14
06
2005
Got up early as usual, got a cab to Estacio de l’Autobus Nord where we caught the bus to Girona. Flight was no problem, caught another bus from Charleroi to Gare du Midi. It took me a while to figure out how to get to Gare Central - we ended up taking the metro out of our way and changing lines but we got there. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Spain, Belgium
11
06
2005
Today we went to Montserrat, a monestary that was built where an image of the Virgin Mary was seen on rock. Hiked around a bit but when a scout group arrived to do some rock climbing, we got out of there. They took out a rock drill and started drilling the rock right next to the saint shrine! Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Spain
10
06
2005
We walked with the Settles and friends to Castellers practice. There are Castellers events in Barcelona in which neighborhoods compete to build the tallest human castle. The record now is 10 layers of people. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Spain
4
06
2005
Woke up, grabbed our shit and through the cab windows, watched people still stumbling out of the bars at 4 a.m. Traffic was ok. Got to Dublin airport and stood in awe at the amazing lines already that early in the morning.
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Categories : Ireland
3
06
2005
Had hostel’s continental breakfast and headed for the tourism office where the gal quickly whisked us off to a van that was leaving that second. Driver Damien told us about gorse (yellow flowers) - farmers in Ireland apparently grow them in hedges as fences. After lunch we headed uphill Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Ireland
2
06
2005
Landed in Dublin ahead of time and after changing money, we went to confirm our flights at Ryanair. She looked at us like we were crazy and said yeah, your flight leaves at 6:40 Saturday. Took the bus through Dublin’s (insane) traffic to the hostel but our room wasn’t ready so Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Ireland