Last night, as we were sitting around watching a movie cause I was too tired to really go out, I sat straight up in my chair and went, "Oh my GOD!!" and ran out the front door. Mike followed me out, thinking something was really wrong, and I yelled back at him as I ran down the street towards the city center, "I really need gelato RIGHT FUCKING NOW ( Read more... )

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I have not yet had any gelato since I've been here, though I've had tons of good coffee. Mike's roommates are all hilarious, especially Brigit, who is adorable and swears very fluently in english, hungarian, and italian. Her brother Zoltan cut off the tip of his thumb at work, and when I laughed, Mike looked scandalized and Zoltan said, "No, is ( Read more... )

Last night I vomited the following things, in the following order ( Read more... )

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.. and after Derry, we went here:


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Needless to say, this portion of our trip was tense, emotionally intense, confusing, and depressing. Derry when we were there was almost entirely demilitarized. There were no visible guns or tanks, but the towers still had military personnel in them. But there was this air of tension everywhere we went and the people we talked to avoided stating ( Read more... )

I really never got around to updating with more stories from my trip. They come up all the time, but usually when I am not at my computer. So you get eye candy instead of words.

Galway/Connemara/The Burren


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There was a combined party for Mary and me since my birthday was on the 12th and hers the 14th. This is an exceptionally long series so I'll cut it.

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The day after nearly everyone left town.


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