Last night. Holy cow, last night. I ended up going to bed around 11 or 12, a fairly reasonable hour. At 4am, a group of Americans from Kansas came back from the bars. I know this because not only did they wake us up, but Heidi was practically shouting into her phone and she mentioned that it was 4am. She didn’t stop talking after 3 different people all asked her to be quiet several times. She didn’t stop talking when her friends told her to go to sleep. I had to get down off my bunk, stick my head into hers, and tell her to go to sleep before she turned off the phone and went to bed. The next morning she didn’t remember any of it.
Check out of the hostel was at 10:30, but I couldn’t check in at the B&B until 2, so I hung out at the hostel, watched Finding Neverland (excellent film), and talked with the fam on Skype. Around 2 I headed down to my new digs, a cute little B&B. Google maps steered me wrong however, and not only did I pass my B&B (thinking to myself, my that looks like my B&B) but walked and walked and PASSED my guest house. I finally called the woman and she was like “you passed it” and I hiked back into town.
My room is really quite big with a great bay window and best of all, it’s all mine! With a bathroom! I was so hungry I snarfed the shortbread cookies they left out for me and promptly changed my clothes (it was hot and I was sweaty).
After I called Thom to tell him about the sweet new room, I headed off to explore the town. I was very hungry and pub food had been recommended, but I was so overwhelmed with choices that I did the only sensible thing and went shopping. I found a store that the drunk girls from last night recommended – called ironically enough, Penny’s. I bought the prettiest pair of heels and a very cute dress that I am pretty sure I’ll wear when Thom and I go out for a special dinner or something. Now I just need some accessories….
I found a place to get Thom’s present but they said it was going to take some thinking about and such, which I thought was fine – I’ll be here til Sunday. By this point I was ridiculously hungry, so I went to a nice looking pub. Big mistake. It was 20 euros for a drink and my dinner. It was, however, the very best lamb stew I have ever had and there was a TON of it. I of course, ate it all.
I meandered back to the room and did a little reading and talked to the bear extensively. It’s nice when you don’t have to shout over everyone to be heard and the internet connection is decent so you actually get a clear video of the person you’re talking to. It’s also nice to not have to sleep with your valuable underneath you.
Well anyways. Tomorrow should be a grand adventure; I’m renting a bike to cover the national park. Yay!
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