Day 12 (Europe & Going... in Ireland!)

Did I ever mention how we don't need alarm clocks?

Well Darien might but I don't.

Everyone gets up and I'm a light sleeper.

Although because I went to bed late I wasn't happy I woke up.

Apparently someone put there stuff in my locker,

Lockers are under beds they roll out.

And so I had to get up out of bed 

so this girl could pull out her stuff.

It sucked, but I'm not sure I would have 

gotten up for breakfast had I not been 

forced out of bed(; 

We got to see Jordan for breakfast,

The girl we played card games with last night,

But Duncan & Rose weren't there.

They both were off doing there own thing.

Toast with tea seems to be a continental breakfast.

I thought European breakfasts were much bigger..

Doesn't change the fact that I'm very grateful for it!

Our day was unplanned so it started off slow.

Jordan didn't want to look for apartments that day 

so we decided to go to the Cliffs of Moher.

As we made our way out we saw 

Duncan on his bike coming in.

We invited him to come but Duncan explained that 

there was no way we'd walk there o_O

Apparently it's a 40 minute bike ride..

Walking would take forever! 

So we got the front desk to inform us 

of something to do.

We made plans to go to the beach(:

As we made our way there we found

a nice park to play at.

It was a giant grass field,

which honestly was everywhere so it 

wasn't any more spectacular than the 

next few hundred feet.

But we got caught up in a break.

Darien and I were wanting to do hands up stands up.

Apparently Jordan never knew how!

So we spent a good few hours at the park 

doing gymnastics and other silly park activities.

Like so...

The place was a blast!

It was nice having a fun play day.

However,

We got pretty tired so we didn't end up going to the beach.

BUT!!!!

We did get the good ol' barnacle gang,

Wow I like that term.. Barnacle Gang.

Barnacle is our hostel if I failed to mention that.

And we played card games!

Alright so this had to have been thee weirdest

thing I've experienced yet.

A scout group came in to our hostel!

They were staying here! 

It's weird because here are a bunch of college aged kids,

in a party city I must add, 

Drinking alcohol and a scout group comes in..

Also this scout group kicked us off our table.

Now I grew up a scout and I understand 

if you need somewhere to sit and all,

But man.... 

We were so into our card game! 

We made due, and sat on the floor .__.

Safe to say we didn't play long after that.

So went to gather in the lounge.

Met a few more cool people,

they showed us more card games.

Then we went out into the city! 

Galway is for sure the biggest party town.

You see student aged kids everywhere!

Another great thing is we get in most club/pubs free!

With our tight budget we didn't buy 

alcohol but we didn't really need it.

People buy you shots left and right,

But knowing our situation, we played it safe.

Awesome Irish music!(;

We can only stay there so long before they get boring.

So we ended up calling it a night early.

Talked a bit to our friends in the lounge,

and now we are off to bed!

Due to shortage of time to write these, 

and boring post updates to speed up,

I'll only be posting weekly! 

Gotta keep the posts more exciting!

Family. Friends.

I Love and miss you all dearly!

Fellow readers!

I appreciate you're time!

STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITING POSTS!!! 

Day 11 (Europe & Going... in Ireland!)

We woke up and we were exhausted.

It's really a wonder why hostels have breakfast so early!!

I'd like to think they do it so we 

remember to enjoy the real beauty of the 

country we came to see.

But sometimes I think I'd be happier 

sleeping my days away. 

However we are mooches in Europe.

So even though the timing is absurd,

We got up for our free continental "breakfast",

Containing a couple slices of toast and jam.

Living the high life right?

Because of my booking mistake

We had to check out and back in to our reservation.

Going from the clown maze hallways 

to find our next room.

After finding it we saw someone had their 

stuff on our beds! Oh no they didn't!

We didn't honestly care.

We just went to the kitchen to make

something to be proud of eating.

Which I lied...

That last post,

Was me trying to catch up.

So that dinner you saw before,

Yeah that was the dinner we had tonight.

Deja vu? 

Like I said it was amazing.

Mainly cuz we cooked it.

But yes.. Mmmm foodgasm.

We made some friends at dinner,

Jordan & Rose.

They kind of were creepily watching us

play our card game, yes Jordan I mean you. 

... I know she'll read that ...

We eventually gave into our pity 

and let them join our game.

But aside from joking, 

Those two girls are sweet hearts.

Such fun people to hang with.

We even got this guy named Duncan

down our table to join in.

My extrovert side of me can't help 

but call in good company.

We played a good few hours of

Hate & Revenge.

At least that's what we call it back home.

Duncan was informed of it as Gin Rummy.

