Europe All Night to Get Lucky

"Ugh, I ripped a hole in my favorite shorts,
I'm never going to get over this..." -Darien Thayne

"...You may not be able to get over it,
but I can promise you, you can get through it." -Cody Ahn

Those exact words honestly made me through my day.
(But more on that later)
We have been working extra hard today now that Pierettes back.
She was off for a few days flying as a stewardess.
And plus it's our last day,
and we must leave with a good impression ;)

However, we didn't get much sleep,
we were awoken at 8AM, well I was.
(Darien went back to sleep after)
Reason being for breakfast and an early start to work.
After breakfast we got Darien up, and got to work.
We had to sand a door that with terrible tools,
and move kitchen furniture that was under a pile of other furniture.
Let's just say it wasn't our most favorite job.
Non the less it was partially finished ;)
I say partially due to the fact that we gave up on sanding the door.

Anyways,
back to the quote I posted at the beginning.
After our lunch break we went back to the house,
we took a shortcut which involved climbing over a fence..
As you have already guessed, Darien's shorts were ripped in the process.
Due to the fact Darien was super tired today,
he was in a worse mood after realizing his favorite shorts had been ripped.
and in all places, the crotch area.
Luckily Darien has learned to pick up with a needle and thread.
(He has sewn to fix a bracelet, backpack, his shorts buttons, and now his ripped shorts)
Darien has been pretty unlucky with the stuff he brought.

However we are done so we are happy!
Well at least we think we are done.
Honestly Darien and I are worried there
might be more work to be done.
Hopefully not.
But if there is we will jump to it.

So tomorrow our train will leave at 6:30am
Meaning we have to be up at 6AM...
If you didn't already know, we aren't exactly morning people.
Much less ones who go to bed early.
So hopefully we make our train on time >_<

We will be traveling for 12 hours in total.
No worries though,
we couldn't be happier to be off to a good weekend!
We will be living it up in Graz, Austria for the weekend then soon
after that we are (hopefully) making our way to Prague, Czech Republic.
If we can find a way to get there,
We couldn't find any trains to Prague... but if there is a will there's way, right?
Once in Prague it will just be us kicking back and relaxing.
Hopefully if I'm lucky
I will be able to fit in another blog post during this next week.
If not... Sorry, not sorry.

But just think,
ONE MORE MONTH
till I come back to the good ol' boring life of the US of A.
I can't say I'm not looking forward to it,
but I honestly am not ready to call quits either.
I know I mentioned being home sick,
but it's mainly the fact that we've been sitting in certain countries
for too long, and its time to be up and going! <-- tee-hee

I'm glad I got to post as much as I did,
my family has been clingy lately, and I feel its due to the lack of posts.
... Love you guys... <3
Hope to be back here soon,

AU REVOIR!

(Darien, Noéimie, and I)

Europe to Catch UP!

Wow I am so behind...

First off I apologize for those relying on my blog posts!

My excuse for my tardiness is that my iPhone isn't waterproof.

in my defense the new iOS 7 update said otherwise!
... I'm not that dumb for those who think I didn't already know that...
*sobs*

Sadly it wasn't as waterproof as it promised. 

OKAY.

France.

Our first help exchange!
First off I will introduce the family we stayed with!

John & Karen with their son Allister.

We were lucky to work with such amazing people.

It was a small holding, at least that's what I'm told.

We worked on building a fence for them,

WHICH WE COMPLETED. (LIKE A BOSS)
... After a month o.O

It was quite a lot of work but worth it for everything they did for us.

John and Karen.
The British Couple in France.

My god can they talk!

...more John than Karen,

But we had no idea any human being could talk so much!

John would usually ramble until Karen stopped him.

Honestly it was hilarious listening to them at first.
However I wouldn't recommend the monthly dose that we took. 

Safe to say we really got to know each other.

