Tagged with first trip

Dublin

Yep.. that’s about as creative as I can get for a subject line right now. Just wanted to post quickly and say that photos will be coming soon (well, when I get back to Belfast). Dublin has been awesome. Seeing Julie and Gerard has been great! And I met a very cool, very cute girl …

December 16, 2003
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The Life Of Ry

Hey, so today officially marks the One Month Away point. And let me be the first to say, it’s flown by. I figured that perhaps now would be a good time to share some of the wisdom I’ve learned so far. Travellers are a community unto themselves. It is like a club and once you …

December 11, 2003
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Ulster Fries and Meat Loaf

Well, I’m about four days into settling into Ireland for the month and I’m having quite the time! Friday night Carol took me to her friend’s place out in the country where I ate tons of curry and drank loads of Guinness. I’ve waited until Ireland to have a drop of Ireland, and with the …

December 8, 2003
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Random In Edinbur-ah!

Yesterday I boarded a train that took me to the costal town of Stranraer where I got on the biggest ferry I’ve ever seen and waved farewell to Scotland. I feel a bit like I’m on a city scouting trip, as each place I go I am trying to gauge if I could live there. …

December 5, 2003
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A Ness Place To Visit

I must say, what the Glasgow gloom did to dishearten my spirits about Scotland, Inverness lit my opinions with sunshine. Though I arrived in the dark and rain, by Sunday morning, true to the day’s name, the sun was shining. I didn’t end up going out Friday night, as Barbara’s boyfriend never made it down …

December 2, 2003
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Glasgow-go-go

After failing, once again, to secure a ride with my thumb, I returned to the house in Manchester, begging and pleading for another night’s accommodation. It was cool to stay another night, as I got to know Pete a bit better, as he only showed up on Monday night. I informed him that when he …

November 28, 2003
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Mancunian Candidate

The bittersweet defeat of my unsuccessful attempt to hitch out of Ipswich has been tempered by the fact that I am again staying with some wonderful strangers. Woodbridge was great, a nice break from the fast pace of London. I mostly just sat around, read and watched TV. One day I headed into Ipswich and …

November 23, 2003
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Ok, just in case ….

So, this entry isn’t really an “entry” per se, but rather just a quick update incase I get abducted when I attempt to hitch hike to Manchester tomorrow and am swept off into some human-trade slave organization – in which case I would not get to do an update, and I’m sure you’d all be …

November 20, 2003
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Last Days In London

Well, once again I’m writing this on my laptop with hopes of posting it the following day. I was shown a cool backpacker’s Internet café today that only charges a ₤1 per hour of usage. I figure I’ll post this before I head back down to Andy and Margaret’s place and pick up the winter …

November 17, 2003
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Feelin’ The Love In London

It’s a bit of a test to be writing this on my laptop, so as to save time on the Internet. Where to begin, where to begin… After braving the I90 and the outskirts of Buffalo; Vanessa, Dana and I arrived at the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport. I sorted myself out at the ticket counter, said …

November 13, 2003
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Wanderlust

“Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea: Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon. Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and …

November 10, 2003
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