To much fun and a crazy off wall hostel!!!

So last So not last night but the night before a lot of people from the hostel ended up going to this kids house that was staying at the hostel for a while, so he got a small apartment and had a house warming party! I decided to skip out because I didn't have a gift and didn't know the kid and I kinda was ok with having a mellow night, so maybe I could catch the 10:45 walking tour! It's free and I have been wanting to do it!
    So around like nine thirty peeps went out and I was pretty tire so I was just hangin out in the room. Then these two japanese kids came into the hostel room and I started talking to them. They were cool kids, one spoke decent English and one struggled quite a bit with it. There names were con and arata! 
   They asked me what I was doin and I said idk what about you guys? They said maybe dinner but they wanted to go out.
So we ended up goin out cuase thy asked if I would go and help show them around. 
    Sure why not!
So I went to the store and got a six pack to save money! Arata asked me if it was ok if he only drank coke.... Ha ha I thought that was funny and told him NO BEER ONLY!!!
ha ha jk I said I don't care what you drink bro...
I guess all take care of the six pack!
Ha ha and con had a beer! So I took them to a bar called zapata and it was pretty dead....
  it's crazy in Berlin! Nothing gets crazy till after mid night sometime one and most people stay out till about 5 or six a.m!
It's easy to get in the mood for it tho! 
  but anyways I showed con and arata some places then we grabbed a slice of pizza and went back to Zapata! It still wasn't that crazy but we met some cool kid named johny from Berlin and he was with a friend and three girls! So we danced around and then they invited us to go to a club!
I wAsn't really feelin it and con and arata don't make descisons at all for anything... It was wierd every thing was up to me.. 
   So I decided to go whatever! 
So we took a couple tram rides and got to this big club! I asked how much it was to get in and it was between 18 and 20€ 
   I was like ummm no! I told the johny that we had to get cash from the bank and we just left... Ha ha I felt kinda bad but they wouldn't take know for an answer, so that was an easy way out!
  we made our way back good thing I wrote Down the name of the station we left from! :)
    So we got back and walked down hooker lane lol! Which is on the way to zapatas and con and arata were really into the hookers... Ha ha they kept asking me questions about them, they were real interested And freaked out when I said the prices! Lol they said in japan they would cost 220 yens... Whatever that is? 
   So we were almost to zapatas agian and I saw Shane, and four of the girls from the hostel! There soooooo cool! 
  they were headed in to Zapata and then so was I! I asked con and arata what they wanted to do... And they said well we might go back or maybe get hooker! Lol
I was like seriously? They were like ughhh yea lol... 
Ha ha so I said later see ya back at the hostel then I'm goin to Dance with these guys and Hang out with girls that don't cost 80€.... Idk I'd just rather dance all night for free ha ha
Shane laughed And the girls told me to tell con and arata no! 
I said I'm not there dad there gonna do it if they want...
  the rest of the night was soooo kick ass I met some cool peeps, took a sho with a birthday girl, danced all night, the dj rocked, and we got back to the hostel aroun 5 30!
  I went to bed not long after I got back..
So I woke up about two hours after the walking tour ended :)
 and just came out to the lobby and hung out like we do every morning!
   This hostel is differen than any other hostel, you start to get attatched like your apart of the house!
There's at least five people here that have been here for like a month! Sounds crazy but there looking for a job and it's cheap and sooooo much fun here! Every one is so cool we just chill and laugh our ass off! And the people that work here rock they love me and always hook us up with stuff! Like food , alcohol, coffer it's just amazing!! 
    Tonight will be my fourth night here and I might hang a little longer but then agian I have more to see and should Cut if off here within a couple days... I feel like it's a bunch of people livin here just always havin a good time! It's probably the best hostel in Europe!
    Any ways back on track!
Yesterday bob, Josh, and I went to the Berlin wall which was sooo cool and had so many crazy paintings on it! 
I was stoaked to see more of Berlin and not just waste the days and partie all night!
    But... Last night was flat out rediculous!!
We were just gonna hang out and play some drinking games, then it turned into a drinking binge... Seriously we went to the store and bought 40 pints for 12 dollors and split it six ways! Lol we walked down the street in a chain holding these crates ha ha it called for a good picture! 
   The night was just crazy at the hostel! It was like a house party! I'm guessing there was 25 people from all over just hangin out and I made a ton of friends!! Ha ha like everyone here lol! People are sooo cool and I just can't explain! Idk 
I havnt laughed so hard for so long in my life ha ha!
    Shane, Josh and I stayed up the latest and ended up walking down to the coffee shop at like 8 in the morning still with a beer in our hand... It was just nutty I don't know how I did it!
   But we met this German kid that was gonna stay at the hostel but I honestly think we scared him to the point were he didn't end up checking in! Lol
   I didn't understand how or why I was drinking a coffee at 9 am when I hadn't even slept..
      But we went back the hostel after a coffee and a breakfast sandwhich and slept untill three...
  I'm starting to fe pathetic Ha ha !
     Im not drinking tonight mAtter what!!
I'm gonna watch the USA beat canada in hockey and the go to bed and rest!
    I had soooooo much fun but I refuse to make this a pattern..
   So don't worry guys... 
I'll be moving on tomorrow or the next day at the latest!
 this hostel is just soooo sick! I wish I could tell you every little detail!! But that would take ages and it's just more stories for when I get home!!!!
 
  I miss my family sooooo much and of course the bean!!!
  
            Berlin has been a lot of fun!! 
So tonight is gonna be a mellow and easy night and Im gonna try and do some emailing organizing, laundry, and just anything but drinking!
                            

Omg Berlin is just crazy!! But sooo kick ass!!

