so on the next weekend i decided that i wanted to go to the cliffs of moher .. i booked with paddy wagon tours i dont recommend them at all you will see why when you read down more . i was on the tour to limerick and was having a great time with the tour guide and the girls that were there as well . we stopped in limerick and had nice time at the castel . then we had to change buses to join another tour for the day . that is the time when the trouble began .. when we reached the cliffs of moher after being divered around a bunch of construction that the tour could have planed ahead for . so we did not get to see alot of the burren and he would not stop for any pictures cause we were behind time .. so we got to the cliffs and that was the ending point for me ever paying for a paddy wagon tour again . i had wonderful time with a nice english lad talking about life and which way we were going to go in life . i he had to leave 25 mins before me .. i went on to the gift shop and looked at my watch to see what time it was ironically it was 247 so i had tons of time . or so i thought it was 252 when i went outside to see .....
the tour bus was pulling out of the car park leaving me there i ran as fast as i could but no effort to catch it .. so here is kim left on the cliffs of moher all alone and no way of getting back to cork in anytime ... so my brain kicked into hornby mode what would you do if you had no way of what way to walk or go back to limerick to meet your other bus driver .. you hitchhike . thats what i did up the road three mins to get picked up by a nice irish guy named raymond odonell.. that was the start of things going good .he drove about five mins up the road and relized that we would never catch the tour bus so he dorve back to the cliffs to ring the company . we found out that the driver had left two other girls at the cliffs too and the dirver would be back in few mins to get us .. so i got out and thanked the kindness of yet another irish person .. i went back to the cliffs to find out that the tour guide would take an hour to get back it was not a nice hour the two other girls whined about the dirver and how crappy it was . they were americans and not really well traveled i just sat there and thought what a story for this blog ..
after the tour guide came back it was a real unventful trip back to town and kilany house . i called and bugged the tour company to get my money back they would not refund the money .. i got free tour to belfast for the day two times as much as what the other one costed nice if you ask me ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
easter weekend
hey everyone here is some long awaited posts
so for easter weekend i went to killarney for what idea i had no clue at the time i just went . i was staying at the kilany house in cork for the three nights cause i had just arrived from england . I got to killarney on the firday and stayed till the mon. the frist night was really just spent trying to even remember the place which was not easy when you have a dim memory of the place .. the last time i was in killarney ti was five years ago in a crazy bus tour .. i have no idea what the hell i was thinking when i was there during the last time . i spent the sat on a tour with a great woman who was a doctor and had a nice canon lens we ened up spending the day on the tour talk ing all day . she is happy non married traveler still stay in hostels at the age of 43 or something . she was happy to tell me all about her past travels around the world . i went to the day tour of the ring of kerry it was ok but the tour dirver spoke too fast and he was hard to understand sometimes i have to say i enjoyed it none the less the ring is amazing and one of those to see things in ireland ..
easter sunday i was dead set on doing what i do every easter weekend if im around the ocean .. i go to the ocean .. so i decied that i would go to dingle and get some great shots of something and hang out on the miles of beaches for the day well i was really .......
this is the sad part of the story after i had found out what the time of the bus was by miss reading the bus times right so i took a three hour jounrney for 20 euro and found out ......that the bus does not take you to the ocean .. so i ended up thinking oh that is ok .. so i ended up taking a two hour walk in pissing rain to see the dophine that i find out has been living in the pay of dingle for the last few years .. i felt really bad for the guy cause he is chased by boats all day long .. i saw him a few times off the coast.. might i add that it was pissing rain and i had no shoes that where covered over and had on lulu lemon pants that were wet at that point . so on easter sunday i was in pissing rain and had fun beacuase after i wondered up to the place it was through the farmers feild and cows following you all over in a line .. this my firends was one of the moments on this trip i was laughing my head off ..
so for easter weekend i went to killarney for what idea i had no clue at the time i just went . i was staying at the kilany house in cork for the three nights cause i had just arrived from england . I got to killarney on the firday and stayed till the mon. the frist night was really just spent trying to even remember the place which was not easy when you have a dim memory of the place .. the last time i was in killarney ti was five years ago in a crazy bus tour .. i have no idea what the hell i was thinking when i was there during the last time . i spent the sat on a tour with a great woman who was a doctor and had a nice canon lens we ened up spending the day on the tour talk ing all day . she is happy non married traveler still stay in hostels at the age of 43 or something . she was happy to tell me all about her past travels around the world . i went to the day tour of the ring of kerry it was ok but the tour dirver spoke too fast and he was hard to understand sometimes i have to say i enjoyed it none the less the ring is amazing and one of those to see things in ireland ..
