Blogs from Cork, County Cork, Ireland, Europe - page 22

Limerickissä tankkasimme auton ja ostimme matkustajille olutta juotavaksi. Ajoin sitten suoraa kyytiä Corkin keskustan pysäköintitaloon, joka oli kauppakeskuksen yhteydessä. Kävimme lounaalla ensimmäisessä ravintolassa, joka tuli vastaan kun astuimme ulos. Lähdimme kävelemään ja sattumalta vastaan tuli turisti-informaatio. Otettiin sieltä karttoja ja tietoja majoituspaikoista. Tälle illalle ei ollut poikkeuksellisesti varattu mitään majoitusta. Muut olisivat halunneet mennä yöksi meren rantaan, mutta minä halusin jäädä kaupunkiin. Kokemuksesta olin huomannut että muut olivat illalla väsähtäneitä ja minä taas vaikka kuinka pirteä, kun olin päivän juonut kahvia, enkä halunnut silloin olla missään hiljaisessa paikassa. Menimme yhteen pubiin, josta ei saanut kahvia. Otin kokiksen. Paikan vessa oli matkan huonoin: vain yksi vessa, jossa ei voinut pestä käsiään. Kun muut joivat oluensa lopp... read more

Well it's nearing the dreaded moment when we have to say goodbye to friends and family again, but for the first time, I don't feel sad about where I'm going to. I have really enjoyed my stay here, but am looking forward to getting back to India and the good weather again. However it makes it so much easier knowing that I will be back again in the middle of December, so we won't be away for too long. I will meet Mikes mom in the UK and she will travel back with me on the flight from London to Bangalore, so it's great to have someone to travel with. I have already even arranged travel buddies for the next flight back in January too. My mother and my four Aunts have already booked to return ... read more

After an awesome (but very quick) visit to Scotland we've met up with the Dairs and are traveling around Ireland. So far, we've managed to: - drink Guiness in Dublin - climb the Cliffs of Moher - look at clouds and rain in the Ring of Kerry - kiss the Blarney Stone - eat our weight in Irish Breakfast We're having a great time - hard to believe there are only three days until we'll be home! We are heading towards Waterford today then back to Dublin for tomorrow evening. ... read more

Hi Everyone, So I've been a bit bad with posting, but I have a good excuse, which is that I've been too busy having an awesome time! I think my last post was from Glasgow, so to bring you all up to date, I've since been to Edinburgh, Belfast, and Rathdrum, and now we're in Cork. Everything's been really great so far. There are five of us - Laura, Heather, Nina, Sophie, and myself - and this is the third leg of our Tour de Ireland. We took a bus on Sunday from Belfast to Dublin, then connected with a bus from there to a small town called Rathdrum (don't worry, we're not skipping Dublin, we're just saving it for the end). Rathdrum's your quintessential Irish small town, with one main street, a disproportionate number of ... read more

Wow, what a trip we have been on the last few days! We managed to hitch rides out of Limerick (we caught a bus to Limerick from Dublin) on the 12th I think. We made it to the town of Dingle, which is super cute. But one of the fellows who drove us part of the way was a tour guide in the Dingle penisula. He told us we should go to the Blasket Islands off the town of Dunquin. So the next day we hitched there because the busses wern't running. We caught a water taxi accross with the intention of spending the night on this deserted island with it all to ourselves. However there were a couple of 'Grand' Irish girls camping there. They invited us over for some drinks and we took them ... read more