Sooo I walk around Berlin with all my gear because as nice as the hostel was that I stayed in, I won't pay over 20€ for a night in a hostel! Last night was a spare the moment whatever type of deal!
So I set out into the town and dis a lot of walking then stared trying to find a hostel so I sat in a park had some lunch and looked in my lonley planet book for a place!
I found the mittes backpacker hostel! I'm not gonna lie it was kinda ghetto at first glance.. It's oly ten euros a night and sometimes as cheap as four euros so what ever! But it was kinda hard to find and after about three hours of walking I was considering a taxi but I said NO Ive walked this far I'm not paying for a taxi now! My legs were gettin real tired but I sti had daylight to burn so I was gonna make it ha ha!
So I did find it and was second guessing It because of the outside appearance but i thought if it was in the lonley planet book it can't be that bad!
I got up to reception and it was a totally different place! The people are cool and the lounge is way chill! I payed 22 euros for two nights! So I found my room no one was there for about 45 min until two French girls came in! Then I tried to talk them but there English wasn't great and they were kinda shy... But not modest lol! They just changed in the room... I felt weird! I guess just look away? Ha ha any ways

Europe is just so different! I saw a advertisement of a little girl putting up two middle fingers! Like what?

I started getting board in the room and was gonna head out and see what there was to find and I ran into a girl named Katherine before taking the elavater so j started talking to her and she was headed to and art museum! I tagged along and am super glad I did! The museum had art from Like 600 BC and just mindblowing things! Those people were genious! Katherine is super smart and fought me a lot abou the art and the history!
I took lots of pics so I'm bringing the museum home don't worry! :)
so after the museum katherin took me to the brandenburg gate! That was sook cool at night! There's endless cool things to see in Berlin!

I was hungry so Katherine took me to a good plae to get a cheesburger and fries! It was good and Katherine didn't eat so we just talked while I stuffed my face..
When we got back to the hostel there were people hangin out in the lounge and I met all of them! There soooo cool! This kid named Josh was drunk and we got along good ha ha!
So even tho I said I wasn't going to I grabbed a beer and sat down!
Josh has been here for over a month at this hostel, Katherine has been here for about a month, Sean a kid from austraila is goin on a week... And then there's bob a canadian ha ha this hostel kicks ass! It's my favorite so far for sure! Daniel the receptionist gave me three beers, coffee with a shot and the a shot of vodka on the house!!!! I was like he'll yea!!!
Then the other girl that was working kaisha gave me a sandwich it like a house where everyone knows every one! Were cooking breakfast drinking coffee and jut bull shitting!
But last night the Gostel mellowed ou around mid night, I was ready for bed but Josh had to show me this bar! Ha ha we both agreed to spend no money, so I brougt none... Which was fine and a smart move!
We went to the bar called zappas and it was crazy it's like three stories all tagged up and connects to othe bars and there's a big open back area that's kinda trashy but it would be fun I it was crowded! I met a cool frech girl that were gonna party with tonight!!
Then we left and Josh isinsted I wast the rats run around... WTF
He wasn't kidding lol we were up on this balcony looking down at this dumpser and trash area and there were big ass rats every where ha ha it was pretty cool not gonna lie!
But the rats eventually got boring to watch.. Ha ha soo we moved on!
We met this really cool girl from hungry and she was like pakastinian Im pretty sure? But she gave us a free taco thing and wow it was sooooo good!
It was such a chill place with couches and middle eastern people who were sooo nice! And the music was just smooth and like Indian music I guess ha ha idk!
But the girl rubbed some rose oil on us before we left and it smelt sooooo good I was like I lor you I love Berlin this is the opposite of Frankfurt! People are all layer back and just wanna have a good tme!
Don get me wrong the frat/ sorority was a lot of fun, bit Berlin has the most amazing atmosphere ever!!!
Then.....
I almost was gonna leave this part out but I can't ha ha it was an experience that was just soo crazy and forighn...
So!
Josh and I walked down this street and there were these two girls dressed nice and all dolled up!
Josh was like oh looks like the hookers are out tonight!
So when we got up to these girls they came right up to us and were like boy boys were you from and just some small talk them they got right to the point ha ha!
80€ for nice room and two girls and alcohol and blah blah blah we won't get to visuale!
Or it's 50 € in the park lol!
I was havin ruin just askin random ass question and listening to them try and get us to go with them! They do a lot of convincing or actually begging is a better word.
Its so crazy tho seriously! There dressed nice there super good looking and it's completly legal... They give percents of there income to the goverment.. And I'm sure make good money..
They Cary mace and it's like a straight business..
After about the fifteenth conversation and laughing my ass off I started to get board....
So we headed back And got back around 3 am, we talked with kaisha for a little bit and then I was off go bed!
Josh and I are in the same room ha ha people are gonna hate us in a couple days lol!
I woke up this morning and had some coffee and just started typing and bullshittin with people!
This hostel is soooo cool and everyone is so chill!
I might stay longer! Berlin has the coolest atmosphere! That's for sure!
But it shower time and gonna make somethin out of the day!
Im missen you guys, and I hope life is good back home!
Tonight should be fun ha ha!
And tomorrows blog will be interesting I'm sure! :)

Always Somethin new!!!

