Dublin was a whirlwind overnight stay! I spent the day I got there walking around and found some gluten free pasta for lunch. I visited the Chester Beatty Library; the largest oldest collection of books. I'm such a nerd lol Chen ended up deciding to come to Dublin and got in the same dorm I was in so together we went for a nice meal at a vegetarian restaurant restaurant. Thursday Chen and I took the train to Howth, a cute little fishing village. We did a two h...

After the Blarney Castle, Catherine and I made our way to Killarney. It's a cute little town with lots of little stores that sits on the edge of the Killarney National Park. I opted to walk around, have a bite to eat and relax. Again I find the people in Scotland a lot warmer! Yesterday I left the hostel at 630 to use the bike Catherine rented and bike around the park....you know...when the bugs are out lol It was nice and Ross Castle was a nice sight even thou...

Went to the Blarney Castle and saw the famous Blarney Stone  The last thing I wanted to do was kiss that germ infested stone! Its gross, it was wet and looked nasty, so right up until the last minute I was defiant even though everyone told me I had to kiss it because that's what you do. I looked at it, lips all ready with a thick protective layer of waxy Blistex chapstick....and said I can't it's all gross! Then the guy took out a spray bottle of disinfectant ...

Finally another hostel with wifi! The 7 hour bus ride today had wifi but the last two hostels had issues. I posted pics of the ferry; as you can see it was like a luxury cruise. All it needed was a swimming pool and shower and I would have hid on it for days!! Arriving in Belfast I did not think I'd like Ireland. This is the most run down place I have been so far with a number of tattoo and cheque cashing stores. Everything has bars and shuts down early. Here t...