Goodness, I didn't even realize I'd left it so long this time!
Don't know if I mentioned, but after I got back from Malta, I spent a few days in Valencia again, checking out the beach and what not, and then I went on to Barcelona to meet Laura's friend Saioa. To say we got along is an understatement... I'm loving all the new friends I'm making over here!
Anyway, Saioa showed me around parts of Barcelona, like Gotic and Las Ramblas and the beach, and introduced me to the works of Gaudi (a Spanish architect). His work is absolutely amazing! If you are ever there, you have to check out La Sagrada Familia... it's a catherdral they started building in the late 1800s and it's still not done... it's enormous, and they haven't even built the tallest spire yet! If it wasn't for all the sorority girls/frat boys from the states whining in the hostels, I think Barcelona would be one of my favourite cities so far.
After Barcelona, I hoped on a train, and worked my way up to Roscoff, France, spending one night on a train, and the next in Nantes. From Roscoff I took an overnight ferry to Rosslare, Ireland, and then hitched a ride with a couple of French guys (one a hitchhiker, and the driver doing some sort of work here) to Dublin, where I'm spending a couple of days.
Went to a suburb Howth yesterday for fish and chips (fries, for those of you not aware), and to walk along the waterfront. It was so WINDY, you could lean into it. But the view of the wind whipping over the water and the green little islands just off the shore was worth it.
The weather the past week has not been so sunny, coming up through France, and now in Ireland... to the point where I think I'm already thinking like a local, and like, "LOOK, it's the SUN!!!" Lol. I don't mind though, I can stand a few days of cloud and rain... though the chilling winds (that are reminding me of Texas in the late fall), I could really do without.
Don't know where all I'm going to get to go in Ireland, but hopefully some castles (no, I'm not sick of them yet). =)
