Blogs from Doolin, County Clare, Ireland, Europe - page 3

We had a early call this morning. The alarm rang at six and we were out the door before 8am. We made a quick atm stop and then started heading south. On route, we stopped at a Centra for a little breakfast and encountered a very nice sales woman who brightened all of our days by calling us “love”. As we nibbled our breakfast in the car, we headed south from Galway towards Doolin. We were flying in the car because we were trying to make a ferry to the Aran Islands. At one point, we were going to have to pass a huge lorrie (truck) and my tendency is to hit the brakes… but this time Tara coached me thru it…”Don’t slow down, you can do it” and so I speed our little Toyota right ... read more

July 6-9: LONDON Okay, so as everyone might have expected, the moving every three nights (from hostels none the less), has started to wear on Caitlin and I. That and the continuous, absolute non-stop walking has left our ankles swollen and angry with us. Even still, Caitlin and I have had some superior experiences in each major city. From Barcelona we headed to London. The weather was a bit dreary on the day we arrived, but the sky opened up for the rest of our time there. You would think arriving back into an English speaking country, we would not get lost…HA!...the street our hostel was on changed names 5 times before we arrived at the right leg of the street, and the yahoo-map we printed out had the arrow for our final destination in ... read more

doolin!! the epic cliffsof moher Europe » Ireland » Doolin By EuropeKatieJune 18th 2007 HEY PEEPS. im in doolin right now! in about 2 hours imgoing to walk tothe cliffs of moher from the allie river hostel im staying in. THIS VILLAGE IS THEE CUTEST PLACE IVE EVER SEEN. just rolling green hills andblue sky on the bus ride up, beside the coats cliffs, about 300 400 feet, cliffs f more about 700 ft. but they stretch out i can see a giant cliff that hangs straight to the ocean from my room window. the atlantic is so giant and open, ive never seen anything likeit, we drove up on a sunny evening the sun was setting slowly and the water looked so amazingit looked fake. this place is fucking beautiful.... read more

After a week of mixed-to-good weather, strong Irish music, selling my bike, and returning to my home base of Cappoquin I have reached my last weekend in Ireland. Stay tuned because over the next couple of weeks I will fill you in on some more of the details and do some wrap up of the trip and what I learned - plus a spacial interactive opportunity bonus offer. How is that for a deal? In sort it is turning out to be a bitter sweat ending. I am tired in the core of my body and ready to settle back down and open the next chapter of life ahead. Each of the last few days has provided little snippets that stir a desire to stay on and soak in every little bit that Ireland has to ... read more

So Doolin was pretty much awesome. It's not really a town or a village - there's no convenience store or gas station or even a hotel. It's a road (just barely wide enough for two lanes) that goes from the Doolin pier and connects an Upper Village and a Lower Village. It's about a mile between the two villages, and there's nothing in that mile except for B&Bs, farmhouses, and my hostel. It's something like a national shrine to trad. Everywhere I've been, people talk about the 'legendary' McDermott's and McGann's, which are the two pubs in the Upper Village. I don't know how long they've existed, but it must have been awhile - McGann's is covered in black and white photographs of old trad sessions. And it really was amazing - it was the first ... read more