Karen was so amazing,
she constantly went out of her way to make us feel at home.
She cooked amazing delicious dinners,
She took us out to see around France.
She would tease us for sleeping in,
but made sure we did our work.
She literally became our British Mom.
John, he was a funny guy.
He would always be cracking jokes,
most of which we never understood.
But he just was a funny guy in general,
always lighting up the mood in the room.
Some people would say he is mad,
honestly Darien and I would call him awesome.
John although outspoken,
was always someone who could make you smile. 

Allister.

He was quite the funny kid.

Together played many card games.

We would do anything to make him laugh,
his laugh could make a cucumber smile.

He became like a little brother to us there.

We teased him and hung out here and there.

He also brought his friend Hugo quite often.

Him and Hugo were the same as Darien and I.

Although they were 13 and 16,

They were best friends who also loved to argue.

But all of us together always brought smiles.

Kévin.

During my stay in France I was able to meet a good friend of mine(:

Kévin and I had been friends for quite sometime before the trip.

So once I was in France we made sure to hang out!

He wasn't able to stay long when he visited,

however I visited him later on and his family was awesome.

They were very nice and took me around Tours.

Seeing their French architecture was amazing.

It's true, old buildings are everywhere in Europe.

It seriously was like walking through a whole new world.
Walking around somewhere full of rich history was an amazing experience. 

Anyways, it was nice getting to hangout with Kévin.

I really did enjoy France because it was our home away from home.

We planned on staying for 2 weeks,

However the HelpExchange we planned in
Holland notified us they had to cancel our stay.

So John and Karen were more than happy to keep us.

We stayed for a month all together.

The month of October seemed to rush by so quickly.

It just seemed weird leaving

it felt like it was not that long ago that we arrived!

To be fair it was our home away from home.

Which made us very home sick.

After leaving we have been talking non stop about 

how excited we are to come home.
3 Months is more than enough of traveling.

Here we are under the Eiffel Tower.
(I KNOW ITS DARK! WE WERE STUCK IN PARIS!
 FOR 7 HOURS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!)

I couldn't get a good picture of the Eiffel Tower... ;(
Trust me I'm equally disappointed

Notre Dame
I did take this one!

I put a lock on this bridge <3

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SWITZERLAND

Okay so this place honestly looks photoshopped.
You could take a photo from any direction and make bank off it.
We are lucky to be working in such a beautiful part of Switzerland.

Here is my million dollar shot(;

Getting here however was a bit of a challenge.
Our whole Eurail experience has been a bit rocky.

One of our trains broke down and well, 

we were behind schedule and just BARELY missed a train
Literally we stared at it slowly closing the doors to leave.
We didn't know it was our train.. *facepalm*

Traveling on trains sucks.

No actually, Traveling in general sucks.

Darien and I seem to argue more during these stressful times.

But none the less with a little trust and risks taken,

we finally get to our destinations.

Their spare house with a view.

OUR GRACIOUS HOST/FAMILY

We first met the Portuguese family,
They are temporarily living with Madame Pierrette.
They came from Brazil, and they are so awesome.

The kids specifically.

^Andre, Christian, and Clis^
Hyper kids, who never seem to be calm.
We don't speak the same language,
although I am learning French, which they know along with Portuguese.
But we constantly are having fun.
Ping Pong Battles, Dance Off's, Wrestling, Etc.
We all understand one thing.
How to have fun(:

Andrea & The Dad

The Mother and Father (Which apparently we never caught his name)

THE MOM COOKS SO FREAKING WELL!

Seriously she could be on a cooking show.
She specializes in Brazilian/Swiss foods,
At least I would bet on it.

The dad is very friendly and the only one who speaks english.

He gives us tips on where to go and tips and tricks(:

He invites us to see Switzerland,
John and Karen would do the same.
Honestly Darien and I are so tired of exploring,
We usually find excuses to bum out at home.
(We do go out most times though, but just ugh we would love to be bored one day)

Madame Pierette on the left
Clis dancing with Madame Pierrette
The Father in the back, Andrea(the mom) watching on the right.

