Ello chaps,
It's getting hard to find wifi and time enough to drop messages. But found both for a lil so I'll fill ya in. Lots happenin.
So Galway was very nice. Pretty small with some fun bars playin Irish music and lots of young people on main drag.
Aran islands were gorgeous. Lots of sheer rock and horses and cows and miles and miles of old manmade rock fencing. About 9 mile long island. We took a ferry from Galway coast to the islands. We rented a bike and began to ride in the beauitful Ireland weather we were having, until we got across the island. Serious clouds rolled in and it began to pour. So here we are no rain gear or jackets, wearin shorts and shirt, with tons of electronics in our packets and miles of hilly windy tiny paths between us and shelter. We had to miss seeing the big castle in middle of the island and booked it back to the docks. At this point we are soaked, we are fearing for our passports and electronics in pockets and so still had so far to go. And then my handle bars started to slide off. :( the rain was making them even worse and they were barely connected to the bike making it very difficult to drive. We finally make it back. The bike renters said it looks like we dove into the water since we were so soaked.
A small restaurant was was very nice to us to let us in and wait for the last ferry back. Everyone in the small restaurant laughed with us when we entered and we made some jokes with them. We took apart all our electronics and laid em out to dry on the table. And took turns goin to bathroom to stand under the hand dryer. Fun time. All electronics survived just fine. Not sure about my American phone Whig was in my backpack since it's makin weird noises but hopefully it's ok.
So the trip from dublin to London was quite eventful. We took Ryan air that only allows 1 10kg bag per person as carry on. So the flight from Dublin to Cork was first leg and then Cork to London was second. we decided that there was no way we could get away with 1 small enough bag each so I jus checked mine for a fee. Aaron and Teddy tried to wear a ton of their clothes and get enough weight out of the their bags. Aaron failed and ended up checking his bag and Teddy wearing a lot of excess clothing actually made weight, but was confused by the process, ended up checking his bag anyway on accident and also forgot to take all the clothes off before he checked it. Haha. Making all that he did useless.
Cork was actually quite beautiful, there was a 7 hr layover so we ventured around the small Irish city. We ended up liking it more than Dublin actually. More hilly and very beautiful churches.
While in Cork we were waiting for our bus back to the airport and Aaron had an itch on his arm. It was a tick and we have no idea where it came from. Thank god we had 30 min before the bus came because this ordeal took every second of it. He was quite nervous about it and he was the only one allowed to try to get it out although it was on the back of his arm. We tried to burn it out and that ended up being a myth and not working. So he pulled it out piece by piece with tweasers and was able to get it all after the long process. He's doing fine.
So the flight to London from Cork we were determined to to not check bags. So they all wore some clothes and easilly made weight. I, with a computer, was not gonna succeed so easilly so I managed to sneak my bag through check in. Then while waiting to board we found they were pulling people out weighing bags as we all boarded! I ran to the bathroom and proceeded to put on almost all my clothes. 13 shirts, boxers, 2 pairs of shorts (one of which was still decently soaked from the rainstorm), and pair of jeans. And was sneakingly carrying my laptop in under my arm. When I went up to board I waited for someone to be busy weighing another bag while I quickly scanned my ticket and darted thru. Made it fine. That plane ride was quite warm.
When we got to London we thought we'd just check into one of the hostels we looked up earlier. All hostels in the area were booked because of really popular weekend for some reason. We ended up walking forever with all our bags. We befriended a worker at a hostel and she searched for new hostel for us. Found one on other side of town which we had to get to in an hour if we wanted it. We barely made it at 1:30am in time and got our room.
London was gorgeous and their subway "tube" was wonderful. Saw big Ben, st Paul, Tate modern museum, globe theatre, tower of London, and much more and had wonderful fish and chips. Great city. And today now we are currently on a train from London to Gatwick airport. of course we are in a rush again. I don't kno when we'll learn our lesson and finally leave with enough time. O well running's good for ya.
Little layover in Dusseldorf Germany and then Roma for few days and rest of Italy! (and longer stays finally).
Stephen Diebchester
Cork was actually quite beautiful, there was a 7 hr layover so we ventured around the small Irish city. We ended up liking it more than Dublin actually. More hilly and very beautiful churches.
While in Cork we were waiting for our bus back to the airport and Aaron had an itch on his arm. It was a tick and we have no idea where it came from. Thank god we had 30 min before the bus came because this ordeal took every second of it. He was quite nervous about it and he was the only one allowed to try to get it out although it was on the back of his arm. We tried to burn it out and that ended up being a myth and not working. So he pulled it out piece by piece with tweasers and was able to get it all after the long process. He's doing fine.
So the flight to London from Cork we were determined to to not check bags. So they all wore some clothes and easilly made weight. I, with a computer, was not gonna succeed so easilly so I managed to sneak my bag through check in. Then while waiting to board we found they were pulling people out weighing bags as we all boarded! I ran to the bathroom and proceeded to put on almost all my clothes. 13 shirts, boxers, 2 pairs of shorts (one of which was still decently soaked from the rainstorm), and pair of jeans. And was sneakingly carrying my laptop in under my arm. When I went up to board I waited for someone to be busy weighing another bag while I quickly scanned my ticket and darted thru. Made it fine. That plane ride was quite warm.
When we got to London we thought we'd just check into one of the hostels we looked up earlier. All hostels in the area were booked because of really popular weekend for some reason. We ended up walking forever with all our bags. We befriended a worker at a hostel and she searched for new hostel for us. Found one on other side of town which we had to get to in an hour if we wanted it. We barely made it at 1:30am in time and got our room.
London was gorgeous and their subway "tube" was wonderful. Saw big Ben, st Paul, Tate modern museum, globe theatre, tower of London, and much more and had wonderful fish and chips. Great city. And today now we are currently on a train from London to Gatwick airport. of course we are in a rush again. I don't kno when we'll learn our lesson and finally leave with enough time. O well running's good for ya.
Little layover in Dusseldorf Germany and then Roma for few days and rest of Italy! (and longer stays finally).
Stephen Diebchester
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