D - bristol, tina & will farrell's home
i just wanted to take a moment to write about the wonderful people we've met so far on our journey. from the guy on the bus yesterday who helped us find our way to the families that have taken us in. it's interesting being on the other side of travelling. we come from a resort town and CONSTANTLY get the STUPIDEST people on the planet asking us the DUMBEST questions EVER!! they wander out into the street in front of us as we drive down the road, late for work. they drive SO SLOW!!!!! we have constantly said that people leave their brains at home when they go on holiday. now, we are the ones walking down the street with a 40 lb bag on our back, knocking over small children as we wander lost with a map open wide in front of us. yet, there are angels on their way to work, stuck behind our huge bags that take the time to help us on our way. we were in the tube, trying to find which direction we needed to go, and a man asked where we were headed, ended up helping us lug the suitcases through turnstiles and down the 3 flights of stairs. we were wary of his assistance, yet all he wanted to do was help. he made sure we got on the right train and everything. we got into bristol and waited in a honkin' line to ask the bus driver a question. an adorable guy motioned for j to go in front of him and when she said she'd wait 'til the end he asked where she was going -- he didn't know, but said with a wink that he would find out. so cute.
we've also had people take us in as family. from our aunt in philly to the aunt and uncle of a friend. we ended up on the isle of man with my best friend's mom and her sisters family. they fed us and let us do laundry and cook them dinner every night we were there, and took us sightseeing. AMAZING! eileen even made us some peanut butter cookies for the road. eileen and johnathan have seven kids ALL at home, ages 18 to 1 (we celebrated malachi's birthday while we were there). they also had eileen's sister and three strange american girls. it's like their house just adjusted a bit to fit us all in. sunday dinner included the missionaries, which brought the number up to 15. insane, i tell ya. but they were so wonderful. hugs and tears when we left. now, we are at becky's dad's sister's house. we found our way here about 6:30 last night. we interrupted the last 15 minutes of planet of the apes and will forever be known as the stench that came in. we had a very nice visit last night before we took over their front room. now, we are off to bath for the day. i am renting a car...so be prepared for adventure stories.
14 July 2007
13 July 2007
GIANTS CAUSEWAY
ok so there is a good story behind this...well connor gave us two stories, first one in a nutshell: so there was this romantic guy named Oisin/McCool and he wanted to fall in love so he built a cause way to scotland, fell in love with a girl and brought her back...unfortunately there was a giant who was in love with her too, so he went to pound mccool, some how the girl convinced the giant that mccool was bigger than the giant and the giant ran away back to scotland breaking the causeway so mccool couldn't follow...the other story is blah blah blah volcano blah blah...yeah mccool built the causeway.
anyway this was among my favorite parts of the trip it was sooo amazing there were a million rocks to climb a wow it was cool there were all these hexagonish shaped rocks all fit together, it looked like a puzzle. All three of us walked down this really long road to it and then climbed out to the edge and sang "I need thee every hour" it was so peaceful and beautiful, it was about as amazing as sleahead (sp?) i really wish i could go back
anyway this was among my favorite parts of the trip it was sooo amazing there were a million rocks to climb a wow it was cool there were all these hexagonish shaped rocks all fit together, it looked like a puzzle. All three of us walked down this really long road to it and then climbed out to the edge and sang "I need thee every hour" it was so peaceful and beautiful, it was about as amazing as sleahead (sp?) i really wish i could go back
GALWAY!!!
c here just making an update...ok so i havent written in a REALLY long time...so i guess it is time to write a little about ireland. Yeah i know that ireland was a week ago but hey....better late than never right?
ok so, Galway was the best town in ireland for me. it was so cute and oh my gosh i just loved it. after we got there we got settled in and hooked up with a bunch of people to go to the store to get food. we really didn't want to go out and it was cheaper to make the food at the hostel. so anyway we make the most wonderful pasta primavera on the PLANET!!! and cheesy bread...oh my it was good.
after that J went to bed and d and i took a walk we went and laid in the park areal...where there was a monument of the Galway Hookers...before you get mad mom, it was a ship...anyway we laid there a while until we got bit by these little flies (now d is convinced that she is going to have fly babies come out of her foot:)
so after the lay in we got up and walked around, it was amazing, right when one street musician became out of earshot you could start to hear another one. there were these drummer people...there were like, five or six percussion instruments and they just played these cadences, it was AMAZING!!!