Madame Pierette.

The owner and lady we work for.

She is interesting.

Very nice and a hard worker!

Seriously the first few days Darien and I were off the hook.

She is a stewardess so she is out flying quite often.
She hadn't showed up till the day after we arrived.

But once we worked we got to pick tons of apples,
and I mean TONS!

We were very privileged for coming this time of year.

Picking Apples was our job.

AND IT IS A DIRTY JOB.

Plus the fact that it is repetitive makes it quite boring.

Not to mention the weather making a muddy terrain made it worse.

However we get tons of apple juice and desserts from it(:

We took apples from every apple tree in town.

Luckily I got a break... Let me share with you,

The Story of the Impolite Brick.

Noémie, Madam Pierette Daughter, needed help moving out
So we gladly helped her move into her flat,
after that she offered to take us to Neuchâtel.

It was quite late, but we figured we needed to avoid picking more apples.

So we agreed to visiting this "Amazing Town"

She said she would drop us off while she headed off to her Horse Lessons.
Once there she told us the places we should visit while we were there.
We didn't have time to see them all so these were our options,
A Church/Castle that overlooks the town,
An old historic part of town,
Or a a big lake that we was very far away.
Obviously we went to see the Church/Castle overlooking town. 

Once their we enjoyed the view and played on it like a playground.
We are a bit childish, age is just a number guys.

...anyways we played the chainsaw game.
(Figuring out escapes if people with chainsaws showed up)
During this process we also used nearby rooftops that we could jump on.

Then I stumbled upon a cool ladder up to a chimney way high.

So the inner child in me said climb it,
So of course I yelled for Darien to join me.

We start climbing, Darien ahead of I.

We got to the top and Darien climbed onto the little chimney.

I looked down from the ladder debating if I should join Darien.
 It a tall glass of nope,

I GTFO'd down the ladder quickly as I could.

Darien disliking the height as well joins me.

Bricks be loose and shit.

Darien trying to maneuver his way to the ladder.

Loose brick be GTFOing off the chimney.

Darien yells "WATCH OUT"

I be like "what, what" guess I'll look up.

Brick be like "MOVE B**** GET OUT THE WAY."

Looking up into darkness I don't see anything.
*CRASH*
I feel something hit my eyes.
Unable to see anything anywhere else.

I stumble down the tall ladder to the roof.

Be in shock like WTF.

Curl into fetal position.

10 seconds in.

Darien says "Are you okay, I'm so sorry!"

I stand up like a boss, 

"Psh, Brick ain't got no manners"

Shock still absorbing pain.

I feel great.

Little goose egg on the eye.

Bit of blood.
Took a picture right away cuz it be cool and shit.

Went home.

ONE NIGHT LATER.
(This was actually taken in the middle of the night, during a pee break.)
As you can see my sleeping mask around my neck.

Whole eye be black n' swollen next morning.
(don't have pics of the eye being black sorry)

Family look at me like dafuq.
Cody ain't working today!

..and that's the story of how I got out of picking apples in Swiss Land.

...

Anyways, point being.

I got to rest a couple days!

Darien however got stuck taking the role of Prince Appleseed.

Which wasn't too bad from what I hear!

So anyways the eye is better and life is good.

I will post again, not sure when but IT WILL COME!!

Thanks for your loyalty to the blog!

I hope my story struck some pretty awesome imagination scenes!

TILL NEXT TIME!

Enjoy us doing the handshake song with three people

Europe and... sleeping in Tailor's Hostel (Spain)

It's felt like a boring week,
but I'm about to share some pretty exciting stuff(;

Ever since our friends left at 360 we haven't done much.

Darien and I were used to being up late due to our previous adventures.

However this new hostel doesn't have as many friendly people.

It's small.

So we usually are up late reading or watching TV shows.

I was very disappointed in ourselves.

