Well, I have to say that thinking my flight to Dublin was scary (and possibly the worst I'd encounter) was a big mistake. I encountered a whole new type of aircraft heading to Scotland, one with propellers on the outside of the plane! The fact that they were packing about 80 people onto this toy looking craft was enough to have my heart beating out of my chest for the better part of the 30 minute flight. Luckily it wasn't any longer or I might not have been abl...

After a 3 hour bus ride from Dublin to Cork all I wanted to do was get into the hostel and put down my heavy bags. But I guess fate had other plans, which involved me wandering around the city in the heat for about an hour. I had the map on my iPad but didn't want to be walking with that out for fear of being robbed so I would take it out for a minute then put it away and try to go off memory. I later realized the turn I had missed and remembered the situation...

To my disbelief, and I think most people around me, the day had finally arrived-it was time to leave! The first flight saw about 45 mins of shut eye what with the freezing temperatures and close quarters. The second flight was a whole new experience altogether, and that experience was called budget European airlines. To say that I questioned my survival rate throughout the most of it would be fairly accurate. There was just something about the extremely close...