IRELAND!!

Yeah, I'm in Ireland...I love it here...whatever tiny percentage of Irish that I have in me is enjoying this trip immensely...However, the computer that I'm on is not a big fan of Facebook I guess, so at least that means that any of you faithful readers out there will get a bonus post from Ireland instead of having to wait until I get back to Spain...

So, updates on our trip...Barcelona was ok...that wasn't the main reason I had come on this trip anyway, so I wasn't expecting a whole lot from it, and it delivered about that much...Our hotel room was insanely damp and had mold growing on the walls, but when we told them about it, they at least attempted to clean it off, but it was a rather impossible task...We went to La Sagrada Familia which was mostly drawn out by a famous architect named Gaudi (check it out online...it's got a pretty cool history)...however, since it's still under construction, it makes for a pretty crappy visit...so I shelled out 11€ (since I didn't have my student card with me) to walk around an indoor construction site...not my fave, but pretty interesting...Other than that, I pretty much used Barcelona as a chill out time and time to recover from the sinus infection that I had been fighting for a few days (the plane ride from Sevilla to Barcelona was not my friend, let's just put it that way...)

So on Monday we got into Dublin, and it was cold...of course, it wasn't really that cold, but Sevilla has pansified us (the computer doesn't like that word, but it most adequately expresses the sentiment)...We found our hostel, which was a pretty sweet place...we enjoyed seeing things in English again! (the Gaelic threw us off a bit though) The buildings were so cute!! Then we grabbed some yummy food at a nearby cafe and then headed to buy warm things...found a place called Dunnes (with the help of some locals) which had cheap but fairly good quality stuff...interestingly enough, all of the stuff for that store, Irish as Irish can be, is made in none other than....Andalusia, Spain...crazy...

Yesterday we walked to the train station in Dublin...passed the Guiness factory on our way...saw several big churches/cathedrals that were gorgeous in the morning sun...I bought a scone...the train ride was uneventful...we switched over in Mallow and rode on to Killarney...these names are too fun! Had some issues finding the hostel here...turns out it's out in the boonies instead of in the middle of town like we'd thought, but it's really pretty looking and we've more or less got the run of the place...went into town today, enjoyed the scenery on the walk...did not enjoy the mud seeping into my shoes...we splurged for the 2€ busride back...and now my internet time is almost done...hope you have a great rest of the week!!