From Dublin to Balcoo/Holywell

Dia dhuit!!

This means 'Hello' in Irish Gaelic :)
Today I'll try to write a long(er) entry.
Well, let's start after we left the ferry.

This was my first time while driving on the left side. I was really afraid and drove carefully as hell. But after an hour I start to get used to it. If u concentrate a little bit it's simple. And in Ireland u have a low speed limit on the streets. I think that's good (for persons like me). Haha.
Our first stop was Rush. A small village few kilometers behind Dublin. Irland don't have that much campsites. This sucks a little bit, cause we have to drive long distances to find one . There are just two around Dublin. So we choosed the one in Rush next to the sea. I liked it, cause the air was so fresh!!
On the next day we went to Dublin. I like this town. It's like day and night. Some new things and modern stuff, but it doesn't matter where you look, you allways find old stuff. At first we visited the Kilmainham Goal. We had a tour around the prison. It was so interessting. But it's to much to tell the whole story so just have a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmainham_Gaol
After that we wanted to visit the Guines Brewery but the entry was so expensive that we decided not to go. So we splited up and walked around at the famous Temple Bar quater. And of course we had a drink at the Temple Bar itself. I love Irish Pubs cause the people are always nice and you have good music all the time.
I bought some shirts and music and a book with strumming patterns for traditional irish songs on guitar. I'll try it when I'm back home :)
We spend a second night at the campsite and got up early in the morning. We decided to drive to the campsite in Belcoo/Holywell in Northern Ireland. On the way we visited Melifont Abbey. Or rather just the ruins of the abbey. But if you have a little bit of phantasy the ruins can be a whole building again ;)
Our next stop was Kells. We needed gas and on the way we visited an old cementry and a chapel. The special thing about the chapel is that it owns the only copy of 'The Book of Kells'. The original is in a university in Dublin. After a snack we decided to drive to the campsite in Northern Ireland and 'chill' the rest of the day. In Northern Ireland you have to pay with pounds and in my opinion it doesn't look that irish anymore. Way to british. But the campsite is okay. It's next to a lake in the middle of a beautiful landscape. Well that's it for now. Here are a few pics for you.

Have a very nice day & Cheers :)

Ferry to Ireland

Hello Everyone :)

At the moment I'm on the Ferry to Ireland. They have free Wi-Fi so I'm able to write a short blog entry.

I'm sorry for not writing that much, because nothing special happens till now.
France is far behind us. And we are in the middle of the sea. It's a little scary beeing on a big ship  in the middle of nowehre. But it's the first time for me not beeing seasick!! I am really happy cause I am able to go to the upper deck and watch the horizont.
The sea is so wide and the air so salty :)

Well, I'm going to eat something now. Here are some picks from our way to the ferry and the ferry itself.

Enjoy your day :D

anywhere in france ^^"

he wants to travel with us

on the ship

On the ship 2

On the way to the coast & Paris

Hello my dear readers :)

Today is my second day on the way to the coast of France where we'll take our ferry. We started yesterday (saturday) early in the morning. There is nothing special to tell, cause we drove the whole day and slept at a gas station.

Today we arrived at Paris. We watched Notre Dame, the Black Tower and the Eifel Tower. We didn't have had that much time but it was okay.
BUT I NEVER EVER WILL GO TO PARIS BY CAR!! THE TRAFFIC IS H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E!!!gas

Now I am at a gas station again and I have free Internet. I will update later coz now I have to go back to my car. On my way to the coast.

Stay tuned & Cheers :)

P.S. I'll upload pics later ^-^

Getting ready for Ireland

Hello everyone!!

One year passed since my trip to Japan. Still wonderful memorys. But this summer I'll travel to one of my favourite countrys too. Yep, as the title says, its Ireland.

It's my second time there but I am really excited. My first trip there was five or six years ago. My family and some others and me traveld around southern Ireland for like six weeks by car. Now we do the same again but just my family, me and a real good friend of mine. And we'll travel around the northern part of Ireland.
I am really scared by driving a car over there, coz they drive on the left side of the street. In Germany you drive on the right. I hope not beeing so confused.

At the moment I pack my stuff and getting ready for a long road trip tomorrow.
I am not sure if I am able to contiune my blog coz we are allways on the road. But if I am able I will write something.