easter sunday i was dead set on doing what i do every easter weekend if im around the ocean .. i go to the ocean .. so i decied that i would go to dingle and get some great shots of something and hang out on the miles of beaches for the day well i was really .......
this is the sad part of the story after i had found out what the time of the bus was by miss reading the bus times right so i took a three hour jounrney for 20 euro and found out ......that the bus does not take you to the ocean .. so i ended up thinking oh that is ok .. so i ended up taking a two hour walk in pissing rain to see the dophine that i find out has been living in the pay of dingle for the last few years .. i felt really bad for the guy cause he is chased by boats all day long .. i saw him a few times off the coast.. might i add that it was pissing rain and i had no shoes that where covered over and had on lulu lemon pants that were wet at that point . so on easter sunday i was in pissing rain and had fun beacuase after i wondered up to the place it was through the farmers feild and cows following you all over in a line .. this my firends was one of the moments on this trip i was laughing my head off ..
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
this is the life
i have never met this person but she has the way of life i think i want move all the time you never know what you well run into in this world click on the world to find her life ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
sad times and happy
hello
When you travel you come aross things that make you sad and some happy . i had been to england few weeks ago as you all know . i saw my great anut and uncle . they are by far two of the sweetest people i have met in my life . marg gives and asks for nothing in return as does her husband brian . I had the great pleasure of staying with them for two nights . they treated me like one of thier kids . they gathered the famliy to see me as many as they could get for ths short time i was there .
i got to do many things with them i enjoyed every minute of my time with them. as these word fall on to this blog screen there is a sad part to this story ...
i know in my heart that this maybe one of the last time i see these people as they are getting on in age. it makes me sad to even think that but it is the truth . i love them like any of my other famliy . i was crying when i left them as they are my famliy far from distance but care a great deal for me even thought i have seen them three times in my life ... so to the english side of me you are wonderful people and thank you again for your kindness
kimberly
When you travel you come aross things that make you sad and some happy . i had been to england few weeks ago as you all know . i saw my great anut and uncle . they are by far two of the sweetest people i have met in my life . marg gives and asks for nothing in return as does her husband brian . I had the great pleasure of staying with them for two nights . they treated me like one of thier kids . they gathered the famliy to see me as many as they could get for ths short time i was there .
i got to do many things with them i enjoyed every minute of my time with them. as these word fall on to this blog screen there is a sad part to this story ...
i know in my heart that this maybe one of the last time i see these people as they are getting on in age. it makes me sad to even think that but it is the truth . i love them like any of my other famliy . i was crying when i left them as they are my famliy far from distance but care a great deal for me even thought i have seen them three times in my life ... so to the english side of me you are wonderful people and thank you again for your kindness
kimberly
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
My bday to st pats day
For my 29th bday my cousin Travis flew in to Dublin to meet me. I had talked to him the night before about where to go and what to do when he got to Dublin. We had arranged this almost a few months before . I remember when we were sixteen we were going to drink in foreign country and live it up . we met at the barnacles temple bar in Dublin .
We started on the Saturday my bday going to about three different pubs . I thought Travis might enjoy going to the oldest pub in Dublin . the brazen head was built in 1195 and claims to be the oldest pub in Ireland . we had one drink there and moved on to temple bar . lets just say the rest of the night was a big haze for me cause i was so drunk i don’t remember much other than finding some aussies and yes Irena I did find them lol .. Irena said I would find some aussies on my birthday I always manage to find them in the outreaches of the world. We ended the night at I have no idea time ..
The next day me and Travis rented a car and drove to Kilkenny . We toured around the town
I said that we should see the castle Travis was a bit sckeptical about it all but in the end did go in . The tour was amazing it had so much history and many people had lived in the place over the years meaning many hundreds . the one thing that got me was the dining hall it was a recreation of a Nordic long house and had many celtic paintings all over it . i was in aw the whole time i was in there . this room also served as a place for the family to hang portraits that had been painted over the many years .. the whole thing was amazing . i got a nice comment from travis good call kimmer on the castle ..
