Blogs from Ireland, Europe - page 8

3 days to go till the big move. We're nervous. Rachel has her bag packed (her whole life in 9kg), i still havent my clothes washed. Enjoying our last few nights in the cold Irish weather, sitting in, watchin telly with dog, fire BLAZING. Just got into watching a new programme Suits so kinda ragin we wont finish it. Rachel is standing here half naked doing her tan for tomorrow night. Going to an all you can eat chinese, 10 quid, so we'll see if its nice. Heading out with my ma (ma), cleve (her suga' daddy), gem (sister), Dylan (brother), Shane and Barbara, and Tom and Christina. We'll pop a bottle of champagne, its all for our going away an all that. Might even do a toast and clink the glasses.... read more

It is a funny one..... Heading off has been coming for ages but it is when you start celebrating (people were a little too willing to celebrate me leaving!! - or the timing at the end of dry Jan worked out well!!)that you realise..... sweet jesus travelling is just around the corner. It is the time when you really start to listen to everyones stories and in turn it is the time when people start to tell you the dodgy "bí cúramach" stories! The taxi driver on Saturday night, when I mentioned I was off travelling, first thing he said was be careful (fair) then I said I was doing most of the trip on my own. I think it took all his strength not to pull in the taxi and pray for my doomed soul..............I ... read more

This is going to be a little bit different than what I’ve done in the past. On my gap year I did a play-by-play of pretty much everything that I did. This time all my writing will be shorter, and hopefully more interesting since I will just be focusing on the main events. I am studying in Switzerland for the spring with SIT, the School for International Training. The program is Multilateral Diplomacy and Social Justice and focuses on diplomacy, economics, political integration (EU), and many other topics that I’m still waiting to find out… :) We will have speakers every day that are professionals from different organizations so it will not be as cohesive a course as what I’m used to at Puget Sound, but more like a series of lectures and discussions. We have ... read more

Before heading off we decided to have a couple of get togethers to try and say goodbye to as many as possible. To be honest, it was mainly a family affair and looking back there are lots of people we didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to but sure it’s only a short time! On Friday night thanks to Mammy and Daddy we had a late night early morning party in Conlin Road. After the sad day in Killybegs that was Friday and all the happenings locally last week, it was lovely to see people for a positive reason. Thanks to all who could make it – it meant a lot to us. Some photo highlights included for you all to have a look. On Saturday night, Jean made such an effort and put on ... read more

Hi all, So the countdown is on and we have finally set up the blog today. Just testing it all out after a day of checking through packing lists! Looking forward to keeping in touch with everyone on here, please comment or message us along the way! We are both going to be blogging and it will depend on the day/week who has decided to do it! Share the link as you want, Chat soon, Ciara... read more

Two more nights left on the itinerary, both in Dublin. First we had to get there. The Burren stood between us and the big city which was planned as it is yet another of those things one is supposed to see when you're in the neighborhood of Ireland. Poulnabrone is an ancient dolmen, a portal tomb dating back as far as 4200bc. Hey look, something older than me! (always nice to locate these rare landmarks) Stonehenge, which is larger, dates back only to 2400-3000bc (still older than me, by the way). Seems that in those extra 1000 years someone figured out how to lift way bigger rocks. But still, Poulnabrone is cool, sitting out on the barren Burren sandstone and very picturesque when you catch it in beautiful early light between howling, curse-inducing Irish squalls. We ... read more

One day before I leave Ireland, my sister Grainne had a baby girl this morning. After much confusion over the what her name will be (Eleanor, Eveie or Aoibhinn) she was named, Evelyn Mc Nally!! Skeeeeeoooooo!... read more

Hej alle.. I stedet for at skrive lange mails tænkte jeg at oprette en blog, så de der har lyst kan følge lidt med i hvad jeg futter rundt og laver de næste 5-6 måneder i Cork. Jeg vil forsøge så godt jeg kan at holde jer opdateret med små beretninger og lidt billeder... men som I sikkert alle ved, er jeg ikke den bedste til at huske sådan noget - så bær over med mig hvis der til tider er lidt langt imellem opdateringerne af min rejseblog :)... read more