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In Dublin, and it's beautiful. There was an 'episode' earlier where I couldn't find my hotel, but obviously that's sorted now! I do find it uncool that the street the hotel is on is not on my map. :|
ANYWAY, I started off the day by walking to Regents Park for one last commune with it. It was lovely and a little bit cold! Which is good because yes, I do have a sunburn! Then I checked out of the hotel and took the tube to Heathrow, and as Clare said, there were massive delays. Still, once I got there, everything was easy. No lines, nothing. And I had TWO milkshake frappes from Caffe Nero. Oy Vey. They're so good...
After the hotel debacle, I have to say my room is AWESOME. It's HUGE. It's a single, but I have a double bed, and and bathtub and huge windows and a chandelier. And it's the cheapest hotel I'm staying in! Also definitely the fanciest. And the man who owns it is HILARIOUS. He said he needed something to light up his day and then I walked in. And he said 'Tank you fer choosin' my hotel' and I was like *giggles* "OKAY!" Old Irish man FTW. He is like 80 and awesome.
I walked down O'Connell Street to Grafton Street and I ate at TGIFriday's (shut up) before tooling around St. Stephen's Green. Tomorrow I'm doing the hop on/hop off bus tour because it takes you everywhere and Dublin isn't all that big. Which leaves the next day for my tour of the coast. I'm going to Malahide Castle WHEEEE! Oh, and the ghost bus which is tomorrow night :D
When all is said and done, it's off to Montana to be with my peeps :D
I bought books on Grafton Street. For some reason, I cannot get in to Wicked. All this stuff is happening and they're all 'omg she's green' and I'm like 'omg stop whining, where is Stephen King!?' of course I finished The Stand in Vienna (SO AMAZING). I decided I give up on Elphaba and I bought American Gods by Neil Gaiman, because Circe does a game based on it. And I got The Time Traveller's Wife because Lauren told me to, and she's the one who told me to read The Bronze Horseman which I cannot express my love for in words. SO YAY new books! I decided to branch our from my beloved Mr King, because I really should read other books too... And he knows our love is pure.
PS Irish people are strange (I do realise this implicates me, here...). I like it. But they do yell a lot!
More London Photos Here And Ireland photos Here
ANYWAY, I started off the day by walking to Regents Park for one last commune with it. It was lovely and a little bit cold! Which is good because yes, I do have a sunburn! Then I checked out of the hotel and took the tube to Heathrow, and as Clare said, there were massive delays. Still, once I got there, everything was easy. No lines, nothing. And I had TWO milkshake frappes from Caffe Nero. Oy Vey. They're so good...
After the hotel debacle, I have to say my room is AWESOME. It's HUGE. It's a single, but I have a double bed, and and bathtub and huge windows and a chandelier. And it's the cheapest hotel I'm staying in! Also definitely the fanciest. And the man who owns it is HILARIOUS. He said he needed something to light up his day and then I walked in. And he said 'Tank you fer choosin' my hotel' and I was like *giggles* "OKAY!" Old Irish man FTW. He is like 80 and awesome.
I walked down O'Connell Street to Grafton Street and I ate at TGIFriday's (shut up) before tooling around St. Stephen's Green. Tomorrow I'm doing the hop on/hop off bus tour because it takes you everywhere and Dublin isn't all that big. Which leaves the next day for my tour of the coast. I'm going to Malahide Castle WHEEEE! Oh, and the ghost bus which is tomorrow night :D
When all is said and done, it's off to Montana to be with my peeps :D
I bought books on Grafton Street. For some reason, I cannot get in to Wicked. All this stuff is happening and they're all 'omg she's green' and I'm like 'omg stop whining, where is Stephen King!?' of course I finished The Stand in Vienna (SO AMAZING). I decided I give up on Elphaba and I bought American Gods by Neil Gaiman, because Circe does a game based on it. And I got The Time Traveller's Wife because Lauren told me to, and she's the one who told me to read The Bronze Horseman which I cannot express my love for in words. SO YAY new books! I decided to branch our from my beloved Mr King, because I really should read other books too... And he knows our love is pure.
PS Irish people are strange (I do realise this implicates me, here...). I like it. But they do yell a lot!
More London Photos Here And Ireland photos Here
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Also pictures of chandelier please? my nose is sunburnt ;_;
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Photo! It's small, but AWESOME and the room is not small and awesome :D You should get lotion for your nosey in case you sunburn it more!!! She said like a mother hen...
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And muahaha, now you have to come back here for more milkshake frappes.
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WHAT WILL I DO WITHOUT THEM!?!?!?! Beyond making my characters have them so I can live vicariously... Which is just sad!
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Hhahahaha! Have you had the mango ones yet? or the vanilla. YUM.
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I was not excited about Abrakebabra...
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Enjoy your crazy Irishmen!
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Hhhehehhee he called me pretty :D He didn't yell though :D
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Well, he was right. You are pretty!
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Thank you, Lewiface :D
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I too found Wicked too hard to get into - its one of my very few unfinished books, but then I don't feel so guilty about it now.
Neil Gaiman's American Gods was quite wonderful - almost Clive Barker epic wonderful (if you like his stuff) - but it left me wanting a little.
I shall stick the others on my GoodReads bookshelf :)
Have fun :)
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I so rarely do not finish books. I read SO quickly, that I just devour them. But The Other Queen by Phillipa Gregory, and now Wicked are the two most recent ones. In the Other Queen, it's the SAME THING over and over again. Which bummed me out because I liked most of her other books! And the one I didn't like (Virgin's Lover) I could at least finish!
I started American Gods last night and couldn't stop reading!!! I finally put it down at like 3 am. Silly me! And I do love the Clive Barker and it makes me squee that Clive and Neil are friends :D And apparently this is a special edition so it's 12,000 words longer than the original.
The Bronze Horseman is just....woof. It's a trilogy and it's all based around the time of the siege of Leningrad (or that's when it starts) and it's incredible!
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I've always wanted to go to Ireland, sounds amazing. Have fun!
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