So I ended up staying two more nights in frankfurt than i had planned, which was worth it! after waliking around franfurt im not gonna lie i wanted just to walk to the train station and catch the next train going any where! Frankfurt is not an exciting city! its big and pretty boring!
but that wasnt my case! because after i walked around the city and got hassled by arabian sales men i went to the train station and called Wencke, and asked what she was up to.. She was just at the Frat/sorority house hanging out and was going to play volleyball at seven! she told me to come over before then and wanted me to go! so like evey other decision ive made its kinda like why not! i cout the train to the lokalbounhof which is the station near her house and got there around 5:20 pm!
i was just in time for the giant monday night dinner that they insisted i join in on.. ha ha i was sitting at a table of about 16 people and listened to an entire dinner conversation in german.. ha ha it was fun but a little bit awkward.. but it was cool cause the president loved me and we got along good so he would chat with me at the table here and there! they made a toast to me and it was cool! then it was right back to german crazyness that i just cant and wont ever understand!
i helped with dishes even tho it was the newbies job ha ha, and then six of us headed out for volley ball!
we went to this cool little gym and set up a net and the whole nine yards! there pretty serious about it! ha ha during there ''warm up'' i was shooting hoops and just messing around and they were like `''dont you want to warm up by playing volly ball not basketball'' lol i was thinking uhh noooo i could care less to be honest with you and these half court shot are fun lol! but i joined in and then realized that im pretty dam good at vollyball ha ha thanks to my momma and sisters! it told like 20 min before we could actually play a real game but when we did it was a lot of fun! we went back to the house and did what you do at every frat house! drink drink drink..
it was fun and i had a place to crash on the first floor! i went and got the best pizza ive ever had for 4,30 at like 12:30 and went to sleep right after! the next morning i got up at like eleven and felt like i was gonna be the last one up and it was like a ghost house! not one single peep! so i went back in ''my room'' and kinda waited untill like 12:45 and heard noise! got up and had a cup of coffe with Marcus (the president) and Wencke. Marcus made Wencke go get breakfast cause shes a newby and she brought back some awesome german bread, ham, and some cheese and milk!
Marcus wanted to watch a movie which im never into but... i did and it was called Bowling for columbine. it was actually a good movie made by micheal more. it made me realize that america is really crazy with how easily we can get a gun! i told them i could throw a shot gun on the front of my quad and go shooting with a buddy, and go grab some shotgun shells from walmart for the next day! ha ha they were like really!!! then there like but you have to lock them up right?
of course i said hell no! i could lay that across my kitchen table and leave the blinds wide open ha ha.. they just gave me a weird ass look and i had to convince them i was serious!
the home of the brave and the free baby!! lol
they couldn't even get a paint ball gun with out troubles...
anys by the time the movie was over it was dark outside and i had to go back to the hostel i stayed at the first night and get my stuff.. it was in a locked room and was hoping no one would care that i just left it there.. but i got there and it wasnt a problem! i talked with my momma and then headed back to the frat/sorority house! we played some pool and i was gettin lucky! ha ha kept the table for three games but by then i wanted to loose ha ha..
Wencke and i went to get dinner and took some orders of what other people wanted. we had turkish pizza which was really good but not as good as the pizza i had the night before! then we stopped by a girl named helenas house! she was the only reason i stayed a third night!! ha ha dont think that she was just a really cool girl and we hit it off!
we went back to the house and had are dinner and then had another fun night! we hung around the frat for a little bit then me and four girls went out! ha ha thats all that wanted to go and i was not gonna complain! :)
we went to a bar that was dead.. then went to another one that wasnt packed either but it was a cool atmosphere! the bar tenders rock and it was the perfect group so i didnt care! i met the other kids there and they were really cool, they bought me a drink so i sat with them and just kinda bullshitted for a while! Helena came over and said i see you made some new friends.. your not ditching us are you?
i just gave her a blank look like... umm was that a serious question? ha ha but i just said no of course not im coming back over right now and introduced the kids i met to the girls!
two of the boy came back to the frat and we played some foosball! it was just a fun night! The next morning helena took me to the train station after i said my good byes and ended up missing my train.. so i hung out at the station with helena until the next train to berlin was leaving! i was sooo close to going to Amsterdam but.. decide to keep with berlin! cause next is hamburg and im gonna get George a jersey from that area!
George i miss ya man and i can totally see why your addicted to traveling!
My train got to belin when at like eleven pm and i didnt know what to expect and was hoping the train station was near a hostel just because it was pitch black and almost mid night.. the trains are pretty cumfy but i felt retarded when i walked down a ways to grab a water cause on my way back i passed me seat then went a whole nother cart and turned back around and just started getting embarrassed cause people were looking at me like wtf.. is he exercising? ha ha i finally found it after the guy sitting across from me laughed and pointed at my seat..
any ways the train station is pretty dam big and i was still a little overwhelmed, but mad it work!
i asked information were a good hostel near by is and he sent me to the meininger.. it looked cool and wasnt far at all so i made it there and the only room left was a single (private room) and it was 75€!!! omg!! i was tired and didnt want to hike thru berlin this late soo i tryed saving twenty euros by checking in online but that didnt work soo i just went back up to the counter and talked him down to 65€! still way expensive but had to do it at that point!
the room was sooooooooo nice ha ha! and it was kinda nice to have my own room with a nice shower, bathroom, tv (only in german..) and a comfy ass bed! I was really tired and came back down to skyped with my mom and sister! then met some Art students from ireland and got talked into going to a dance club! omg it was for sure a dance club!! ha ha i danced until 5:30 am and went back with the group in a taxi! i ran over to the train station cause i wanted to eat and went to bed! Those kids were really cool and all probably see them again in Ireland! i have 3 min left on this computer cause i didnt want to type all this on my i touch... but it feels good to get my blog caught up and typing for just about an hour!
love you guys!
im missen home!!!
no i get to actually see the city of Berlin!!
im headed out for a long walk and probably to find a new hostel!

Its so crazy traveling like this! Every new city is like starting a new trip!
Like you meet people start to feel comfortable and get attatched then your off to start over! It's hard to explain.. But Helena was bummed to see mr go and I guess it kinda made me bummed to leave but you gotta move on and see new things that's what I told her.. And she was like I thought you could stay as long as you want? So.... You don't want to? I was like come on you gotta see where I'm coming from!
Any ways just thought I share some thoughts with ya!

Travelling solo is mentally a lot but I'm lovin it and wouldn't of brought a friend if I could do it agian!
I've learned alot and made a good decision!!
-Zack-

Frankfurt!

Well I met wencke right outside the train station which is literally right across the street from Were my hostel is! Ha ha the first thing wencke asked mr I why I got a hostel in the red light district I thought you said you'd rather not! Ha ha
well.....
I guess it has something to do with me not knowing anything about this city and still am not quite fluent in german... So give me a minute!
What ever the hostel seemed cool and is cool and was pretty dam cheap!

Wencke just laughed at me like poor guy he doesn't know anything lol. Then we headed out for some coffee! We sat and talked for a while and just got to know eachother and had a good time! They didn't take a card so wencke payed for me! I felt bad but come on who doesn't take visa! She looked at it like it was a forighn thing that she's never heard about...
After coffee we took the subway to the ice skating rink! Ha ha yep I went ice skating it was fun! And it's been a while! The ice skating rink looked at my visa the same way WTF!! So I looked at wencke and she payed for that too! I'm starting to feel like a Jack ass! I forgot to gran cash before I ran down to meet her...
When I went to go get my skates I told the lady I need a 12 please! And se laughed ha ha like seriously laughed! I was like ok.... I guess not then wencke was laughing and they started talkin German.. I was alright I'm out!
Jk
I ended up needing a 48 in this European world I'm in lol! What ever!

