Travel day

This hostel is awesome. The common room is huge and there are a lot of tables and the kitchen is really well stocked. It's next door to a mall with a Dunne's store so I bought a single serving lasagna thing for dinner. Across the street is a bank. Downstairs you can book tours to the Cliffs of Moher and the Arran Islands. I was going to book those tonight but they closed right after I got up here, so tomorrow morning. You get breakfast included in the price of the rooms, but I don't know how great it's going to be. Free is free though. It's a lot colder and windier here than it was in Cork. That's fine, I just hope it doesn't rain tomorrow or the next day. It probably will.

It was a beautiful morning in Cork. It was actually sunny and warm. I went to the English market in Cork. It's pretty cool. A lot like Pike's minus all the fish, bean bag things, and jewelry. I ate breakfast there--another lovely scone with tea. They serve their scones with whipped cream in Cork. They don't as far as I've had in Dublin. I didn't buy anything in the market though because it's mostly food, and I don't want to end up carrying a million pounds of nonsense back with me. I would have bought some cheeses to try if I were staying longer though. They had all kinds of stuff. I didn't see Tracy before I left. I wanted to say thanks and tell her how great she is, but I'm sure she knows--almost all the reviews for her place mention her.

After that I got on the bus up here. The route is beautiful. The one from Dublin to Cork is fantastic. It took about 4 and a half hours today. We went through Limerick. That place looks pretty run down. We crossed the river Shannon--the widest river I've seen yet. We stopped there and I forgot that I had to switch buses to get here. The bus driver was asking us where we were going though and he pointed at the bus I needed to be on. I was all flustered though and my stuff was all over the place 'cause I was just chilling. The bus driver was making fun of me a little bit, telling me I have too much stuff. I brought Paco--and he hasn't failed me yet--and a big material grocery bag thing. I was getting stuck in the row of seats. Oh well.

That's been it for today though. I'm just going to chill here tonight and wake up early-ish in the morning.