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The Adventure of a Lifetime
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The Adventure of a Lifetime

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  • Inizio del viaggio
    27 maggio 2017
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    Megabus

    27 maggio 2017, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    It's me again! Currently in the middle of no where Indiana on a megabus. This adventure started in Chicago, as all of mine tend to. This time I'm going down to Nashville to fly out of the country though. This the the adventure of a lifetime for me; Ireland. I'm back in the blog so I can document my trip for myself, and of course any curious soil who happens to be interested. I've been dreaming of Ireland for at least 15 years, I honestly can't even remember how long I've wanted to go, and it's finally happened. I started this back in September/October. I was teaching third grade, going through a break up, and miserable. My first year of teaching was without a doubt the hardest year of my life so far. I can honestly say that being 22 has not been kind to me, tswift let me down. So I'm sitting in bed on a Saturday, depressed and watching PS I love you and decided that I was going to Ireland. I talked to lots of people actually throughout the months following and got a little group together. I wad committed, I was going to make it happen. I had signed up for the 12 month pay period so I was going to get paid over the summer and have the summers off so I had no excuses, it was happening. I got my tickets in December to spend two weeks in the emerald isle. Fast forward to February, even more miserable as a first year teacher, not doing well and having meetings with administration about what will help. I finally realized nothing would, at that point there was nothing I could do to make it work. I thought about it for a couple weeks and decided that I was going to quit and my students would get a new teacher after spring break. March 15th was my last day as a teacher and I moved back to Chicagoland with my parents. I still had my tickets though, so did my friend Becky and my cousin Sarah so I knew it was still happening. I got an easy and chill office job near home and they were so okay with me taking two weeks off! It also perfectly aligned with memorial day, so I get to spend memorial day weekend in Nashville and then Tuesday we fly out of Nashville to new york, then an overnight to Dublin! Sarah and me will be there 2 weeks, Becky and sarah's friend will be there 1 week. I have planned an almost impossibly full itinerary, knowing that it might not all happen. We will be hiking, kayaking, castle visiting, and general thrusting all over the country for the next two weeks. I plan on documenting those events. I know realistically I will not be able to write every night about that day, but I'm going to try. There will be lots of cities so I would like to document them here, but we'll see how that goes. As for now, I'm going to enjoy the 9 hour bus ride to Nashville and try to keep my excitement down until I'm actually on the plane.Leggi altro

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    Day 1 in Ireland: Dublin -> Birr

    31 maggio 2017, Irlanda ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    What a day. It has officially been at least 48 hours since I've slept. I'm not even going to talk about the stressful flight, we made it to Ireland! There's already so many stories, like the rental car dude, driving on the wrong side of the road, and getting lost multiple times in Dublin. We started at the Guinness factory and did the tour of how it's made, ending at the Gravity Bar with our free pints and a 360° view of the city. From there we made our way to our AirBnB in Birr. Since arriving in Birr we've all been pretty delirious but managed to stay awake until 10:30. We brought our bags in and took a walk around the cute little town. We saw the outside of Birr Castle, got fish and chips (It's national fish and chips day, they were half off), and wandered for a bit before returning to the beautiful house we're staying in. We talked about plans for tomorrow and the rest of our time and are now ready for bed. I would honestly go into more details but I cannot tell you the last time I've been this tired. So enjoy some pictures instead!

    Sidenote: it crossed my mind this morning that I didn't clarify something about out the Guinness storehouse yesterday. I definitely did not finish my beer, nor did Becky or Sarah. It matters though cuz I am the one driving so I really just sipped on it for about 5 minutes and left it there.    Leggi altro

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    Day 2: dunguaire, the burren, moher

    2 giugno 2017, Irlanda ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Sorry I'm a day late. Yesterday we woke up in Birr and drove to Dungaire Castle. From there we went to the Burren national park which was a nice little hike. The drive to the Burren was honestly terrifying though... those streets were so small. It was like super back country roads that were barely wide enough for one car, and it got super stressful when another car passed. It was also hilly which made it worse. Then we went to the Cliffs of Moher. Oh. My. Goodness. The unbievable beauty was breathtaking. The cliffs are so tall and the ocean is just so beautiful. Words and pictures can't even describe the feeling of being up there. I took at least 200 pictures. There's also a castle so that was pretty cool! Then we drove to Doolin Inn where we stayed. Everything here is the cutest. We checked in and then walked around the cute little town, got dinner at a pub, and saw more breathtaking views of the ocean.Leggi altro

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    Day 3: doolin -> killarney

    2 giugno 2017, Irlanda ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    Today was a lot more chill. When we checked in to the Doolin Inn yesterday, the guy working there recommended for us to visit the Doolin Cave. We decided to go to the first tour at 10 am. First, we got free breakfast at the inn which was nice. The cave was cool, super far down and home to a 8m stalagtite, weighing about 10,000 tons. There's also a stream going through the cave, making it a live cave. Our tour guide, Jim, was super nice and funny and seriously loved his job. He is very knowledgeable of that cave. There was also a nature walk and a cafe so we did those. The lady at the cave place then told us an easier way to get to Killarney, which involved a ferry across the River Shannon. We drove to the ferry but stopped along the way to take pictures of the ocean. The past few days we have been driving down the Wild Atlantic Way, which has provided a lot of great views. The ferry was also cool, I drove the car onto the boat, parked it and we got to walk around while we crossed the river. Then we started driving to Killarney but stopped again at a cute town for a late lunch/dinner meal. From there we went to the B&B we are staying at. The host is super nice and told is how to get to the town and also there's a Killarney national park tour that picks us up from here and drops us off here so she's booking that for us for tomorrow. We went to town, got ice cream and walked around the town. This town is less cute and more touristy and urban. But they have a Gloria Jeans coffee place hiring full time so if I don't come back you know where I am.Leggi altro

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    Fine del viaggio
    2 giugno 2017