Either way we enjoyed playing it.

All of us had a great connection.

We all got along very easily and 

just had a blast that night.

After our game, That I Won(; 

just abusing my prideful opportunity! 

I was able to show my famous magic trick!

The illusionist trick.

Now I not only impressed my new friends,

But actually got everyone's attention in the room!

I love being the entertainer/center of attention.

Anyways I showed them and everyone loved it!

There were a good 15+ people there.

I was happy to make such an impression

in front of my amazing friends and other guests.

We all settled down by relaxing and 

calling it a night right after having 

everyone want to know my trick(;

I never told a soul.

However the amount of times my friends 

watched me do it, they caught on...

But I still loved the energy we brought out.

It's amazing the fun you can have out in the real world.

I have access to the Internet a lot more than I thought,

Yet I rarely use it.

Traveling is exciting!

There is always something bigger, better,

Or more opportunities to learn!

Anyways I'm ready for bed, 

And this post is going to end funny

If I don't end soon. 

"Till next time!"

Day 10 (Europe & Going)

Ah this morning sucked!

Not only did we go to bed late,

but at 7AM the fire alarm went off -_-

But didn't stop us from falling back asleep!

The fire alarm goes off all the time.

We didn't worry about a real fire.

Haha not the safest thing to do,

If there was a real fire than most of us 

in that hostel would probably get hurt.

We got up around 9:30 just in time for breakfast

We saw Steve the guitar player and 

ate breakfast with him.

Maria the Norwegian girl however didn't show.

After breakfast we packed up and checked out.

Giving our goodbyes to our good friend Steve.

We went to the post office and delivered 

post cards to our family & friends.

We didn't know how we planned on 

getting to Galway so we went back to

the hostel to use the wifi.

Good thing too, we saw Maria, the Norwegian girl! 

So we hung out a bit while Darien & I

situated our travel situation.

Steve was there too! 

So our cool group just all chilled in Isaacs Hostel.

After booking a bus,

For extremely cheap! 

So 129 Miles, we paid €5!!

That's about $6! 

Yeah pretty sure we're getting a free ride.

Yeah we parted ways with our friends,

And made our way to Galway!

The bus ride was awesome!

Seeing the inner country was epic.

Wish I took more pictures 

But I did manage to snag this one picture.

It was beautiful seeing the inner parts of Ireland.

The place is very green, and you get to see

some random castles here and there.

But we didn't really get a good view.

Once we got to the hostel I made a mistake...

I booked it for the day after.. 

Luckily there was still a room available! 

So we settled down and relaxed for the day.

You'd think we're being boring but no!

Traveing is exhausting! 

We also had late nights and were very tired.

So today our plan was to stay low,

Keep to ourselves, no making friends.

Friends means late night.

So we just kept to ourselves to bedtime.

In the process we did make an amazing dinner!

It was sooooo gooooood!

For the first time we got full.

Food definitely has gained a higher meaning 

in our lives since the beginning of our trip.

After that we played more cards

till we got tired enough to go to bed.

So now we plan on doing something tomorrow.

Don't know what but something for sure(;

G'night readers!

*Abiding by the rules of our card game*

SPEED!!

Day 9 (Europe & Going)

This morning we had odd experience.

We woke up to this Italian guy cooing 

& petting this girl in our room.

We thought he was her boyfriend but

once she realized what was going on

she told the guy off.

Telling him to back off because she 

didn't know him.

For a second I was pretty worried,

but she was pretty aggressive about 

making the guy stop.

It was good thing that she is able to 

handle herself in those situations.

We got up but with nothing planned.

We went downstairs for some good ol' ping pong.

We were still pretty tired from last night.

So ping pong slowly wore us out.

We made our way to the couch and 

caught up on some American TV(:

It hasn't been long but knowing we'll

be here for 4 months we are bound to 

have lazy days, and today was that day.

I was very happy with the shows we got to watch.

Glee

The Big Bang Theory 

(^We just got into it, we love that show!)

And saved the best for last...

Please feel free to give the nearest object 

near you a little drum roll. 

Because this next show is Legen...

WAIT FOR IT!!!

And I hope you're not lactose intolerant 

because this next word is..

DAIRY!

LEGENDARY!

How I Met Your Mother!!! :D

For those that know me,

You'd know I'm close to being the 

biggest fan of the show.

... Biggest fan being relative(; 

It was really nice to kick back and relax.

After letting the day quickly fade,

We decided the couch potato in us has 

overstayed it's welcome.

So we went up to the lobby to play card 

games instead(;

It was great! 

We even had this musician playing music 

in the lobby and he was killer!

