Ramblings of a Restless, Wandering Girl

Ireland

I am now in my last stop, the beautiful country of Ireland. I am in Dublin for three nights, on to a 3 day tour of the west of Ireland, then back to Dublin for one more night. Before this I was in Belfast. It was quite a chore to get there, as the ferry departure my bus was booked on didn't actually exist and we got shuttled to another one a few hours later. But I arrived and it worked out well. Especially the hostel. It was uber clean and in a good location. Cheap too. I felt relieved after two nights at Brodie's hostel in Edinburgh. Picture this: gross and dirty floor, 16 bed mixed dorm, with 4 showers for the whole floor, and two girls bathrooms. No hot water two days in a row. Hardcore party atmosphere (peeps comin in and out at 4am, turning lights on), heavy snoring, one guy who coughed and coughed all night, ugh.

Anyways, things seem to take much longer than I plan for, something I anticipate more in Asia than here. But yay, I am in Dublin and its not pooring rain. Belfast held up well, too. I saw the Giant's Causeway, which was absolutely amazing. Met a cool Aussie guy too, so it was nice not to be a loner and have some company. People waiting for internet, ugh. Okay, I will write more later. This Dublin hostel is amazing (though it should be, its expensive). It has gorgeous beds, free net, free full breakfast, is super clean, small. I love it. Off to buy groceries and take out some euros!

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Okay, I am back and taking more advantage of the free internet here. Especially because it is 7pm and I am not sure what else to do. I still am going to take some time to plan the next couple of days, but I am not sure what to do tonight. I stayed in the past couple, and I think I will just wander the streets and look around. I hope to meet some people tomorrow so I can hang out with someone. Travelling alone is really awesome in that I can do what I want and get up when I want and things take less time (well, ok things are just on my time). And during the day its good...doing a tour is usually awesome cuz you meet people...but arriving in a new city is lonely in the evenings.

One thing I am finding funny is connections to people I meet, or seeing someone I know from Canada in another part of the world. When I went to this Literary Pub tour in Edinnburgh, I was talking to someone about vet school in Saskachewan, and one person was from Saskatoon, one person's son went to UBC and two people were vets. It also turned out that this couple with the UBC son also have a son in Edinburgh...and I met his best friend in another city in the Highlands because we both did Haggis tours and our paths cross. So weird. Then, two Canadian grils on my Haggis tour were talking about this Canadian girl who annoyed their last tour driver becuase she kept talking and talking. It sounded like a girl I met in London in my hostel room...and it turns out it was! And the two Candian girls were staying next door to my room in London. Then I run into this same, um, try to be nice Sarah..."talkative" girl as I walked to my bus in Edinburgh on the way to Belfast. Sooooo crazy. And the Aussie guy I met on the Giants' causeway tour stayed at the same Brodie's hostel for a long time before and new a bunch of people there. He overheard me saying how dirty it was to someone else. It's weird how these degrees of separation work.

posted by SarHa @ 9:00 AM