We started getting dizzy after about 40 times around this ice rink...ha ha but it was cool because you could go outside or inside and there was a hocky game going on in the middle of the outside ice skating area!
Wencke told me had to try this warm apple wine so we got one of those an sat down, it was reall good! And guess who payed for that ha ha!
We caught the subway back to grab some dinner! It was a risky subway ride for me both ways because I didn't get a ticket cause we couldn't figure it out... But if you get caught it's 40€!!! Ouch that would be an expensive subway ride... But I was feeling lucky! :)
and I was! So we got back and went into the nice hamburger restraunt and the took visa! Wow!
I payed for dinner and both of our beers! The beers we tryed were different and kinda sweet I forget the name...
Dinner was dam good!
We headed over to wencke frat/sority house an it was a lot of fun! I met a lot of the people living in the house and try my best to communicate! Like every were else :)
We watched soccer, played foosball, played darts and drank!
Every one left after a while and it was just the president, wencke, and me! It was fun because the president spoke pretty good English and we could talk and laugh and just have a good time! Some times he'd ask wencke for the English word, or me but it wasn't that bad!
We played darts for a while and I won! Beginers luck!
Then we decided to go out and we had two pitchers of some tastey wine! German wine! About this time I'm pretty drunk and I gotta get back to the hostel!
We went back to the house and I asked tem for help in getting back.. There like oh it's easy!
Yea I bet, after four pints of necks and two full glasses of wine in this German world! Oh yea shouldn't be a problem at all....
NO ONE OF YOU GUYS ARE WALKING ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!! Ha ha wencke took me to the right subway and gave me a big hug and said your train will be here in nine minutes... Ok! Great ha ha and let mr guess I can't get a ticket right?
I met a really cool girl that thought I was nuts for coming here by myself lol! I asked her for a pic with her she said yes but no websites please ha hA!
Any ways I got to the bug ass main train station! The hbf and then it wasn't far from there! I bought a pizza thing and went to my hostel! I tryed calling just about every one in the fam! And I talked to Feesh! And texted my mom earlier on!
I walked in my hostel room for the first time and my dumb ass came in like I owed the place a 1 30 am turned the lights on and saw 7 people that were sleeping lol my bad.....
I got in bed and left ymte light on... Ha ha right when I wa getting up I heard some other laugauge and took a wild guess that they were probably saying turn the light off Jack ass!!!!
Whatever ha ha
I think the guy above me purposly dropped his lil wallet bag on my head ha ha! I just grabbed it and tapped him he kinda freaked out and I just gave him his bag back.

I went to bed and slept till about ten! No body in my room spoke English seriously! But I didn't need to them any way,..
So here I am typing away on my little iPod key pad, and gonna go out in the rain and check out more of the town!
I wish I was playin in the foot and a half of snow back home!!!
Gosh I miss you guys! I'm not gonna lie it's harder to make friends in Germany for obvious reasons! But I might stay at wenckes tonight and head to berlin or somethin tomorrow! Use the train pass for the first time!!
This train things a little confusing but all get it!
Love ya guys!!! Enjoy the snow you luckies!!!! And for all you snow haters..... Just enjoy the snow!!!! Eventually your gonna be saying it's to dam hot! Or at least I will be! :)

Mainz was fun an Frankfurt is big!!

So where did I leave off...
Not yesterday but the day before.... Ok so after lunch elfi and guntha showed me some buildings and walls that were built over 1000 years ago it was sooooo cool!
Oh yea let me get out of the way real quick...
Sad story today on the train to Frankfurt I accidenty formatted my memory card,.. Yea well that deletes ALL THE PICTURES.... Ugghhhhh
talk about frusterating!!!! There is a bright side tho! The guy I stayed with on my last night in Dublin made me a DVD of all my pics!
So everything from that point forward is what I lost! Sorry guys you won't see anything from my airplane ride to Germany untill now... The big train station in Frankfurt an what ever else comes up from here on out!
Sad sad sad but I can't let it get me down even ho I'm not gonna lie in kinda bummed!
Any ways so we saw these old walls and things and after that we went to the little train station and took a quick trip back to Mainz! It was my first Europe train ride!!! Only about 12 min long but it was awsome and started snowing!! I love the snow!!
That night we went out and met elfis friend Fay! Had coffee which is sooooo good here!! Omg!
And then we wet to days house and hung out for a couple hours! It was sooo cool! There was a guy there named ammot and he spoke aribic German and a little English, Fay speaks all three as well and elfi speaks German and English and of course the american ME speaks only one language...
So if I told a story or said my point there was translating for ammot and some times it was elfi and I confused because we don't know aribic or sometimes they would just speak German to get a point out quickly because no ones English is like mine! Ha ha so they speak it but it's not always easy for them! It was just interesting ha ha any ways
elfi and I caught the last bus to save on a taxi and went home and went to bed! I slept sooooo good and slept in cause elfis not to fond of being up really early. Which is fine ha ha I'm on vacation!
The next day was great we kept it mellow made coffee! Elfi make such good coffee! Then I got to skype with my momma and tell her all the stories and what it was all about! My little sis was up to so we talked!! With a nine hour difference it makes the window a little smaller for talking.. After that we went out and elfi gave me a tour of the city and a history lesson to go along with it! Gemany is crazy there are ciggarette machines on the bars so any on can get them really, the drinking age is sixteen and you can walk around with a beer or a bottle of Jack for that matter! Ha ha any ways we saw alot and the rhine river is really nice and really big!
I had some nice pics....
Elfi and I decided to make it a mello night and went back had a couple German beers and this amazing German h that I'm in love with! Bread and cheese, crackers all that food stuff!
It was funny when j was at the store this lady kept tryin to talk to me in German so finnally I turf to say something cause I was a little nervous I guess idk... But I was oh sprechen nien engliesh which is I don't speak English ha ha I just turned away cause she gave me a look like OK ..... SO......
Maybe that one of those things you had to be there for lol! But I just couldn't stop laughing and niether could elfi!
So last night was nice and I had a kick ass two days in mainz!
This morning I got up and showered, had my last coffee... I was sad ha ha! Then elfi and I made our way to the train station and she tought me a lot of things I need to know for further german train stations! I think I got it ha ha!
I got on the train after giving elfi a hug and thanking her!
The train ride was awesome except for the fact that I decide to delete all my pictures!!! Ughhhhh
But I'm here in Frankfurt now, I got a hostel right by the train station! It seems to be very nice and the lady that check mr in spoke english!
Ha ha and I just got a call from wencke so I should be meeting her soon!!
So I better get my stuff ready and head out!
Ps I typed all this on my itouch!! I'm gettin it down!
Time to check out Frankfurt! Love you guys and miss you a ton!!