He had everyone in the room clapping.

He played Guitar and his name is 

Steve Lewin, look him up. 

He plays the alternative/acoustic type.

Highly recommend!

Anyways after he finished Darien & I

congratulated him on his performance.

We actually got talking more and 

ended up hanging out the rest of the night.

We grabbed a few drinks and got

back to our card games.

Got to know this Norwegian girl named

Maria. 

Beautiful girl. 

We got her to join in on the fun.

We were able to get to know each other

fairly well and it was all around a good time.

We started making our way throughout 

the city and it was absolute!(;

Once we got back everyone went 

straight to bed while I began a new 

nightly ritual, started a few nights ago.

Got ready for bed, 

Made my way to nearest table.

Poured myself some tea,

and recorded my events of the day.

Now that I'm finished I'm off to bed.

"Lets Fight!"

- Darien Thayne

 

Day 8 (Europe & Going)

Waking up sucked.

After being up all night and only getting 

little sleep it was terrible.

We went downstairs to get us some 

delicious breakfast for our starving souls.

This hostel we got lucky,

They had Raisin/Banana mix Bran.

Believe us when we say we felt spoiled.

That stuff was amazing!

After eating we packed up our stuff

and checked out of our Hostel.

I made reservations back at 

Isaacs Hostel the night before.

So we made our way there.

Once we got to Isaacs we quickly got 

back into our ping pong game.

While having wifi Wonwook Lee messaged me.

He wanted to take us out for Korean!

Him and his girlfriend, Emily.

We met around 1:30 and they were

incredible. Seriously, they were very nice.

They treated us to a Korean restaurant.

I had Bulgogi and Darien had Dagalbi.

Our dinner ^_^

This is Me, Emily, and Darien.

This is Me, Lee, & Darien

Darien and I were honored to meet such a great couple.

They were very kind hearted, good people.

It was fun swapping stories.

I know we will have to see them again 

before we head back to America.

They left quite an impression on us.

One we can never forget.

Can't wait to meet them again! 

Shortly after we headed back to the hostel.

We just relaxed and watched TV.

Found out Darien & I are quite fond of 

The Big Bang Theory. 

Hilarious show.

After watching a few of those great 

episodes we had made more friends

in the hostel, Angelo & Cloudio, they are from Italy and they are amazing chefs! 

and they made us spaghetti!  

Friends are MUST haves in foreign countries.

It's amazing how lucky we have been.

I really have a lot of gratitude for such 

great friends that we have met on our 

journey! 

Sorry Mom's but this was the best spaghetti we've ever had.

After dinner Darien and I 

went for a nice walk around town.

Didn't see/do anything too interesting.

But it was nice to have a break. 

Once we came back we played ping pong.

This time a more evil way.

Loser ate jalapeños and you could only

get a 1/4 slice of bread if you won 

3 times in row. 

Terrible game. 

Darien and I were ready to puke. 

It was great...

Other than that our day ended pretty boring.

I think we're going to pass out soon.

So till tomorrow! 

Day 7 (Europe & Going)

Come 2AM still updating everything

I quickly knocked out myself.

We had this hostel reserved for two 

nights so we got to sleep in the first day!

We had the option to wake up for breakfast,

But neither Darien nor I woke up for it.

We got up around noon.

Plenty of sleep for the both of us(:

No one was in our room,

So we still had the room to ourselves!

So being able to get a shower when I 

wanted was nice!(:

We had two showers in our own room.

This day we were set on going to the park!

We took the dart to get there.

With a quick stop to a thrift shop,

had to get jackets! 

The weathers been getting cool.

Once we got to the park...

The place was BEAUTIFUL! 

I love this picture below.

I shot it from the ground.

If you look closely you'll see a mom 

and her son playing in the grass(:

This pillar was in the front of the park. \/

Darien wanted to make it look like a hat,

Although it doesn't,

 it still holds as a great photo! \/

Front view(; thing was huge!

Chose your beauty! Rocky or greens?

A cute pavilion with a family up front.

We didn't go in but we got a sneak peek(;

It's insane, we only saw a portion of it!

But yet it was the most beautiful park!

So well maintained! 

You can just tell the great adventures we 

had just by the pictures!

After the park we headed back home.

We met Henndrick our new roomie!

He is from Germany, 

and speaks English very well! 

Very nice guy.

We played cards for a short while,

Then we had separate plans for the night.

We made use of our cheap ramen and ate.

And he went out to the bar with a girl(;

Now this morning, I forgot to mention,

We met a guy named Lucas.

He was the hostel cleaning guy.

After getting to know him he invited us

To his party he was hosting in the lounge.