So I drained every source I had to find out what we could do,

since we didn't usually wake up till late afternoon it was a bit hard.

Luckily, I found out we were there during La Mercé

It was a festival they held at the end of September.

They always had something going on during the day and night.

So I got Darien and I up and going to our first stop.

The Procession of Giants.

I wish I could have taken better pictures,

much less not deleted them all because I thought they looked bad.

But they had these costumes that were.. well GIANT!

It was awesome, you'd see these giant costumes of people

walking down the streets of Barcelona! 

Everyone was smiling and throwing confetti

but point being we all were having a great time.

(Example picture I found online)

After that we walked around the city at night.

Found some cool bracelets we bought for €1.

Then headed home to do our boring night ritual.

Which of course was reading, watching TV shows,

...

And eating all of our bread.

We love Toast. It's better bread, and thats a fact,
 and so we abuse our loaf of bread.

We go through a loaf every day.

(I have cinnamon... as most of you know, it's my addiction)

Darien somehow eats toast plain... Weirdo

But yes. Bread goes by fast.

Don't worry though we have more food!

We eat pasta, eggs, tomatoes, and cereal!

Basically any free food we find.

BACK TO THE POINT.

La Mercé 2013

(I'm abusing pictures I find online)

BUT I DID SEE THIS POSTER AT THIS LOCATION!

We saw these posters EVERYWHERE.

We thought they were a disney production film.

So we ignored them.

Little did we know it was for the festival o_O

The next night we got to see the fireworks.

...

Words couldn't explain our experience we had 

with the fireworks of Barcelona's La Mercé...

When we started making our way there,

it almost sounded like cannons and guns were being fired.

The fireworks were so close,

so the noise was SO LOUD.

Not to mention this was a firework music show.

So the fireworks matched with the music being played, 

it was insane!

I might've lost some of my hearing due to this amazing experience.

But the great thing was,

that the fireworks were above the Magic Fountain.

The Color.

The Size.

The Atmosphere.

The Loud BOOM's Pulsing Throughout Your Body...

No firework show could ever beat what we were able to experience.

This picture coming up I had taken.

Darien and I were at the VERY FRONT.

Sadly we had this pillar in the way but I still am happy.

It didn't take away from our experience at all!

We stood just meters back from where the fireworks went off.

Another picture I found online.

I use this to show you how many people were there,

You can see the fountain under the fireworks, its white.

But it changed colors to match the show.

If you look at that picture you'll see
up towards the fountain a line where there isn't light in the crowd.
Those were bridges above the roads,
no one had access to get on them sadly.
But Darien and I were up in the front of those.
So we were able to get a really good spot(:

After that we hit the sack.
The next day we slept in all day and did some grocery shopping.
WE LOVE THE PRICES HERE!
Everything is so cheap compared to Ireland.
So we stocked up!

Then we had a boring day.
I decided we had to go to the Beach.
So I told Darien we had to wake up early.
He tends to sleep more if given the opportunity.
Someone has to wake him up.
Luckily I can get up pretty easily.
I ended up waking up at 7AM!
Not necessarily by choice.
My body just wouldn't fall back asleep.
So I got up made myself some breakfast.
Then pretty much waited till noon to wake Darien.
The more sleep Darien has the happier he is.
So we went to the beach!
We pretty much spent the whole day there(:

Since then we have been at the hostel.
I still enjoy getting up and walking around.
Darien and I kinda do our own thing.
Traveling with someone this long...
It's nice to have some alone time.
To go out and just do stuff on your own.
(Parents we are still very safe and making sure
 to let the other know what we are doing and for how long)

So with that being said I will end this with my favorite pictures
I had taken on my personal walking tour(:

I lied this was when Darien and I walked to the beach.
Lots of people dressed funny to get money on the streets.
This was my favorite.
Yellow Lady, on a Yellow Bike!

THE BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL! 

Making my way to the cathedral(:

BARCELONA!

