Katie and Lynsey

We have arrived back to Bolonga, all of us feeling a little crispy... After spending 3 straight days on the beautiful beaches of Sardina our skin is showing the affects of the sun. Even after taking turns rubbing sunscreen on each other not one of us escaped a burn... but it was totally worth it: We left Civittaveccnia at 10:00pm and slept on the boat arriving in Sardina the next morning From there we took a bus into the main city and then cabbed it to a little camp ground about 15mins away where we rented 2 trailers for a couple of nights. upon arriving we all changed into our bathing suits and walked down to the ocean only 10mins from the park where we spent the rest of the afternoon. the following morning we made ... read more

ha! we thought the last night train was bad--- this time we get on.. lucked out to have seats in a group of four- two sets of two facing each other so we could prop our feet up and attempt a twisted laying down position of some sort. in night train terms, we were on top of the world. and two minutes before we pull out of the station, our very quiet uninhibited car gets filled to maximum capacity with a group of 14 year old spanish music students. we heard a rendition of happy birthday to one lucky girl on the train in about every language possible complete with clapping, dancing, guitar, drums and someone skilfully walking around the train filming the entire thing.. best part of all was their endurance........................ Arrived in Barcelona without ... read more

After a wonderful week long stay with the Harik´s we boarded a 10 hour long train and moved south we took the train all the way down to Marseilles (in the south of France) Sarah´s cousin Joe was nice enough to let us stay with him we all toured the old port, the church with an amazing view of the entire city and of course THE BEACH! Lynsey was crazy enough to brave a freezing ocean swim.. so cold you couldn't even think at first, let alone breathe. the ocean view was beautiful.. perfect blue with sail boats dotted along the horizon- picture perfect Joe and his friend Roy took us out for dinner and introduced us to their favourite bars... the next day was spent lazing around the beach Katie was somehow the one who ... read more

Already a month in... unbelievable! Had a great weekend with Agathe hung out with her friends and toured around Nantes Her mom took us to the west coast on sunday Beautiful day! she showed us how they harvest the salt from the ocean they diverge the water into little streams each more shallow than the previous until their is only a few inches of salt water which they separate into fields. during the summer the sun heats up the shallow pools and the water evaporates leaving just the salt to be harvested by hand its really interesting to see the process and the patience of these people who still work in such an traditional fashion, completely at the mercy of mother nature for the yield of each crop and all the labour without any equipment more ... read more

wrote this message a while ago but it didn't get posted for some reason... here it is now though. enjoy :) Arrived in Cork after a very long, tiring, train mix up day but we did arrive none the less. kissed the blarney stone yesterday... so now we will have luck and eloquence for eternity or something.... lets just make something clear though, this wasn't just a bend down and give a random old rock in the middle of a huge stone wall a big wet smooch.... ohhhhhhhhhhhh nooooo to give this amazing, treasured gift from the earths molten lava core a snog there are three steps: 1. lay down on your back 2. lean back way out on the edge of this ledge so really your ass is the only thing still touching something solid ... read more