WOW!! this is the trip i had planned!

OK so to explain what im feeling right know is gonna be hard! explaining feelings is never easy but im gonna try..
So Ireland was kick ass and soo much fun but i kept thinking that it kinda was like America, except the cars travel on different sides of the road and the Irish have an accent and jay walking is completely legal! ha ha any ways it wasn't exactly what i would call a culture shock!
THEN I CAUGHT I FLIGHT TO GERMANY!
This is the craziest experience ive ever had! its like staring over almost! where do i start...
the language barrier is a crazy thing over here with all the mixed culture, and of course me being 100% percent American lol and only knowing English!
im lucky to have elfi here to help me with things! last night was the coolest night ever i met her friend fay! she was a sweet heart and we went to her house and hung out for a while! the conversation was halarious because the other guy that was there knew Arabic as his first language and german and a little bit of english.. ha ha he could understand me most of the time i think but he wasnt very confident in talking it! so of course some one that spoke german helped him understand and he´d give a head nod or a smile! idk i guess its all about the body language!
i could go on for hours on the language barrier experiencs i encounter because they happen every time i talk ha ha! for example the phrase nice to meet you
does not exist over here! they wouldnt even translate that to german!
any ways
i was at lunch today with Güntha and elfi and it was funny! first i get a menu that no way could i possibly ever understand so i just got what Güntha had, and it was really good!
but the waitress was asking me what beer id like in german so elfi helped and translated! ha ha then elfi and her chatted away and kept looking at me and at the end of there conversation the waitress looked at me and said awwwwww, das so good for you! and smiled and gave me a thumbs up
here i am just smilin like ahero nodding my head like yep mmm hmmm thats it well thanks i guess ha ha!
WHAT WILL I DO WHEN THERE'S NO TRANSLATORS AROUND!!

ha ha we were on the bus today and there was a long announcement in german OBVIOUSLY!!
and i turned to elfi and was like.. what did he say!!
she said of i guess the bus is going to make a little detour cause the other one is broken and needs dis one to get some other people! ha ha so i asked her how the hell would i know that! she said you wouldnt lol
yea your kinda right id be a little screwed!
ALL I CAN SAY IT LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!
Im meeting someone tomorrow that i hope speaks good english! Wencke is pretty german sounding so i dont know ha ha!
Elfis keeping me super busy with going out and seeing things so shes waiting on me now!
gotta wra it up but theres so much to say!
like i said its hard to explain feelings but this is a feeling ive never felt before!
i havnt heard an english conversation in well over 24 hours now!8(
beside when i talk...
i love it and im making it through!
miss you guys lots and if for some reason this doesn't get updated.. well start to worry ha ha

oh yeah one more thing the Germans are very serious! so who ever told me that, because many people did! thanks for the heads up and your right!
they look at me like im up to something or on something!
ha ha and they look like there having a bad day...
its pretty crazy!
even the young people carry a very serious look!
im off to Frankfurt where all have no translators! ha ha wish me luck!
they don't give an English version to anything ha ha

miss ya!
soooooo many stories to tell when i get back! WOW

whoooo hooooo i made it to Germany!