Anyways,
Stay Smiling
Baba Booey!

Europe & Going... destination Spain!

We have arrived in Spain!!!

With Ireland in the past

our next adventure is in BARCELONA!

You heard me right.

We're living it up in the BCN!

(BCN is the acronym for Barcelona)

Once we got there it was 8:30PM

So we made our way to the closest hostel.

We had one booked but it was quite far away.

So we ended up staying elsewhere.

Our first hostel wasn't something I'd go back to.

It was tiny and didn't seem comfortable.

It had the best reviews in Barcelona,

but I think people were paid to write them

because that place didn't have anything to write about.

But hey, it was cheap so I can't complain.

We went to bed pretty early,

and the next day we made our way

to a hostel named 360.

Jordan and Rose (Barnacle Gang from Galway)

recommended it to us.

THANK YOU GUYS!!

I have to say this hostel ROCKS!

It's spacious, comforting, the kitchen is big enough

for me to cook in, and last of all...

We got a free dinner!

For those family cooks, 

I finally understand how nice it is 

to not have to cook one night.

To be treated ourselves!

I think we plan on staying here till France.

This hostel has a lot of free activities,

Walking Tours, Club Entrence, PING PONG!!,

Computers, and its right in the centre of it all!

By far my favorite hostel yet.

As of Barcelona so far,

it has been pretty cool.

We walked around the city and got postcards!

This place halves the prices compared to Ireland.

Ireland definately killed us.

Our bank accounts are at dangerously low levels.

However we do have a couple Help Exchange

jobs we've managed to get.

More than likely we'll be doing that for the rest of our trip.

We just have to tough it out another 2 weeks.

As for the city here are some photos!

We managed to witness some gathering.
I think it was to bless those who protected
Barcelona from being taken over.
I dont know a lot about this though
so don't take my word for it.

This is the Catedral in Barcelona.
The picture doesn't match the justice.
It's far more intricate and beautiful.
But for now it will have to do.

This park had birds ALL OVER!
Seriously you had to watch where you were walking.
Many people come to feed the birds.
As you can see the girl in this photo is doing so.
Birds swarmed all over her!
They were not afraid to hop on her arms either!
Stay tuned because Darien & I plan to do this!

As you can see it is great so far.
That night we joined the group and went
and experienced Barcelona's nightlife
with our new found friends from our Hostel, 360.
It was SO AWESOME.
We got free club entry to "The Beach"
and guess what... It was on the beach!
The club was so fancy and beautiful.
However, Darien and I didn't sleep much
the night before. So we didn't stay long.
As beautiful as it was we couldn't enjoy it much longer.

The next day we slept in very late.
Which was fine, we had a new room mate we met.
His name was Jean-Paul, but we called him JP.
He told us he was from California,
and that he just is finishing up his 3 month trip around Europe.
He told us stories of his trip and it was awesome to hear.
We hung out at the hostel, played some cards,
and of course, our card game brought in more friends.
We also met a girl named, Aylin from Germany,
Two twins from Austria, Lana & Lisa,
and two girls named Asha,
(Really they are both named Joanna)
and they are from Poland.

We all had a blast that night.
After we played some cards, we all went out.
We went and saw the Magic Fountain.
It was a beautifully large fountain that they did a light show with.
You would see soft colors of blue, red, and yellow
lighting up the water with americanized music playing in the background.
Now I wouldn't say it was anything too amazing.
But most of our amazing experiences come
from having the right crowd with you.
And I couldn't think of any better group in Barcelona to be with.

Here is where they held the Magic Fountain.