On the day before st pats day me and Travis toured the Guinness store house in Dublin. I have to say after five years it is still worth it to pay the 15 euros to get in. I thought it was a good tour all and all much of the part about wheat reminded me of my grandfather. I have a memoire of a picture of him holding wheat and looking at it was taken by some professional photographer many years ago but my grandmother still has it. Irena well know what I’m talking about in the next comment I had the grandfathers hands song going through my head the entire time.
St paddies day was great. the Irish love it cause it is like xmas day to them . st paddies day is also another reason for them to get pissed up on the drink . me and Travis woke up in time to get prime seats for the parade that happens every year in Dublin . i have to say hands down one of the best ones I’ve seen in my life . Travis said they have some pretty good ones down in Louisiana during carnival. I got about 340 pics of the whole day and it was great. in the afternoon we wondered up to Merion square and i laid down in the grass for while and slept Travis just sat there . After about 20 mins he got restless and wanted to go back to the hostel and check in so he could sleep. I was content to stay were i wanted to but came back with him to the hostel to check in. After we got back to the hostel and sorted Travis wanted to sleep cause he was up partying the night before with some Norway dudes and Spanish girl . Me i was not sleepy and got a txt from the American girl I had met a few days before that we should go for drink . Travis at that point was a zombie so i thought why not . I ended staying the night out with the American and her German friend in great little pub in the heart of Dublin were all the Irish go we had a great time talking with local guys and learning bad phrases in Irish . All in all I had a great time with Travis in Ireland and hope that I can visit him in Norway. He left the next Moring to Norway and has called casue he left his camera behind in the hostel .
We started on the Saturday my bday going to about three different pubs . I thought Travis might enjoy going to the oldest pub in Dublin . the brazen head was built in 1195 and claims to be the oldest pub in Ireland . we had one drink there and moved on to temple bar . lets just say the rest of the night was a big haze for me cause i was so drunk i don’t remember much other than finding some aussies and yes Irena I did find them lol .. Irena said I would find some aussies on my birthday I always manage to find them in the outreaches of the world. We ended the night at I have no idea time ..
The next day me and Travis rented a car and drove to Kilkenny . We toured around the town
I said that we should see the castle Travis was a bit sckeptical about it all but in the end did go in . The tour was amazing it had so much history and many people had lived in the place over the years meaning many hundreds . the one thing that got me was the dining hall it was a recreation of a Nordic long house and had many celtic paintings all over it . i was in aw the whole time i was in there . this room also served as a place for the family to hang portraits that had been painted over the many years .. the whole thing was amazing . i got a nice comment from travis good call kimmer on the castle ..
On the day before st pats day me and Travis toured the Guinness store house in Dublin. I have to say after five years it is still worth it to pay the 15 euros to get in. I thought it was a good tour all and all much of the part about wheat reminded me of my grandfather. I have a memoire of a picture of him holding wheat and looking at it was taken by some professional photographer many years ago but my grandmother still has it. Irena well know what I’m talking about in the next comment I had the grandfathers hands song going through my head the entire time.
St paddies day was great. the Irish love it cause it is like xmas day to them . st paddies day is also another reason for them to get pissed up on the drink . me and Travis woke up in time to get prime seats for the parade that happens every year in Dublin . i have to say hands down one of the best ones I’ve seen in my life . Travis said they have some pretty good ones down in Louisiana during carnival. I got about 340 pics of the whole day and it was great. in the afternoon we wondered up to Merion square and i laid down in the grass for while and slept Travis just sat there . After about 20 mins he got restless and wanted to go back to the hostel and check in so he could sleep. I was content to stay were i wanted to but came back with him to the hostel to check in. After we got back to the hostel and sorted Travis wanted to sleep cause he was up partying the night before with some Norway dudes and Spanish girl . Me i was not sleepy and got a txt from the American girl I had met a few days before that we should go for drink . Travis at that point was a zombie so i thought why not . I ended staying the night out with the American and her German friend in great little pub in the heart of Dublin were all the Irish go we had a great time talking with local guys and learning bad phrases in Irish . All in all I had a great time with Travis in Ireland and hope that I can visit him in Norway. He left the next Moring to Norway and has called casue he left his camera behind in the hostel .
im a big geek at heart
i thought i would bore you all to death with one of the things I'm so passaite about .. that is history i love it to bits .. i was in cork at one point a few weeks and got in a big discussion about Elizabeth the first with two Americans about how she ruled and who her mother was they thought her mother was Mary Boleyn .. OK so i spent one of my free days in London in the guess ....