So anyways he saw us in the kitchen and 

reminded us of food and drink he had 

out on the patio.

So we came and hung out with them.

It was a bit crowded where he was so 

Darien and I sat by some lovely ladies!

Getting ourselves out there socially was hard,

Everyone in our hostel was mainly from Spain.

So language barrier really came into place.

However their English was pretty well!

So we made some friends.

After a few drinks and food 

we were off into the city nightlife! 

It was a blast!

We got into a Irish pub for free,

They played perfect music,

The Killers, Blink 182, Green Day, Metallica, Guns N' Roses.

All I needed.

But yeah mainly rock(: 

We danced and had tons of fun.

Just a few of the girls we met \/

Marta & Nola were the girls we were

hanging out with the most.

Very sweet girls.

We had tons of fun dancing, teaching them the cup song, and when we left... 

We got the Spanish kiss on each cheek

from the both of em'!

It was a good night. 

Once we got home, we found two more roomies.

Everyone was asleep so we will wait till 

tomorrow to meet them.

Till next time!

... This guy is caught up.

Woot woot!

Day 6 (Europe & Going)

We woke up pretty early,

Had to make it to breakfast, ya know?

When we pay for something we want

everything we can get from it.

It wasn't anything special.

Corn Flakes & Skim Milk (Yuck)...

Food is great no matter how bad though.

We quickly checked out soon after eating.

Not exactly sure where we planned on going.

We did decide that we needed more food.

So we headed to the local grocery store.

Good ol' Tesco's. 

It isn't fancy Irish food,

But a loaf of bread, can of beans, and jam.

All goes a long way. 

We took a risk by adding some jalapeños 

To add up flavor.

Great decision, beans + jalapeños 

Equal happy campers.

After that we wanted to go to the park.

Phoenix Park, supposedly biggest park in Europe. 

So we walked down the streets of Dublin.

I managed to score a few photos worth some gold.

The streets of Dublin are beautiful! 

I feel like you can look in any direction,

Take a photo, 

and bam now you're a pro photographer!

Any picture is a good picture here.

On our way we stopped at a Korean shop.

Looking for Siracha sauce.

Sadly they didn't have it, but I had fun 

speaking the little Korean I knew to the guy.

Turns out my Korean skills earned 

Darien and I a free Korean dinner!

He said he'd message us on Facebook 

sometime this week and he'd treat us.

Super great guy.

We hope to hear from him soon,

He gave us some great travel tips.

As does every great person we've ran into!

We made our way to the Dart, Trax.

Took our "free ride" to the park! 

Well till we heard Museum,

We got off at that stop because we had time.

Turns out we loved the museum so much 

that we spent the rest of the day in there!

Seriously,

Darien and I loved that place!

First off it was free,

Second it had so much history and 

amazing things to see.

Our cameras have over 150+ pictures

of that place alone. 

Honestly it was a blast.

The front desk even held our bags

while we toured around!

After the Museum we were exhausted,

So we went back to Isaacs Hostel,

Being a Friday night finding a cheap 

room is almost a joke! 

Even though we checked out of Isaacs

we used their lobby and abused wifi.

Found a cheap hostel called Spire Hostel.

Super cheap,

Now I could have gone cheaper,

Darien is very Frugal & Logical.

I'm more paranoid, intuitive, & safe.

Well now that I'm in Europe I am.

So since I do the bed finding

I usually will find a room with 6 beds

less people to rob us, 

And not a sketchy poor looking hostel,

Lots of homeless people use them.

Nor ridiculously priced hostels.

But a happy medium.

I know Darien wants us to go cheaper,

But being safe has hit me hard being away from home.

Going with that I've been homesick.

Really bad.

Thinking about home is hard.

I try to distract myself, but being in a 

foreign place, with no organization...

It's scary. And I never thought I was one

to run to home when I'm scared.

But I miss having stability.

So the best I can do is keep Darien & I 

safe till then. 

Regardless of my homesick problems,

We have been having fun.

It's not hard not to enjoy yourself here!

Anyways, I got us a 6 bed room for €14.

When we got there is was nice!

We always end up in the top of the stairs though.

Carrying giant backpacks up 3 flights..

It's exhausting.

Once we got there we were the first ones there.

We got to choose our beds and we had our own bathroom(: 

For that price we got an amazing deal!

We relaxed and Darien fell asleep fast!

He fell asleep around 8pm.

I however stayed up.

I caught up in my journal.

Partially on the blog.

I was behind but now I'm only kinda behind.

...And now I, I'm done with day 6.

I am now just going to take a break.

..ZZZzzzzzzz