Here would be our amazing group!
We owe Kudo's to one of the staff from our Hostel
he took this picture of us(:

Two people up top I didnt catch their names.
Top Row: (?), Lana, Darien
Middle Row: Asha, Asha, Lisa
Bottom Row: ME, Aylin, Jean-Paul(JP)

Soon after we went to this pub,
Jordan and Rose (Barnacle Gang) had recommended.
It was more of a local pub and so we got to experience
the real side of Barcelona. Got to see how the local's do!
It was great, and I was so grateful for that opportunity.
We all had tons of fun that night and I know it's a night we'll never forget(:

Friday!
This day I went to the beach with JP, Asha, & Asha!
Darien wasn't feeling well so he didn't tag with.
HE MISSED OUT!
The rumors are true! Barcelona has BEAUTIFUL beaches! 

I loved it,
I don't have much experience at the beach.
Close to none. BUT NOW I DO!
So being able to experience one of the best beaches in the world...
Well if you asked the people I went with.
They probably would tell you my inner child came out.
I dug in the sand, played in the waves, swam out to sea...
I just couldn't hold it in.
See I never really gave beaches their fair share of love.
I didn't grow up by them, so I didn't really get to appreciate them.
Boy... was I lucky to be able to not only enjoy an amazing sight,
but I also had amazing friends to accompany my new found experience.

My obsession of taking selfies comes out,
this one happens to be at the beach.
(Also that hotel you see in the background.. on the far left, is €3,500 a night.. that's more than $4,000!)

You can see how childish I look.

Along with my childish friends who decorated my body.

Asha is on the right, JP on the left(:

Now I LOVE this picture.
However if Asha saw this she'd kill me.
She is a bit self concious.
Hopefully she doesn't kill me after this :3

We spent the whole day there.
Barcelona keeps one upping itself each day :D

I left early, while the group stayed back.
I was getting tired, and wanted to nap for our next adventure.
So I made my way back to the hostel.
...
I know what you're all thinking,
ARE YOU CRAZY?! WHY DIDN'T YOU STAY AT THE BEACH!

...
and you couldn't have been more right.
Because walking back was a terrible idea.
I got lost!
The city is huge! Plus people mainly speak Spanish,
so getting directions was near impossible!
I spent two whole hours walking around before I found my way home.
Can't say it was terrible though.
I did get to experience the city and see... well everything.
Once I got back I was welcomed by JP.
For they stayed at the beach another two hours,
while I aimlessly walked around the city.
It is something I look back and laugh at though.

We didn't go out that night.
No one was really up for it,
I didn't get my nap, Darien was sick,
Asha's already went out and we didn't have contact.
JP didn't want to go alone,
and the twins were also too tired for another night.
So we played a few card games,
challenged each other at ping pong.
Then we all hit the sack.

Darien and I couldn't afford another night at 360,
it was a real bummer but we didn't have a choice with our budget.
So we bid our farewells to our friends
and made our way to the cheapest hostel.
Turns out it was only 5 mins away from 360, via train.
So after talking to our friends at 360 over facebook
we decided to keep in touch for upcoming events.

We set up home at our new hostel.
Played a few good games of chess.
Got to know the staff, <-- MAKE SURE TO ALWAYS DO THIS.
One, because they are your hosts, common courtesy.
Two, they know the city inside and out,
they will tell you where you want to go(:
and lastly, they were hired because they are amazing people.
Friendly, Fun, and all around good people.
This hostel we scored, well we got lucky.
Really lucky.
It's a new hostel trying to get it's buisness started.
It's super nice too.
So we get to stay here for really cheap.
Honstely this hostel deserves way more than its making us pay for.
Tailor's Hostel.
Make sure to stop by if you ever stop in Barcelona(:

Anyways LAST NIGHT!
Finally wrapping up this long post.
I apologize for any time consuming awesomeness from this post.
So we hung out with our friends from 360.
Apparently there are festivals going on here in BCN.
So we got to see a lot of DJ's and Dances.
It was most people's last night.
So we all had tons of fun just going from one festival to the next.
But with Darien & I's tight budget we had to leave early.
However, most of them all want us to visit them.
They seemed pretty adiment about it.
They even offered us a place to sleep if we did.
So we couldn´'t say no!
So come November, we shall visit our friends we make on the way(:

THAT´S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!
I might be posting more often now
due to much awesomeness arising on our adventure.
THANK YOU FOR READING!
I have this option in my settings to see
where in the world people are reading this,
and man. I am so happy to see all these people reading my blog!
HOPE TO FIND MORE VIEWS SOON!