let me start off by saying the german key boards are very different and its gonna take me some getting used to! ha ha this whole country is gonna take some getting used to but its amazing so far and i love the culture shock!
but first we have a little catching up to do!
so here we go bare with me!
Leaving Seans yesterday morning was a nice mellow morning! we ended up leaving around 10:30 because we had to drop misty off at the groomers in macroom witch is a little town on the way to Cork! it was a sigh of relief when the dog got out of the car becuase it mad seans smelly farmed out car not as smelly ha ha, yea misty stunk horribly! but shes a farm dog and a farm dog is allowed to smell!
Sean bought me a full irish breakfast in macroom and it was my first time trying a thing called black pudding! its hard to explain what it taste like but it wasnt to bad! and for sure taste much better than it looked.. all in all the breakfast was a bit salty but good! and filled the belly!
i mailed somethin at the post office ab´nd then we made our way into Cork! it felt good to see busy streets, people shopping, a guy playing the bag pipes and just a crowd and people and no goats ha ha!
i had a good time with sean he treated me well and i learned quite a bit!
so i said by to him and was just in time for my bus ride back to Dublin! it was the same bus driver that i had coming down and he kinda smiled and laughed! This i time i brought my pillow on board so i was happy to get two hours of sleep! then i was woken up at the half way point, and i grabbed a bannana and a donut! idk why but it hit the spot!
When we got into Dublin is was getting dark and i knew i had a little bit of a treck ahead of me! i knew stearts address and that is was kind of near the guinness factory! i was looking at a two mile walk with my pack and side bag i finally found it after asking many people for directions and luckily not listening to some and going with my instincts! gotta love that jimminy cricket! hes knows best! id say after about 50 minutes of walking and finding my way i found the steet Stuart lived on which was a off street and not many people actually knew about.. but they knew the cross street rialto! so i made it work!
(by the way no body in Ireland knows what a cross street is! seriously nobody!)
I found the door that had the number 72 on it crossed my fingers and gave it a knock! Stuart anwsered the door and seemed just as cool as he did on line ha ha! i was freeying and he said my hands felt frozen! so he told me to make a cup of tea before they fell off! he had to finish a phone call down in his studio so i sat there and drank my tea and De-thawed! he came back into the kitchen to make sure i was doing ok and then gave me some brown bread! brown bread is like a heavy nut bread tha the irish love and so do i! its soooo good! when he finished his phone call we sat in the living room and stated chatting away, and got to know each other a little bit! i asked if i could take pictures of his paintings beacuase they are flat out amazing and can be sold for thousands of dollars! or be hung in a museum for people to stare at! if you get the chance check out his website its http://stuartmorle.com/
click the tabs along the top and those are some of his paintings! but all bring home pictures! stuart put all my pics onto a cd so i hope to be able to post some pics for ýou guys, but might just make you wait... ha ha ! hope you like surprises!
about 11:30 came around and we decided to go down to the pub! i wanted to buy him a guinness any way because he was so welcoming and helped me out a lot! oh yea and he cooked an awesome rice meal shortly after the girl that was living with him came home! she was very sweet and was going to school for arts! she couldnt of chose a better of person to live with, thats for sure!
so the pub came along and it was just a short little walk down! we started off with two guinness that i bought and stuart bought the next round which defeated the purpose of me buying him a Guinness! so i still owe him something! i told him i got the rounds when i make it back on st patties day! which i still really hope to do!
we were about to leave the pub and this guy named quinton came by and loved my irish hat that Susan gave me and just kept going on about it! ha ha he wanted a picture so i told him only if he weres it! (he had a little down syndrom but was still a smart guy) anyways it made his night to put that hat on and he insisted that stuart and i sit down with his buddz brandon from scotland and chat for a while! so we did and things got loud! ha ha too loud for stuart and im not gonna lie quintons laugh was kind of out ragous and scared most people at the bar! quinton liked me a lot... probably a little to much and wouldnt let me go! stuart thought he was gay and the bar tenders were laughing there ass off! if i get hit on by one more f"§$!/%$ gay guy i swear!! ha ha jk but seriously he was a little to close at the end for my liking.. but i have a heart for those people and did y best to go with it to a certian extent! he wanted my number so i just gave him a face book link! stuart made a break for it and i followed right after! ha ha people were laughing and telling us to have a good night possibly understanding what we just went thru.. it was kinda rediculous lol! but fun what can i say!
we got back around 1:30 and talked a little bit more and stuart showed me pics of girls hes met and places hes been!
then i had to be up to catch a flight to germay in four hours so we both went to bed!
the bed was super cumfy, it was a little pull out sofa thing! anywazs i got in the morning at 5:30 and so did stuart and he made coffee and toasted some brown bread! mmmmmmm it was good! i took a shower and we headed out! stuart came across the street to the tram station with me and payed for my ticket! the bus came we shook hands and off i went!
when i made it to o connel street i got hassled by this bum and bla bla bla zyou know the speel! after his whole story i offered him six cents and he said that wouldnt do anything lol! so i said ok then later bro! he followed me and i turned back and said what did you change your mind ha ha and he said well... im thinkin about it.. and i sai no man sorry you rejected my offer that not polite! lol he started apologizing it was just to funny! but any ways i found the bus station for the 16a and waited seriously 35 minutes for a bus that is supposed to come every 15.. finally i had to change plans it was already 7:35! my plane left at 8:35 and the gates closed at 8:05! ughhh yea thats not good...
so i got on a luxory air coach.. what ever it was just a nicer bus for 7 euro!! ughhh
but it got me to the airport in about 12 minutes.. so i had to wait in line try and check my bag, which i was to late to do... finally got passes that it was already 8:10 and i hadnt gon thru security so i had all my shit.. hand back, back pack, jacket, belt, phone, itouch, wallet... you get the point!! so i was stressin! then the stopped my bag asked if there was a nife and anything else they should know about!
yes sir theres a nife and some sizzers....
ok can you take em out..
i felt like saying no theres really no point my flight leaves in ten minutes and the gates close about fifteen minutes ago...
ugghhhh
i took em out and the talked about it with tsa... took them and told me i could go!
so i ran with all my stuff for ever thru the airport and made it to my gate with some people still boarding! i almost passed out! i felt the guinness and four hours of sleep comin on strong!
ai couldnt make my bag small enough to get on the plane so i payed 35 euro check it! when it would have only been fifteen on line! what ever!!
i just wanted to get on and sit down! so i did and i was the last to board the plane.. ha ha
you actually walk outside and and up some stair into the plane it wasnt like a hallway thing.. it was weird!
but i wanted water, of course that was three euro so i said f it! the plane was seriously like 100 degrees and people were like panicking lol! every one kept hitting the service button and asking if it was ok, because it kinda smelt like burnt hearter as well! ughhh
but befor i knew it i was in germany and felt better when i landed! i me a guy named bryan on the plane he was cool we tried to make plans but it ended up not working out.. this guy came up to me and asked me where i was from.. he was slow.. like mentally and kinda drunk! he wanted a picture with me so i said of course! i handed the camera to his friend and he put it in his pocket and turned around! i was like ugghh excuse me.. hes like what!
that was my camera bro i gotta get that back.. lol he was just kidding thankfully cause he was a big dude id have to grab the camera and just out run him ha ha!
so he says he´d take the picture and then he takes one of the plane and says it looks great...
what ever bro just give me my f in camera ha ha
so i got the camera and ended up just taking the picture my self of me and this random guy! ha ha it was just random!
going through immigrations wanst hard at all! after that i grabbed my bag and figured out my bus to mainz! i saw brian there and found out he was on a different bus so we had like ten minutes to chat!
LET THE CULTURE SHOCK BEGIN!!!!
i went to order a sandwich and nothing was english.. IN THE AIRPORT THIS IS!
so i did my best to say it and she smiled and corrected me! shit i must say i didnt do to bad she new what i was going for it was like langeschnitten crosant lol!
i dont know all i know is that is was super super tastey and only 3,20 euro!
then i was gettin thirsty so i went and asked for my water bottle to be filled and she said in brken english.. uh yes but it must cost you.. i didnt understand why but its germany ha ha who knows so i just said ok ok no problem...
she turned round with my tin water bottle and had hot mittens and said be carful... and 2 euro please..
i was real confused! number one why do i need to be careful and number two why is my water bottle 2 euros to fill!
i grabbed the water bottle and it was seriously scolding hot! like so hot you couldnt hold it! i just didnt know what to do..... ha ha i guess ask for ice cause i want to drink it befor i get to mianz.. or re do it but that would be a lot to explain and i still owed for hot water lol.. so i ended up just pointing to the tea bags and made some tea which wasnt what i was feelin at all...
it was interesting and im sure i have plenty of that to come!
i caought the bus at 1:15 about an hour after my flight showed up and elfi had planned to get me sooner.. i trzed calling her at the airport but just got beeps.. so i thought i wasnt getting thru..
then my phone rang on the bus and it was elfi! i was like what.. how.. idk.. anyways my number did go thru and she was able to call me back! she asked me what happend cause she had already been waiting earlier to pick me up.. i felt so bad but she said it was ok, and just wanted me to tell her when the bus i was on was getting there! so i walked up and asked and of course the bus driver didnt know english so i got thru to him with some polite sign language (which i better get good at lol) and he pulled out a book and pointed to the time, which said 14:20 (2:20 pm)!
elfi said shed be there and she was! i got off the bus gave her a big hug and we started talkin! she asked me what i wanted to do and if i was hungry! shes sooo sweet!
SIMON YOUR MOM IS AWESOME!!!
she bought me a bus pass for the day and we headed back to her apartment! she heated me up some food explained the bus system to me, which i think i can figure out and made me one of the best coffees ive ever had! seriously it was sooo good and went perfect with some ital ion chocolate! Günther showed up and joined us and we had great talk about reno and skiing and the olympics and then he had to leave because he had things to do and i think will be staying in his other apartment about twentie minutes away!
germanys crazy and has been a culture shock for sure! but now im gonna go out with elfi and see Mainz! so take care i miss you guys and thanks for keping up with me on my blog!
love ya lots!