we walked through this street, holy cow, there were about fifty or sixty pubs down this ONE street, it was crazy...
overall galway was my favorite city it was cute and the hostel was really cool. the next morning we left, got there when the town started to close, left to early to see it open...again...
ok so, Galway was the best town in ireland for me. it was so cute and oh my gosh i just loved it. after we got there we got settled in and hooked up with a bunch of people to go to the store to get food. we really didn't want to go out and it was cheaper to make the food at the hostel. so anyway we make the most wonderful pasta primavera on the PLANET!!! and cheesy bread...oh my it was good.
after that J went to bed and d and i took a walk we went and laid in the park areal...where there was a monument of the Galway Hookers...before you get mad mom, it was a ship...anyway we laid there a while until we got bit by these little flies (now d is convinced that she is going to have fly babies come out of her foot:)
so after the lay in we got up and walked around, it was amazing, right when one street musician became out of earshot you could start to hear another one. there were these drummer people...there were like, five or six percussion instruments and they just played these cadences, it was AMAZING!!!
we walked through this street, holy cow, there were about fifty or sixty pubs down this ONE street, it was crazy...
overall galway was my favorite city it was cute and the hostel was really cool. the next morning we left, got there when the town started to close, left to early to see it open...again...
J in London
This is not the real Big Ben...
...this is
We got really bored on the bus, so we took pictures... yeah that was before everyone but me fell asleep. Is it any wonder that I slept while everyone else went to see London?
our first glimpse of London from the ferry. It was a long ferry ride, but there was a storm, so it was fun. D, C and our friend slept most of the way there, but I was up on deck enjoying the wind. It was great!
This is not Abbey Road... but it is in Liverpool. Yeah, we were on our way to the bus and the real Abbey Road was miles away. This is the best we could do.
...this is
We got really bored on the bus, so we took pictures... yeah that was before everyone but me fell asleep. Is it any wonder that I slept while everyone else went to see London?
our first glimpse of London from the ferry. It was a long ferry ride, but there was a storm, so it was fun. D, C and our friend slept most of the way there, but I was up on deck enjoying the wind. It was great!
This is not Abbey Road... but it is in Liverpool. Yeah, we were on our way to the bus and the real Abbey Road was miles away. This is the best we could do.
10 July 2007
J, Isle of Man
So I don't have a ton of time, but I love this blogspot, and wanted to take a minute to post a bit. We are on the Isle of Man now, staying with family friends. This small island has been an amazing respite for us. We were sort of stranded in Dublin as our plans didn't work out like we thought they would, and ended up staying the night at the worst hostel yet. It was noisy and crazy. I'll let D or C tell you about that one, their story is better. Anyway, we took a ferry across to the IOM in the morning, yet another crazy bit, as it ended up costing us quite a bit more than it should have. By the end of it, we were so happy to see a familiar face, we were in tears. It has been great staying here with this family. We got to make Navajo tacos last night for them and the missionaries. The tacos were yummy! Not we are exploring Douglas, and having a great time. Looks like we may have an extra traveller for part of our journey, and that'll be great! We'll have to post more about the now-christened 'terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day... sort of'
We are off next to Liverpool... Yay!
So I don't have a ton of time, but I love this blogspot, and wanted to take a minute to post a bit. We are on the Isle of Man now, staying with family friends. This small island has been an amazing respite for us. We were sort of stranded in Dublin as our plans didn't work out like we thought they would, and ended up staying the night at the worst hostel yet. It was noisy and crazy. I'll let D or C tell you about that one, their story is better. Anyway, we took a ferry across to the IOM in the morning, yet another crazy bit, as it ended up costing us quite a bit more than it should have. By the end of it, we were so happy to see a familiar face, we were in tears. It has been great staying here with this family. We got to make Navajo tacos last night for them and the missionaries. The tacos were yummy! Not we are exploring Douglas, and having a great time. Looks like we may have an extra traveller for part of our journey, and that'll be great! We'll have to post more about the now-christened 'terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day... sort of'
We are off next to Liverpool... Yay!
07 July 2007
tim from NZ
D: internet cafe, dublin
i promised to tell you about 2 guys we've met. the other one is tim. our night in derry, we roomed with a guy that wasn't on our tour...
