

First blog

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Joost & Gill on the top
@ Wicklow Mts

Hiya, Autumn really kicked off now, so a great day to set up our blog in English & Dutch on which Gill & I (Joost) are gonna post our adventures in South America for the next 10 months. Everything pretty much organised and as December comes closer every day the excitement starts to grow more and more. Tickets, insurance & vaccinations are booked/taken, gear has been bought. Jobs, rent & other services have been notified of our departure. All that's left is a few 'good-bye-cu-next-year' parties and then we 're off to the start of our trip Buenos Aires - Argentina; [View Full Entry]

By Lu sa
October 17th 2008

Mira & ich in Dublin - 11.10.08

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Straßenkünstler
In Dublin steht wirklich alle paar Meter ein andere Künstler. Oft sind's richtig gute Sänger, aber dieser kleine Schwarze mit der Leopardenhose hat Limbo unter ner brennenden Stange durchgemacht!

Am samstag Abend waren Mira und ich abends in Dublin und haben die Pubs unsicher gemacht. Leider war an diesem Wochenende voll viel ab 21, aber wir haben dann nen Pub gefunden, wo's echt gut war und später auch noch ein Club unter dem Pub aufgemacht hat, dass wir dann auch noch schön Party machen konnten. Wurde dann auch recht spät und wir sind dann mit dem Nachtbus heim gefahren. War echt ein schöner Abend und ich bin mal gespannt was ich dieses WE so erleben werde. [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 17th 2008

After the party

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Sadie watching us from above.

Sorry about the whirl-wind entries. I'll try to add more commentary from now on. I'm currently ensconced in an internet cafe just down the lane from my hostel. SO cheap, €1/hour....just to give you a relative, the hostel is charging that per 15 mins. AND I can upload pics here! The following are pictures from the gloriously sunny day that followed the party of the century in Kent, England. [View Full Entry]

By Schaaz
October 17th 2008

IRELAND!!! part 1

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St. Stephen's Green, before I headed out to Wicklow.

....as you know, I'm still warming up to Dublin. But these are the pictures of the walk I went on in County Wicklow my first full day here. It redeemed the experience of Ireland so far. Truly beautiful. [View Full Entry]

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