TRAVEL: Kim takes Ireland

(Ed. note. The pictures will be up later. )

FW: so i fell in love with guiness...WHO WOULDN'T!?!?!?
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:34:15 -1000


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From: Kim

Subject: so i fell in love with guiness...WHO WOULDN'T!?!?!?
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:47:48 -0600
>hey guys!!!
>as i'm sure you can guess...i do NOT have pictures up yet. But i will send
>them asap!!! lets start from the beginning though!
>
>we left on Thursday afternoon. When we got to Ireland we were so shocked to
>be speaking English to people that we were like toungue tied for the first
>half hour! But then...we got our car!!!! oh oh...yes i know...scary. But i
>am glad to say...we had NO crashes!!! maybe a couple close calls...but what
>do you expect when they drive on the wrong side of the road!?!?!?
>anyway...thursday night we took on the left side of the road and SOMEHOW
>made it to our hostel. Which, was REALLY nice!!! And...as exhausted as we
>were...we knew we coudln't miss a night at the pubs...so we went out!!! I'm
>counting on you for this one Chris..what is a baby guiness??? its a
>shot...and its soooooooooooooooo yummy!!!! ok yeah...
>
>Friday we woke up and decided to take on the roads again....oh golly. We
>were driving to the cliffs of moher!!! and when we FINALLY got there they
>were gorgeous! it was so weird to think that we were looking out and the
>next continent we would hit was America!!! It's the closest we'd been to
>home in SO long!!! Anyway...having a car proved to be probably the best
>desicion we have made!!! We got to drive through the countryside, take our
>time, stop whenever and whever we wanted...and just relax!!! We actually
>felt like we were on a mini vacation!!! AND...it was extremely relaxing...i
>know you all must be thinking...relaxing...thats all you've been doing!!!
>but really...going to museum after museum and tourist trap after tourist
>trap gets a LITTLE tireing after awhile, so we did NONE of that this
>weekend. Well, except the tiny time we were at the cliffs. Otherwise...we
>were on our own just having a good time!!! so......
>
>Saturday I called Bernie!!! And after we walked around and had an amazing
>breakfast...he came and picked me up!!! ok lets just say...we ate BLOOD for
>breakfast!!! its called pudding...since WHEN does pudding have blood in
>it!?!?!? ok but it was REALLY REALLY good...so i'm glad i found that out
>AFTER...or i prolly wouldn't have eaten it ;) anyway...Bernie picked me up
>and drove me to his place! I met one of his sons and his wife, and I saw the
>graveyard and like 4 "Lynch" houses. Then we just hung out by the fire for
>awhile. On the way home he wanted me to meet the guy to is like "in charge"
>or canamaro (not sure exactly) marble. So we stopped by his place. ANd i
>got to meet him! They all said i had to come back and you all had to come
>with me and we could totally stay at their place. The bummer, was that we
>left to early and i didn't get to meet up with martina. But i mean...2 days
>just isn't enough!!! When he dropped me off we well....yeah we went out
>again. To this AMAZING pub with these AMAZING cocktails...for starters.
>Again, i may need some help with those Chris...we stole the menu!!!
>hehe...anyway...
>
>sunday we woke up and drove to the airport. we just took our time and
>stopped again, whenever we felt like it. We made Craig pull over by some
>horses on the sdie of the road and CHristie and I were walking up to them.
>And they turned around and stared at us. And i seriously thought they were
>ready to chase me. I got SOOOOO scared....then like 5 more appeard and
>started staring!!! so we ran...omg i saw my life flah before my eyes.
>Anyway...by then end of the trip, I learned to drive on the left side of the
>road, i learned to LOVE guiness, and i met some family!!! IT WAS GREAT!!!
>
>THEN....our plane ride home got re-routed and blah blah blah...we finally
>made it home...at like noon today. a little late but oh well! It's time to
>unpack...and...re-pack!!! i'll see you guys soon! i wanna hear all about
>your thanksgivings!!! Christopher!!!! did you get my message!?!? do you know
>how to answer your cell phone!?!?!? GEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZ!!!!! ok...gotta
>run...my time is running out in Rome, i can't spend it in this cave like
>library...CIAO!