Purple = My favorite Color, Heather = the Building I Stayed in at Limerick, The Purple Heather = Meant to Be

So, I've made it to Killarney and am currently staying in a bed and breakfast called The Purple Heather. However, it was a roller coaster ride to get here.

Let me sum up as well as I can, so that I don't ramble on too much (which is bound to happen).

We started off by going to Galway on Wednesday, but it was SUCH a bad start. We were supposed to pick up a bis to the airport so that we could store our luggage, but the bus never came! We waited around till about 11:10 when another bus came, but that was going to the Dublin airport, and the guy couldn't tell us why the other bus never came through. He said we could wait for another one, but we were so frustraited and tired from dragging our luggage around that we hitched a ride on a bus into the city and went to the bus station (with our luggage through a big city mind you) and caught a bus from a different company.

We did finally make it to the airport, but it made us late for a cruise tour we had to see the Cliff od Moher again. It would have been awesome, but at that point we were ready to go to Galway and find our hostel so we could just have a break.

Our hostel in Galway was kind of nice. We had a big room to ourselves and a private bathroom. We ended up not doing much there because we were so tired, but we did go to a cute bar where an old man was playing live music.

Thursday we went to Dublin and went on the Guinness tour, which was better than I thought it would be. Not sure it was worth 11eu, but oh well, I still had fun. We stayed the night at a hostel there, which wasn't as nice as the one in Galway. We had a public bathroom, which would have been okay, except there was no way to take a shower and get back into your clothes without exposing yourself, so I waited till no one was in the bathroom. It was also a little shady in parts.

If that wasn't that bad, it ended up much worse as Katie (one of the two CMU students I was traveling with) got sick from a stomach problem she's been having. It was a roungh night from that alone, but it could apparently get worse as the next morning I spend a couple hours throwing up for no apparent reason, other than my body wanted to. Because of this (and some travel planning issues) we decided to skip the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and back to Limerick. That way we could rest someplace familiar and Katie could make plans to find a plane home for today.

Today was much better though. I didn't throw up (I think mostly due to the anti-nausea medicine Shelby got me), and Katie made the bus, and hopefully the plane (still waiting to hear from her).

Shelby and I then came to Killarney which is a cute little town. We walked around a bit, but it was really tiring with our backpacks to we went up to our B&B which is exactly what we were hoping for. Somewhere a bit more comfortable, away from big cities! It's got a view of some mountains, and is about a mile and a half away from the Gap of Dunloe, which is a pass through the mountains. We walked up there a little after we arrive and took amazing pictures. We only got about 3 miles in (no idea how long it is, but a lot more than 3 miles), but it was totally worth it. Then we ate at a place called The Coffee Pot (mmm fish) which is right at the mouth of the gap and came back where we've been hanging out the rest of the time.

Tomorrow we're going on a Ring of Kerry tour. The Ring of Kerry is just a path around County Kerry (that we're in now) that apparently has amazing sites. Then we get to come back to the B&B before heading back up to Limerick and Shannon and then HOME!

Here's to not getting sick for the rest of the trip.

P.S. Apparently I'm marrying a guy named Jeff Obiwankanobi and I am taking his last name
(Mr. and Mrs. Jeff and Richelle Obiwankanobi).