Leaving Aran Islands for Dublin

The morning of the 16th, I finished packing up my bags, ate breakfast, cleaned my room, and headed towards the pier. It was a foggy morning and even though it was after 8 the sun was not yet visible. I got on the ferry and started my journey to Dublin.

The Aran Islands had changed in the couple of weeks that I've been there. The weather is cooling and getting wetter, and the seals have come into the coves. It is a pleasure to sit on the rocks on the beach and watch the seal worm their way into the water and float together. But all holidays must come to an end.

I slept through most of the bus ride from Galway City to Dublin. It was a dreary day and I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before because I tend to leave packing to the last minute.

Dublin was just as I remembered it from the first day I was in Ireland almost 9 weeks ago. It is hard to believe that I've been here that long as the time has certainly flown. My hostel for the days I was here was located on the river Liffy, which basically runs through the center of the city. Once I made it here, I took the rest of the day easy.

I woke up on the 17th feeling refreshed and decided the thing to do, before heading out to any specific location, was take a free walking tour of the city (I recommend Sandeman's Free New Europe Dublin Tour to anyone  spending a day or two in Dublin). Afterwards, some of us from the tour decided to head out for lunch. I had fish and chips with Dineen from Australia. We completely lost track of the time and when we had finished talking politics and cultures the sun had set.

We walked back towards our respective hostels together and then parted at O'Connell bridge, the main bridge in Dublin which is know for being thicker than it is long.

That night I headed out for a pub crawl (organized by Sandeman's and also recommended). It was fun and I met a lot of great people from around the world. I headed back to my hostel early.

Nothing too interesting, but that catches you up on my adventures thus far. Headed back to Wicklow this afternoon (back to the family farm I was on before) before I head out for Copenhagen on Monday! I'm very sad (cause I'm going to miss Ireland) and excited!