Headed Back to Dublin for one more night!

Seans dinner last night was awsome! he made some smoked fish with potatos and just all sorts of goodies! after dinner Sean went to spend an hour with his daughter! So i cleaned up the kitchen, then my room and my back pack! gotta get a good refference on my couchsurfing page ha ha! jk he's treated me well so i help out as much as i can!
After my stuff was packed and organized i was starting to go a little crazy inside the house so i dressed warm and headed into town! i didnt care if anything was open or that it was pitch black out side! i just had to get out!! so i threw in my head phones, put Bob segar on shuffle, grabbed my kick ass flash light! i love my flash light ha ha its amazing! and my self defense! i headed out and the collies were attacking me in every directin ha ha, and made it to the town in about ten minutes at a quick walk! I passed some kids in the street playing soccer and they seemed cool! i said hello and kept on my way. I got to the store (Centra) and it was open! So what the hell i better get somethin while im here! i walked in walked around and ended up getting two rolls of mentos.. random i know! like i said my only mission was to get out of the house!
Then frank walked in (the guy that owns the store and bought me drinks at the pub) He said hey Zack! and the lady said by god Frank how do you know this lad! I said we met at the pub franks my buddie! ha ha! Being that Frank owns the only store in town, Frank knows every one! I told Frank i wouldnt see him agian unless i decided to come back and he demanded i do so ha ha! he said are conversation at the pub wasnt done with! i was thinkin what conversation? ha ha we talked for 3 min while Sean had a ciggarette.. But all kidden a side frank is good people! If i came back to this village id stocks franks store not feed seans goats! :)
On the walk back the kids playing soccer asked me what my name was! so i stopped to meet them and they asked if i was from america? i said howd you know?
lucky guess! i wish i would have stayed and kicked the ball around but i was tired and wanted to get back and hit the sack for the big day tomorrow!
this morning i got up took a shower! emailed my sister feesh because she sent me an awsome email that made my day to wake up to! and now im updating my blog and now i must bring it to an end because i gotr to get to cork and catch my bus to Dubvlin!! All update soon! But before i go i have something important to say!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VAN MAN!!!!!!!! i MISS YOU BRO AND I HOPE LIFE IS GOOD!!!
SORRY IF IM A DAY LATE BUT BETTER LATE THEN NEVER!!!! STAY YOUNG BROTHA!!
YOUR HOMIE ZACK!

Tonight will be the last night in the Country side!

last night when Sean came back from his friends farm he offered to go to the pub! even tho i was wanting to call it an early night i decided what the hell, lets go! So i dressed warm for the walk down to the pub. Sean wont drive even after one beer which is good! its just funny because its about a mile away and two turns all the way. one of those turn is into his driveway ha ha!
but i don't mind walking and playing it safe! DUI laws are not nearly as harsh here as they are in the U.S but he is has a good job and doesn't want to loose it, which i cant blame him for!
Any ways we got to the pub and it was just as crowded as i thought it would be, about six people including Sean and I! everyone was a older and just kinda were in there to talk. now that i think about it i don't even think there was music playing.. Sean new the bar tender and everyone else in the bar and it really wasn't to bad! The bar tender was super friendly and it was going to be her Birthday after midnight so she told us she would be closing at that time.. She ended up hanging out a little bit after and letting us stay as well, i wanted to sing her happy birthday but i got strange looks in every direction lol... got forbid we get a tiny bit rowdy in a pub! Like any small town every one new everyone so it was a little hard for me to hop in and start chatting away.. I was testing my momma and someone told me that it wasnt nice manners to text in a pub.. Number one momma comes first! Number two you guys have all known each other for a hundred years and i don't understand your humor, and number three all just go to the bathroom and text! ha ha It was the exact opposite of Dublin where the pubs were full of all ages and chatty people! and and far from the clubs that had live bands, good looking girls and people yelling out shit that doesn't even make sense! Thats my kinda place ha ha! but this guy frank was really cool and bought us a couple rounds! he owns the only store in town called Centra. It was fun tho i cant complain! Plus all be back in Dublin tomorrow then its off to Germany which will be soooo kick ass and full of people my age and ready to have a good time! We wrapped things up at the pub around 1:00 ish and walked back in the rain! that was actually kinda cool not gonna lie! Carol gave me a great rain jacket that works wonders! THANKS CAROL!
it didnt take me long to get right in bed and fall asleep, right after i ate a piece of toast ha ha!
I set my alarm for five a.m to Skype with my dad, Felicia, and Giselle! that was awesome but a little early.. but as soon as i woke up it wasn't bad at all. They had A bunch of funny stories and it made me miss them and home a lot.. About 6:15 i had to let them go so i could get back to sleep!
This morning wasn't two bad considering i only drank a couple pints and i little warm Baileys! I got up and had some rolls and biscuits with raisins, and of course a cup of tea! It was a little rainy and cold so i started a fire and chilled out for a little bit! It has been a super mellow day i kinda just hung around.. Sean left to run some errands so i did some emailing and looked for couch surfers in Dublin for tomorrow night! I was at the computer and kept hearing a honk, then the phone rang, then i heard the honking again, and i looked out the window and there was a white van.. it was someone delivering a package. ha ha i told him he could come up through the gate and the guy was really cool! He let me sign for Sean and we talked for about five minutes and he was on his way.
Sean got back around 4 o clock, and the i headed up to feed the baby goats there bottle while he made a couple phone calls. hes got some dinner goin now and im just about to start organizing my backpack and getting all my stuff together for the bus ride back to Dublin tomorrow! :)
Then all be staying with a couch surfer that i found in Dublin! his name is Stuart and he seems really cool! I was gonna get a hostel but he got right back to my couch surfing request! So things are going good and i hope there going good for you guys as well!
Miss ya!
** random not for Bea: sorry my spelling is just crazy ha ha but seriously the spell check on theses computers are different and underline things that look perfect.. i don't get it.. and i had to ask the host at the hostel how to get the @ sign because even the key boards are different over here! so bare with me girl! i miss ya! :)

