Meet me at Hapenny Bridge

First off, my apologies for the lack of updates. Tuesday I was busy for most of the day and saw a movie at night (I'll get to that in a moment) and I was knocked out of commission entirely on Wednesday by a terrible stomach flu which is still with me in some form. Anyways.

Tuesday was a day of walking and explorinfg and seeing the zoo. The zoo was one of the most depressing places I'd been in awhile. There were hardly any animals, the ones that were there were tiny and kept in horrid cages. It also didn't help that it cost me 14€ to get in and I thought I lost my locker key. I had thought about taking a bus or taxi, but I figured it was only an hour, maybe two hour walk, and it turned out to be somewhere in the middle. I walked around for the rest of the day and went and saw Hot Fuzz (it was made by the same people who made Shaun of the Dead). It was histerical, I don't know if it's over there yet, but if it is, go see it, it's well worth the couple bucks.

Wednesday was not a good day, I didn't eat a thing, and consumed about 5 litres of water, none of which stayed with me for very long, but I'll spare you from any other details. I managed to make some simple phone calls and slept for probably 20 of the 24 hours in that day.

I woke up at 7 o'clock (ugh) on Thursday so I would be able to catch my bus. It felt like my nasty stomach bug had left me, this was only partly true. I trudged over to the pick up place and waited for our driver who turned out to be hilarious and very Irish. There were six of us in all, and there are usually many, many more, but we made due.

We drove around Dublin and our guide (Stephan) pointed out interesting places and always had a story, he had a story or joke for every occasion. My memory of most of the trip is a little blurry, mostly because I was engrossed in my book, also I wasn't feeling well. Anyways, we would stop here and there to see a caslte or what not, but the only that mattered was Blarney.

The town of Blarney is hardly a town, but we ate lunch there (it turns out that those 6€ would be wasted...eesh) and headed over to the castle. I kissed the stone of course, but I'm suprised I had a chance, the 'gaurd' guy who makes sure you don't die whips you up so quick I almost lost me nose! But it did crack my back, for which I was thankful. The gift of the gab hasn't set in, if I could talk like I write, or think, there would be no need for the stone. It gets lost somewhere in between, but, mayhap things shall be a-changin'. More happened that day I'm sure, but I can't remember much of it, at least things ye kind folks would care to read.

It worth mentioning however that I have finished the fifth installment of the Dark Tower series, which turned out to be a suprisingly good and easy read. I promptly started the sixth, which I'm sure will follow suit, the dark tower draws close friends, very close indeed. I am literally busrting waiting to find slash figure everything out. I hope to God and the Man Jesus that it doesn't disappoint. When I return, me and mr. lawrence (side note, where is the x-men reference?) and me and ms. campbell will have ourselves a little palaver, agreed folken?

Anyways, enough of books and back to Ireland. I am running short on time so I will have to be brief.

The second was the best, it held the most beauty and the most history. The Cliffs of Moher are some of the most beautiful and staggering things you shall ever see, any picture I upload, ( there will be many pictures at a later date, many, many pictures) will not do them justice. I shot a roll of film on some brillant rocks and cliffs a little further down, I think they shall turn out grand, grand indeed.

We spent the night in Galway, which is basically a tiny Dublin. I managed to get myself lost, had a pint, talked to some crazy locals and shared some wine an stories with some fellow travellers. I turned in early however, it turned out to be not early enough, I am still somewhat tierd, but this could be because I haven't really eaten since Tuesday. The thought of eating does not sound appealing, maybe some cereal will go down okay. My time is almost spent, farewell friend, I love ye all.