To end,
Here are two pictures of the delicous candies they have at the BCN market.

Europe & Going... Our last week in Ireland!

CORK!

WE FINALLY GOT THERE!

Did I forget to mention previously that we tried walking there?

Yeah that was a terrible idea.

However once I got there I was sick ;(

I was sick for a good amount of days when we were there...

So most of our time in Cork was spent

sleeping, eating, or watching Naruto..

Darien actually reads, he does enjoy reading everyone!

Regardless of our lame adventures in Cork,

we managed to make a lot of friends at the hostel!

The first were two from Denmark.

Amuse (Mouse) & Tanja (Pronounced like Tanya)

We played cards a lot,

Darien & I have been this whole trip,

I of course showed my great magic trick, which failed...

However cards have been a great investment for the trip.

A eased path for bringing in new friends.

After Mouse and Tanja left we became losers.

Don´t judge us! 

This trip has been exhausting and I was sick!

One of the days I was feeling better

we did go visit a museum...

It was interesting.. 

European art loves the human body. 

Hopefully you don´t see anything unappealing.
The museum wasn´t anything extraordinary.
It was free after all so we couldn´t have asked for much.

Later on,
Cork had this amazing farmers market,
Sadly I didn´t take pictures but it was beautiful!
We bought some delicous mushrooms & onions
to add to our typical pasta dinner.
Our dinners always involve pasta,
but we are becoming experts at making delicous food!
Cheap budget means having to cook.
All the hostel guests be jealous.
Just kidding... kind of.

That night we made friends and went out.
It wasn´t too great.
I didn´t drink much because I was sick.
Plus the people we went with were meh.
I guess we ditched the first,
and the second we followed to a 21+ bar.
Obviously we couldn´t get in so we walked back home.

However it wasn´t terrible because
in the end Darien and I got to have an awesome talk.
We talk about random stuff.
Making up philosophies and
finding answers to challenging questions.
So that was fun.
Didn´t sleep well that night but it ended great.

The next day we decided to get up.
We walked around Cork and experienced it.
Our rule is we can´t stay in a city we don´t explore.
So we walked around and saw the sights!

Below is the decieving clock tower.
It lies!
The time it gives you is always wrong!
Beautiful church though, we had the option
to ring the bells for €4 but our cheap budets said otherwise.

Haha... This is the old prison.
After it became a radio station,
Then a museum.
Amazing place but it was €7 to get in.
The reason I find this funny is because
we asked to go to the gift shop.
bought a few post cards and made our way for the other door.
Totally snuck in.
We got to see the prison cells
and then.. BAM caugh red handed in a prison cell.
We got in trouble and were kicked out of prison.
Ironic, no? 

Alright,
You must understand graffiti is everywhere.
Not just Ireland but all over Europe!
And they seem to have talented artist who love mario.
So I took this one and the one below it was from Dublin.

Dublin--v

But yes Cork is beautiful.
This day I felt much better too.
Our last day.
That night we stayed up and made german friends.
Played cards, i´m telling you cards equal friends!
My magic trick is failing.
More people are figuring it out.
But the card games continue to keep up the slack.

Afterwards Darien and I caught up on our vices.
I catch up on the Naruto series,
while Darien reads his pendragon books.
We didn´t stay up since we had to check out early.

The next day we were off to Cork Airport.
So we packed up and were on our way!
Funny enough we said goodbye to our german friends,
they left earlier than us.
But later at the bus station we found that we
were riding together! So it was nice.

