U-S-A

my voyage back to the US begins today. Paris to Amsterdam. Amsterdam to Iceland. Iceland to DC. DC to VB. Europe, you have been good to me but the United States of America will always be home.

PARIS TOMORROW

yes, that's right. I am heading to PARIS tomorrow for 2.5 days. SO PUMPED! This last week has been amazing. I can't really stay up to write about it now because I only have 4 hours to sleep before we wake up to head to the airport. I will write after Paris, but just know that Dublin has been such a magical and wonderful place and I want to say thank you to everyone who has helped me along this journey. This is the most amazing experience that I have ever had in my life and I have made memories and friends that will last beyond a lifetime. Back in the states on Tuesday and I will update more then!

xoxo

Galway, Cliffs of Moher, Killarney, Annascaul and Cork

This past weekend, we traveled with the Paddywagon!

The Paddywagon took us from Dublin to Galway, Killarney, Annascaul and Cork. We took a 3 day trip ann left early Friday morning. The first place we headed towards was Galway. Galway is a nice little city that is on the west coast of Ireland. We actually had some troubles getting there. Our bus was a little unorganized and we didn't end up leaving Dublin until almost 10:30 and we were supposed to leave at 8. We got into Galway and went to dinner with our driver and then Sara and I go up to take some pictures the next morning.

After Galway, we headed south towards the Cliffs of Moher. The cliffs are probably the most beautiful things that I have ever seen. There are no words or pictures that could justify how beautiful they are, and if I have to recommend somewhere in Ireland for travelers to visit, it would be the Cliffs of Moher. We had about 2 hours here to explore and take pictures.

After the Cliffs of Moher we kept on trucking south towards Killarney. Along the way, we got a call that our hostel was overbooked because there was a Gaelic Football final that day and they had forgotten we were coming. So we headed more southwest towards Annascaul for the night. It was Courtney's birthday and we were literally the ONLY people in town so we just took over the pub and had a birthday party for her.

Singing the Spice Girls!

Now it was Sunday and we were headed towards the BLARNEY CASTLE! It was so gorgeous and I kissed the Blarney stone. 

Good luck for the next 7 years... 

Along the way, we saw a bunch of castles and beautiful land. Here are some pictures form all those places.