British museum ...
i love it to bits so much so the guard was throwing me out again yes i was in aw of the history that is in the place ..
i did my usual tour of the Egypt part and loved it so much i took 200 pictures in the area to prove my love of it .. i took movies that i well upload one day when i have good connection hard to come by if you are not in gal way .. i was able to hold a coin that was minted in the time of Markus Anthony .. then i went nuts when i was looking at some roman writing and saw the vindalonda letters . you guys are like what the hell is she talking about . i was almost late for work one day because of a documentary that was on discovery in the afternoon about vinlonda . it is a roman settlement in the north of Britain that some letters where found at in the early times .... you can find the info here .. i walked around through the past of many civilisations lost and loved every minute of it .. so now Ive admitted to it . by the way Shawna i wish i had my book with me that you gave me for Xmas it would have been a big help ..
OK and so now you get to see some photos I'm a big geek ha ha
some of the vindalonda letters
ok now some artifacts with me in front lol
egytpain coin compared to a lonney for the fun
ok and one more tourist pic for you all to see
British museum ...
i love it to bits so much so the guard was throwing me out again yes i was in aw of the history that is in the place ..
i did my usual tour of the Egypt part and loved it so much i took 200 pictures in the area to prove my love of it .. i took movies that i well upload one day when i have good connection hard to come by if you are not in gal way .. i was able to hold a coin that was minted in the time of Markus Anthony .. then i went nuts when i was looking at some roman writing and saw the vindalonda letters . you guys are like what the hell is she talking about . i was almost late for work one day because of a documentary that was on discovery in the afternoon about vinlonda . it is a roman settlement in the north of Britain that some letters where found at in the early times .... you can find the info here .. i walked around through the past of many civilisations lost and loved every minute of it .. so now Ive admitted to it . by the way Shawna i wish i had my book with me that you gave me for Xmas it would have been a big help ..
OK and so now you get to see some photos I'm a big geek ha ha
some of the vindalonda letters
ok now some artifacts with me in front lol
egytpain coin compared to a lonney for the fun
ok and one more tourist pic for you all to see
Monday, April 6, 2009
quick update
hey everyone sorry it has been so long .. so I'm done my time in England now till who knows when . i had a wonderful time in hush hush ville . ill tell you all at Xmas that is all I'm going to say . i went on to oxford from there . the one day i was there the harry potter dinning hall was closed for a book convention dam you book convention .. i went to the Alice in wonderland store it was great to see my fave movie in a store . speak of which i think some of you well be getting something in the mail soon .. after oxford i went back to london . in london i got really sick again like Dublin sick five years ago maddening i tell you ... so i was fever ridden and coughing a nightmare but had to see the portrait of Elizabeth the first in the national gallery . when i got there it was taken down due to the frame needing to be restored .. so i had to see it on a computer screen . they have an inter sting way of putting her pictures up in the room . she is at the top of the wall and then she is on the side right beside the only man that she ever loved . her eyes are off to the side as are his like the pictures were meant to be together forever .
i hung out in Trafalgar square and walked again were my mother had so many years ago on her Europe trip in 69 .. i saw every person from around the world gathered there it was like peace had finally come to the world for few moments in that spot .
i walked up to the castle to see were the queen lived .. on the way up i had a memory of my first 3 hours in London and started to laugh about it cause i was so young . you still have to pay to pee and sit in this country the only thing that has changed is that you have to pay more ! this sums up my short post for now ill add the pics tonight at the hostel so you can see them #
ok a roman britain sheild and boudica
can you guess who that is
i hung out in Trafalgar square and walked again were my mother had so many years ago on her Europe trip in 69 .. i saw every person from around the world gathered there it was like peace had finally come to the world for few moments in that spot .
i walked up to the castle to see were the queen lived .. on the way up i had a memory of my first 3 hours in London and started to laugh about it cause i was so young . you still have to pay to pee and sit in this country the only thing that has changed is that you have to pay more ! this sums up my short post for now ill add the pics tonight at the hostel so you can see them #
ok a roman britain sheild and boudica
can you guess who that is
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