Once we got to the airport we had to put all liqud/sharp objects
in my bag since it would be our check bag.
and also somehow figure out how to turn Darien´s bag into a check bag...
it wasn´t easy. But we managed!
We made it through security and did fine.
This is us taking our plane.
Apparently you get on the plane outside.
It was weird but exciting.

Our flight was a little sketch.
But we couldn´t expect much for a €7 ticket.
Yes, €7 which is about $10.
It was with Ryan Air too and they aren´t terrible,
but nothing special either.
Later to come, SPAIN! 
I believe I´ll post on Sunday.

SO STAY TUNED!
This hostel has computers so it´s amazing!
I can actually make my posts look somewhat better ^_^

TILL SUNDAY!

Day 13-17 (Europe and Going... in Ireland!)

Nimmos...

The rotting disturbed germ filled hostel of death.

We didn't want to stay here for the weekend,

But due to prices raising on weekends

our last hostel, Barnacle, is out of our budget.

We got Jordan and Rose to join us though!

That hostel was deceiving,

It isn't the nice gray house.

It's the building behind it.

The bunk beds, 

which I should've taken a picture of to show you.

Looked as if someone stacked them.

So it was just one bed above another.

As if at any moment in time the bed 

would fall onto the other.

It wasn't a comforting sight to know we'd have to sleep on them.

However Darien and I took the only decent

beds left, they were actual bunk beds.

So we would sleep safe and sound.

We made friends fairly quick,

And looking back they made the hostel

worthwhile to stay at. 

They were from Ireland but stayed in Galway

for the weekend for fun.

We ended up all hanging out that night,

Started with an enjoyable dinner,

To playing card games, then they 

brought out plenty of alcohol.

So card games turned into drinking games

and then we ended up at a club.

Funniest night we've had in Ireland.

This is terrible but I don't remember 

how that last picture happened.

I know for a fact it wasn't a strip club!

But apparently I made lots of friends that night.

Waking up was confusing.

But yeah apparently I didn't puke,

Nor did I have anything missing,

and my body and health was in good condition.

I remember having a blast though.

We ended up sleeping most the day after,

Than after we got up we went shopping.

We our slowly becoming great cooks,

Not exactly by choice, but by budget.

Lots and lots of pasta.

Bread is good too(:

I may have posted this on a previous post,

But this was the night we cooked this.

I remember because we ended up drinking, 

that night, again, was a party night.

Anyways I was upset cuz I spilled my 

shot of Jäger in my pasta..

I found I really like jäger!

So it wasn't terrible.

After eating our night was our last hoo-raw.

We were much more sober this night.

Mainly cuz we ate so much before hand.

And this night was less fun,

So Darien and I left early.

Now I say we were sober because we were.

But once I headed back home,

It all caught up to me.

So Darien remembers more than I.

But apparently we went back to Nimmos,

And we met an old roomie from barnacle

on the way back.

Then we talked to some older Austrian ladies,

And apparently I didn't like them.

But I ended up going to bed while Darien stayed up.

The day after was interesting because 

everyone had a drunk night and we all 

had our own hangover movie act from last night.

So we all had to piece together our stories

because one girl was missing.

These two girls were a little crazy though.

So it wasn't surprising one went missing.

She showed up around 4pm though after.

Apparently she slept in an abandoned building,

because the two crazy girls drank like 

crazy and walked all around town.

Another funny story, Rose got a job at 

Nimmos and so she spent the whole day

cleaning up the after mess of everyone.

She HATED it. No wonder too.

She quit her first day.

Which she shouldn't have even taken it.

She cleaned up puke, washed dirty sheets,

Dealt with random hairs, and worse.

Only got paid €40 for 15 hours of work.

Poor girl.

We quickly made our way back to Barnacle after that.

It was nice hanging with Jordan and Rose,

We became really good friends.

We all balanced each other out.

At Barnacle we all played cards and 

hung out around the town before 

Darien & I had to leave for Cork. 

I'm going to miss those two.

And we plan to hit Galway again before 

we head back home(: 

Galway was our home for Ireland.