Two days ago I began my journey in Ireland. I arrived at 8:30am after a long sleepless flight, relieved to finally put my feet on the ground again. I had spent the last half hour of the flight talking to the guy next to me who was a native of Belfast (capital of Northern Ireland). Along with telling me about backpacking in Montana for six weeks (with various mountain lion, bear, eagle, and wolf sitings) which was just plain awesome, he gave me a heads up about Ireland. The first of many people to warn me about the rain and the lack of sunshine. Well as much as I hate the rain I wasn't about to let that dampen my spirits (pun intended). Getting my luggage, walking through customs and lugging my stuff out of
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