So now let's go back to work.
Maybe 'see you' on my next entry.
Till then, CHEERS :)

Last change

We changed to our last town Osaka. Nothing special to say. The main train staion is huge o_o
Got a bad sunburn. And I am really tired. Mata ne ~

[ah and we cancelled Koya-san. We are really sad about that but it doesn't work T^T]

Nara [奈良] and a mistake

After we visited the 'torii' in Kyoto we took our lugage back and left Kyoto to Nara. As we sat in the train we wanted to look about our hotels name on the booking sheet. And we recognized a bad mistake. We booked the hotel on the wrong date (one day to early). So we didn't have a hotel !!! A short panic atack later we arrived at Nara sation and walked straight to the tourist information. And there we booked a new hotel. We were very relieved !!
And the new hotel was awesome!!!!! We've got a wonderfull japanese style room (ryokan). And the man and his wife were so nice. Thank you a lot for this wonderful (short) time.
Nara is famous for his deers. So we went to watch them. They were so cute..and they are everywhere..totally free !! :) We also watched some beautiful temples. This architecture !!
On this two days there was a dancing festival. We missed it at the first night but we saw a little bit about it on next days afternoon. It was so hot but they danced amazing. I really liked it.
Nara is a beautifull town full of peace I think...and deers xD
Visit if you can :)

Dancers

Our wonderfull room

A free deer ^^

A temple builidng

Dancers again

Beautiful Kyōto [京都]

Well...Kyoto is so beautiful !! Really.
We tried to make a plan where to go..but that didn't work because there are more than 1200 temples and shrines. So we decided to visit the famous bamboo garden, the Gion and the 'torii'. And some temples wich are on our way ^^
Because we just had one day we had to hurry up. So after breakfast we searched for the bus to the bamboo garden. After we arrived at the quater we recognized that the area was really big and full of temples and old gardens and houses. So we searched for half an hour but finally we found it. And it was soooooo awesome. Really. We planed to stay there just for max. two hours..after four hours we went back and decided to went to the 'torii'. But then it started to rain. Really heavy. And it didn't stop!! So we had to cancel our plans.
The next day was check out day. But the hotel allowed us to store our lugage for some hours at the hotel.  So we hurried up and went to visit the Gion area. It isn't so great in the morning but the architecture ist great!! But we didn't see a Geisha or a Maiko :(
After that we finally visited the 'torii' it was so awesome. Because after we arrived it stopped raining and the sun came out. Do you know the 'torii'? I think so!
Ah and we bought something special for low price.
Look at my pictures ;D

Our special bought  - Which is mine? :)

A little part of a beautifull japanese temple garden

Part of the Bamboo Garden

A modern thing - the Kyoto Tower

a little bit Gion

Famous 'torii' - There are so many gates that all together would give a way of 4 km

From the buissnes city Nagoya to the historic city Kyoto

We left early in the morning Nagoya because we've didn't know how long it will take to go to Kyoto by bus. It was interessing how the landscape changed again. In Kawaguchiko it was like a big forest full of big old trees. On the way to Nagoya I saw so many bamboo and rice fields. Amazing :D

After we arrived we searching for our hotel...again...and got help from other persons because we were lost...again ^^'

At this place I want to say 'THANK YOU' to all the people who helped us since now !!

After our Check In (the hotel is relly nice - and cheap) we went to eat. It was so god !!

Then we walked a little bit around at this area but not to long. Now it's relaxing time :)

Bai Bai Kawaguchiko - Ohayo Nagoya

We finally arrived at Nagoya. There is nothing special to say about it, because it's just a stop between. But we used the Shinkansen...so fast Ö_Ö
And many people said that Nagoya is so boring. But I think it isn't. 
There are many companys but also nice shopping streets.
Well that's it ^^
Bai Bai

Hanabi [ 花火 ]

I wrote that we stayed in a dormitory for seven people in our first hotel. The first night we were alone. At next days afternoon we've got our roommates. Four boys and one girl. And there were all Japanese. So we didn't talk to each other. Just 'Hello'..

Later Lucy and I went to a Supermarket to buy something for dinner. After that we searching for a bench near the Lake and ate. If we wanted to go home we met some people and they said: Hey we are roommates. At the first moment we were not able to see their faces because it was to dark. But then we saw and remembered them. Their English wasn't that good..like our Japanese. But they were so friendly and invited us to 'Hanabi' [Firework]. We were totally surprised. They said at the moment is the time for praying for all the dead people so there are many celebrations and fireworks in the whole country. At the beach we finally have Hanabi. It was so nice and beautiful ** Thank you for this No.1 cute Hanabi * laugh *

After that we went back to the hotel were we sit long time together and talked a lot and we had some Japanese snacks and drinking stuff.

It's really interesting how different the people are. Our 'Crazy Man' (called Takashi) drove around whole japan by motor cycle – in 21 days. Another one is going to climb up Mt. Fuji. We were all from different places and actually countries. But it was really much fun. Big big big 'ARIGATOU' to: Mariko-chan, Takashi-san, Masashi-san, Yoshiyuki-san and Saeki-san !!!!!

Name sheet and drawing shit xD

yummy :3

Takashi-Masashi-Mariko-Yoshiyuki-Lucy (Saeki is missing) <3