Goodbye Ireland.
July 20, 2007
SPOKANE – I made it home.
Farewell beautiful island. I will never see the world the same again.
“May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.”
Stuck in Canada
July 19, 2007
VANCOUVER, B.C. — I am not pleased.
Right now, I should be sleeping in my own bed at home. Instead, I am sitting in a hotel room in Vancouver, B.C. because British Airways can’t keep the trains moving on time.
It’s a nice hotel (I just checked and the cheapest room is $330/night), but it’s 6 a.m. and I can’t sleep, even after staying up for 24 hours straight trying to get home. And I’m sure there’s a reason, but there is a motion sensor pointed at my bed that blinks when I move. Problaby a good reason for it, but it’s kind of just freaking me out.
Looking down on Hell
July 19, 2007
Leaving
July 19, 2007
It’s a sad sight.
And here’s some photos from my bus trip through England:
Back to Dublin
July 17, 2007
DUBLIN — The clock is ticking.
I’m almost headed home. Just have to pack up the last of the gifts and make it to the airport. This will hopefully be my last night in a hostel for a while. Not that it’s been bad, but home will be nice.
The trip down from Belfast took longer than expected. About three hours to go 100 kilometers (60 miles).
It’s nice being back in a town where I know where things are located. Tonight should be low key, a couple drinks and some music. Just one last night.
Belfast in photos
July 17, 2007
Welcome to Belfast
July 16, 2007
BELFAST — I got hit with an egg last night.
Welcome to Belfast. Some little bastards drove by and threw a brown egg at me as I walked down the street. Thankfully, it just bounced off my leg and broke on the ground, but what the hell?
Other than that, Belfast seems pretty okay. It’s expensive because they use pounds (which is the most arrogant form of currency I’ve ever seen). And the city is a lot more spread out than the other cities in the Republic, so it’s a little bit harder to explore, but I’ve wandered around most of the city centre.
A lot of things are the same, and a lot are different. It’s weird to see British flags flying over everything.
The road to Belfast
July 14, 2007
BELFAST — Ireland is beautiful.
I have to admit that I slept most of the way from Galway to Sligo, but after that, I could barely turn away from the window. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t stop to read. The countryside was gorgeous.
For most of the trip, the land has gone back and forth from impressive to boring, but today’s seven-hour trip to Belfast proved beautiful. Plenty of pictures.
Fly casting for the camera
July 14, 2007
GALWAY — So this is an awkward thing to try to film by yourself, especially without editing, but here is some footage of me casting along the bank of the River Corrib. I don’t know if it really worked out how it should have, but you might find it entertaining.
