Time definitely flies by when you're having fun and apparently I'm having too much since I haven't written a blog in awhile.
The last weekend I went to cork with Helena and Julie because Helena has been dying to see the ring of Kerry. So we decided it had to be a 2 day trip because the tour was like 10 hours. So we arrived in Cork Saturday evening and trekked the long mile from our bus to our hostel and while we were checking our wifi we met this French guy named Beltran and we all got to talking and I got him to agree to be our tour guide for the night. I don't think he really understood me because he really only spoke French and Spanish but the other girls explained it to him!
Before we went out that evening we went to the city center and we're delighted to see all the Christmas lights and decorations throughout the city center it got me so excited for Christmas! We took loads of pictures and walked around and the grabbed dinner and headed back to the hostel to get ready. When we were ready to go we texted Beltran and met up with him at a near by pub where he had other French friends waiting. We hung with them the whole night but basically I was just laughing the whole time because I couldn't understand a word they said.
The next morning we got up super early to get on our tour bus and headed off for the ring of Kerry! It was so gorgeous! 10 hours of the most gorgeous scenery I've seen in Ireland and on the last day in November we were blessed with the most beautiful weather! I was so happy that we went. That night we got back and ordered our Chinese food and met up with the guys and stayed up late playing pool and talking. It was a fab weekend.
Last weekend Helena and I wanted to save money so we weren't going to do anything but then my host mom suggested she come here, so she did! I met her in Dundalk and we went ice skating and then took the bus back to Tallanstown. On our walk from the bus back to my house a random van pulled over and offered us a ride so, being the lazy person that I am, I got in the van with a complete stranger and scared the hell out of Helena. But he had the same name as the guy who owns the only convenient store in town so then I felt better haha.
We found a taxi service in Tallanstown and went into Carrickmacross for the night. It's a great little spot because there's only one nightclub so everyone who lives nearby goes there. There was an Irish actor there that night but I didn't recognize him so I probably ran into him without even knowing it haha. We met some pretty cool people and danced until closing time and then all of a sudden Helena was hit in the head by some jerks in a fight. I grabbed her and pulled her away and saved her life.
We had to wait about half hour for a cab because the town is so small and we got in with about 5 other people so it took us awhile to get home. We arrived home about 4am and went straight to bed. The next day Helena left about noon and we were both satisfied with how well the weekend went :)
Tomorrow she and I will go into Dublin just for the day. Oh yeah and a week from tomorrow we are off to Spain! I'm loving every minute of this journey and having an incredible ride. I am so so blessed!
Christmas in cork!
Ring of Kerry
Ice skating
French friends