D:internet cafe, london
i started this blog and didn't get very far before i had to get off the computer and our internet access has been spotty ever since. so more about tim,(casey said to tell you he's hot) we've talked more about him than anyone else, except maybe conor. funny, since we didn't talk to him much.
it all started during dinner. we decided to cook in the hostel, we made a HUGE and DELICIOUS taco salad. when we went into the dining room to eat there was a very very cute guy watching 'united 93'. (i guess that was an understatement, casey thought this guy was HOT!) anyway, we were trying our best to be quiet, but it didn't work very well (you see, we had just shared a ginormous aero bar and the effect was pretty much immediate) jaeda kept telling us not to ruin the ending of the movie for the guy. he just thought we were strange, especially when we tried to pawn off the leftover salad that would have fed 4 more people quite nicely.
then -- we called home and recieved some bad news. nothing i will go into now, but it was an especially hard night. we went back to the hostel and went to bed. we'd just settled in when this TOTALLY HOT guy walked in. jaeda had sneaked a look at the registry and found out that we were sharing a room with a guy named tim. so i said hello, you must be tim, nice to meet you.' ect... (i must interject that i didn't realize that this was the same guy from downstairs. BUT CASEY DID!!! i wish i could have seen the look on her face. jaeda did and said that it was classic, especially when he walked out of the bathroom without his shirt on. *sigh* (we looked, but didn't touch, i promise)) anyway,we introduced ourselves and that was that. or so we thought...
we were all lying there in our dark hostel room when i decided that we should know more about the stranger sharing our living quarters for the evening. HE WAS HILARIOUS! we all talked about the fact that there must not be very many australians in australia because they all travel. EVERYONE you meet is australian. he said that it was going to make it easier when new zealand finally invaded australia and declared it the west island. the laughter was much needed and alleviated a lot of the stress of the evening.
i suppose that is enough for now. when we left the next morning, he wished the fantastic sisters a safe journey... unfortunatly we do not have a picture to share the hotness with you. take casey's word for it 'HE WAS SO HOT!!!'
i promised to tell you about 2 guys we've met. the other one is tim. our night in derry, we roomed with a guy that wasn't on our tour...
D:internet cafe, london
i started this blog and didn't get very far before i had to get off the computer and our internet access has been spotty ever since. so more about tim,(casey said to tell you he's hot) we've talked more about him than anyone else, except maybe conor. funny, since we didn't talk to him much.
it all started during dinner. we decided to cook in the hostel, we made a HUGE and DELICIOUS taco salad. when we went into the dining room to eat there was a very very cute guy watching 'united 93'. (i guess that was an understatement, casey thought this guy was HOT!) anyway, we were trying our best to be quiet, but it didn't work very well (you see, we had just shared a ginormous aero bar and the effect was pretty much immediate) jaeda kept telling us not to ruin the ending of the movie for the guy. he just thought we were strange, especially when we tried to pawn off the leftover salad that would have fed 4 more people quite nicely.
then -- we called home and recieved some bad news. nothing i will go into now, but it was an especially hard night. we went back to the hostel and went to bed. we'd just settled in when this TOTALLY HOT guy walked in. jaeda had sneaked a look at the registry and found out that we were sharing a room with a guy named tim. so i said hello, you must be tim, nice to meet you.' ect... (i must interject that i didn't realize that this was the same guy from downstairs. BUT CASEY DID!!! i wish i could have seen the look on her face. jaeda did and said that it was classic, especially when he walked out of the bathroom without his shirt on. *sigh* (we looked, but didn't touch, i promise)) anyway,we introduced ourselves and that was that. or so we thought...
we were all lying there in our dark hostel room when i decided that we should know more about the stranger sharing our living quarters for the evening. HE WAS HILARIOUS! we all talked about the fact that there must not be very many australians in australia because they all travel. EVERYONE you meet is australian. he said that it was going to make it easier when new zealand finally invaded australia and declared it the west island. the laughter was much needed and alleviated a lot of the stress of the evening.
i suppose that is enough for now. when we left the next morning, he wished the fantastic sisters a safe journey... unfortunatly we do not have a picture to share the hotness with you. take casey's word for it 'HE WAS SO HOT!!!'
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