Blogs from Europe - page 10045

"Above all--we were wet" is a line in the book Angela's Ashes that I am reading. It's about a boy's irish catholic childhood in Limerick, Ireland in the 1940's and in it he writes about the sheets of rain that would come up from the River Shannon and keep the city wet all the time. I recommend it. It reminded me of today in Dublin...it is cold and rainy and windy as hell. Right now I'm sitting at my internship at UCD's campus. I can hear the wind blowing around the building and it makes a hollowing noise that is so loud you can't help but notice it. It is almost comforting. It's pouring out and it has been steadily since I woke up. It's so interesting the kind of mood the rain puts you in. ... read more

So as my title suggests, I found out this morning at the Einwohnermeldeamt that apparently we needed visas for stays longer than 3 months and we didn't know it; hence, as of May 1st, we were illegally living in the country. Bryan and I got our visas and everything is now straightened out. We find it weird that Mike never got this letter in the mail, so we are still confused on that. Last week was kind of a blur- Joe's family got here on Tuesday and I've been hanging out with them for a few days.. they are all great! I was only with them for 2 days as I had school on the other days, but on wednesday we walked around the Jungfernstieg area and went to St. Petri Kirche.. which was rough, as ... read more

Hey all! Just a quick update to let you all know that I´m alive. :) Lysh and I are in Salzburg right now, on a day trip from Munich... we just arrived, but needed to burn our photos onto discs, so we stopped in to an Internet cafe quick. I haven´t seen the places where the Sound of Music took place yet, but from the train this place looks soooo beautiful! Almost like a painting. Don´t worry, Maddog, I´ll take lots of pictures for ya. ;) Munich is AMAZING! Definitely my favorite so far. Alysia and I plan on living here some day. I don´t even want to talk about it because it´ll ruin how wonderful it is. The people, the food, the BEER, the language, everthing.... top notch. We went on a bar crawl last ... read more

I am about to leave Prague to go to Munich. I have had a great time Prague and have met tons of people. Prague is so different from what I thought it was going to be. The city is pretty dirty. There are some things to see but not many sights. I am leaving for Berlin in an hour. I will write more when I get to Germany!! ... read more

It's pronounced Lemster, would you believe? Would you also believe that Gareth had to get a new wheel? Only his spoke broke opposite a cycle shop. Finally, the wind eased off, the rain stopped and we crossed the Severn Bridge in Wales, which looked...much the same as England. Except the road signs were supplemented with some unintelligible clusters of letters. We enjoyed a 3 mile downhill on beautiful tarmac, to the impressive Tintern Abbey. Lunch in Monmouth was spent watching highlights of the previous days' cricket. We made it to the Leominster YH with enough time to wake our new, hungover roommate (he lay on the bed for 13 hours, making strange noises), check out a couple of local pubs and their local ales. What should have been a restful night's sleep was spoiled by the ... read more