Archive | October, 2007

back in galway

30 October 2007

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I’m back in Galway. I just booked a week in the Barnacles hostel dorm room. I dropped my parents off at the Shannon Airport at around 11am this morning. We had a fantastic time traveling together for the week. They both seemed to love Ireland. How could you not? The country grows more beautiful each [...]

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updates

24 October 2007

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Hello from Portmagee, Ireland. Portmagee is just off the Ring of Kerry in County Kerry. Today is Wednesday. I’ve been lucky enough to travel since last Saturday with my folks. It has been great to spend time with them (and, the B&Bs have been much more comfortable than the hostels!). I quickly influenced their travel [...]

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back in courtown

18 October 2007

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Greetings, friends. Believe it or not, I’m back in the same internet cafe in Courtown that I was 11 days ago when I posted on the 8th of this month. So much has happened between now and then – my apologies for not having posted since then. I also, unfortunately, haven’t done any writing to [...]

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courtown

8 October 2007

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Hello all, I’m sitting in an internet cafe in Gorey, which is 5kms away from Courtown, which is where I will be living for the next two weeks. I left my hostel yesterday and had a chance to look around Wexford in the daylight. I decided I was going to hike outside of town to [...]

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finally, more pictures

6 October 2007

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enjoy. First shots of Jameson in Ireland at a Doolin pub. Hostel in Doolin, above. Allie River, below. beginning of our cliffs of moher hike If you turn your head sideways, you can see me from a distance. This shot somewhat illustrates how massive the cliffs were. Celebratory pints, post-hike. Below, hitching into Ennis. Kells. [...]

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(briefly) on the road again

6 October 2007

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Good evening, everyone. As I write this, I’m sitting on a bench in Wexford, County Wexford. I’m right on the banks of the River Slaney where it empties into Wexford Harbor. After six hours on a Bus Eireann coach, I was ready to relax. I was pleasantly surprised as I opened my laptop to find [...]

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updates

1 October 2007

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Hello all. I’m in an internet cafe in Limerick right now. Below, you’ll find three blog entries that I’ve written in the past week. Thanks for continuing to stop by, I’m sorry for the lack of posts recently. I’m writing as often as possible and will do my best to post when I have time [...]

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