back in dublin

something strange it happening over here. my belt is getting bigger, my beard longer, and my shoes are wearing thin.

just a quick one (i hope). got in late last night to dublin, went to the old hostel i stayed in before. this is the first time since ive left the US that i have revisited a city. it was nice coming in and knowing where to go. I left cork, quentin drove me up to Limirick where we hoped to find a hostel (there wasnt one) so i could visit the cliffs in the morning then head either north to Galway, or east to Dublin and off from there to somewhere. Lack of hostel meant a day trip around limirick, we went to a castle there and toured it, very interesting archeaological dig was going on. learned a lot about the military side of castles. Then we went our seperate ways and i boarded the train to Dublin. So in short, missed the cliffs but had a blast hanging with quentin and seeing the countryside again, it is such a peaceful drive. along the way we say the ruins of an abbey, just chilling out there off the motorway with a few cows grazing in the ruins. pictures will follow soon, it was amazing.

again i met some amazing people, im truly amazed at how nice everyone is over here both locals and travellers. went out to the pubs in dublin with some girls from chicago, think im going to stay here for one more day and book a ferry out to scotland here tomorrow. trying to find the old myrick castle but the internet does not hold much hope for that. time is running short here and im feeling a bit pressed. i leave for Rome on the 15 (i am so excited for that), which means im going to have to cut some things short in scotland most likely, or i might skip it for now and make a trip out there later. perhaps from brussels or something with Florence (if you are a faithful reader you will remember she is Virginia's sister from belguim).

Last night as we were walking back from the pubs, i ran into some londoners on holiday here. it was so good talking to them, i love their accents and as im thinking about it now, i want to head to scotland later, go first to wales then to the big city and have some proper fish and chips. The two londoners and i talked about Dr Who and i almost died laughing when he started talking like a Dalek (most of you dont know what im talking about but Alli does and thats all that matters). savage craic.

if any of you are concerned about me not going to the countries that are close to me here and now, dont be. my plane ticket from london to rome was 30 euros, however my train ticket from Limirick to Dublin was 45 euros. it is so much cheaper to fly everywhere over here, that is also another reason why i like staying in the cities for more than just a day or two. I have definitely found my second (or third or fourth or fifth) wind and am ready to start travelling again.

London here i come.

so much for a short blog.

jeff