| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
| oh boy . . ireland where do i start |
wow ireland is a fun place. so many stories to tell. unfortunaltey the pictures are being stupid and don't want to be posted. sorry, i could only post one, it is of the cliffs of mohr.
we took of on thursday and flew over there, we got into the shannon airport at about 5pm or so. finding the bus station closed we decided to wing it and just aked every single buss that came through how we are supposed to get to doolin. doolin is this tiny little town near the cliffs of mohr, has about 3 pubs in it, so about 300 people or so. as you would expect, not a lot of people try to get to doolin in a day, and we quickly found ourselves stranded at ennis bus station since the bus to doolin had left already and ennis was as close as we could get. we then made a slightly paniced phone call to out B&B. they helped us out and sent Phillip (our angel in disguise) to rescue us from the nasty ennis bus stop. once in doolin, we walked to the nearest pub (o'connors) in hope of catching some pub grub there. unfornutaly we were about 5 minutes too late. we did however meet up with the other bemidji group that was staying in doolin for the night and it was realy nice to see a familiar face.
the next morning we ran into another transportation problem, again saved by phillip who took us to the cliffs of mohr. from there we could take a bus later, and in the mean time check out one of the coolest sights in ireland. we then caught the bus to killarney stopping enroute for 1 hour and expolering a bit of limerick.
once in killarney we discoverd that everything was closed for good friday and we decided to go to the cinemas since it was the only thing open. the next morning we got up to go and went horseback riding. it was amazing. it was my first try at english riding and it was a blast. the senery there is absolutely amazing! huge mountainous tree covered hills poking out of the clouds and green grass and vegetation as far as you can see. we also rode by a couple bays and saw swans swimming and other wildlife like deer (look like a cross between and elk and a deer)
after horseback riding we settled down to eat (takes forever in ireland) 2 hours later we decided to take a nap and then go shopping downtown. then we took another nap (hey we were tired, give us a break) before going to the pubs that night.
pub hopping in killarney is so much fun. (1st of all i must clear up that pubs are not drunken bars like they are in the US, its more of a coffee shop atmosphere, with people drinking alchol instead) anyway, we ran into the Killarney Celtics, the local soccer team that had won the night before but since the pubs were closed, they were parting on sat night. they took us around to the various pubs and showed us a very good time. we learned their song, and drank from their big cup and all, good fun time.
we left that next mornign for waterford with about 3 hours of sleep and ended up checking itno the first B&B we saw, Sals. it was above Sals pub, but it was cheap and it had hot water, we were happy. we then went to the crystal factory and actually had the good luck of running into two other american studnets (studying archecture in rome, in ireland for easter) and we were abel to cut our cost of going to the factory in half. after the factory, some food and then another early bus ride the enxt morning, sent us through dublin and back to home sweet oxford.
anyway i'm taking off from oxford on thursday, won't be checking e-mail that much. but if something does happen, send me an e- mail. i might not be able to respond, but i will read it. good to hear that kristi is ok and on her way back to full form and that everyone had a good easter. thanks again jodi for your updates!!
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