A nice mellow day!

Today i got up had my morning cup of tea and made some toast! I was hoping to go to the cliffs, because the skys were clear and it would have been a great day for it! but sean had things he needed to get done so i didnt wanna be pushy and demand a ride..
so i got a REALLY NICE hike in! I was staoked to get some fresh air because sean smokes a lot and im not used to being around it, like i have been.. my chest kinda feels compressed if that makes since?
I walked down to the post office and mailed some things, went next store to the market and bought a bannana and apple because i feel like all ive been eating are breads and carbs! the fruit hit the spot!I spent a little bit of time in the small little town and pretty much saw it all! that took me about ten minutes ha ha!
Then i noticed a nice little walking path, so i decided to take it! it was soooo cool! i walked across a man made rock bridge that people suspect has been there fopr about 3,000 years! even if there 1,000 years off i think its still pretty dam cool! it was great! i got some pictures of me on the bridge, which my nifty little camera timer! this comes in handy when your travelinn by your self! :)
the path looped me back around to where Seans road meets the main road! i looked up to the mountian and decided to go to the top because i had all day and why not right! I followed the roade sean lives on all the way back and noticed a liitle pole with a guy that looked like me, by him self with a backpack on ha ha! it was a hiking trail! i followed the sighns and hike about 6 miles out from the town! the view of the little town was nice and the hike was fun! It was cool because everywhere there was a bobwire fence there was a built ladder for you to go over! I'm not gonna lie tho the hike just wasn't the same with out my buddy duke! That dog is the best hiking dog in the world! I miss him and hope he's doing ok!
it was a little bit muddy and soft in places, and i was worried about destroying my hiking shoes that have treated me great through out my journey! i couldnt have bought a better pair! my feet feel like a million bucks!
i headed back down after hanging out at the top for a while and made my self some fries and fish and chips when i got back! mmmmm! I felt much better after my hike!
today was the hardest day with the goats tho ha ha.. idk how sean does it on his own! its a lot of work! we cleaned stalls, changed all the water, bought food up and fed the babies! All i was thinking about is im not gonna be on that budget when we go to dinner next! thats for dam sure!!
Then my chest started acting up agian and i got to thinkin it was the hay, staw, and serious oder of amona that had me feelin like that! after all i do think im allergic to hay.. I know that from my sister having horses. I took a benadrill and a shower when i got back into the house and no i feel much better!
Its great down here ive learned alot! one thing ive learned is that i would never ever own goats as a hobbie! ha ha its not bad, but seriously.. This is not a hobbie ha ha! i hope hes making good money off the dam goats!
I cant complain at all tho! My meals, lodging, and beer is absolutly free!
Now im chillin in the living room next the fire with a heineken typing away! :)
Sean left about two hours ago to go visit a buddies farm and still isnt back.. i dont mind tho its a good time for me to chat away and plan more of my journey out!
which reminds me the girl from germany (Wencke)sent me a message saying she still really wants to meet up! yea!!
i wasnt gonna go into the heart of frankfurt if i didnt hear from here, but looks like im goin! im all check in online for my flight on thursday which will leave me about 100 km from Frankurt (60 miles) and all be staying with elfi (simons mom) in mainz about for two nights! Then i get to see what Wencke can show me in her hometown!
Momma didnt want me to go to frankfurt, which i cant blame her.. its a little rougher and has more legal prostitution than amsterdam but Wenckes got my back! :)
But keep with me on the blog and you'll know whats its all about as soon as i know what its all about!
take care every one!!

Life in the Irish country side!!

Im enjoying my stay down here in the country side! I didn't get a chance to take that hike i talked about, because i slept in a little bit and ended up going to the vet with Sean today. I was a little tired this morning because i stayed up a till about two, but it was MORE THAN WORTH IT! because i had the first crystal clear Skype conversation with my Momma, Felicia, her friend kyle who is super cool, Gisielle, and her boyfriend Joey who also kicks ass! They were all together and it made my day,!! Skype worked at the hostel in Dublin but wasn't exactly convenient... the wi-fi was down stairs in the lobby which always had people and the connection wasn't the greatest.. So this time it awesome!!
Sean had me some rolls out for breakfast when i woke up and about an hour later we headed out for the vet. The drive to the vet was about 50 min but all these drives feel like ten minutes because its sooooo pretty and Seans cool to talk to! we went through country side i havnt seen yet and it rocked! And Sean bought me a coffee and a sandwich on the way, it was real good!
the vet was really cool and super smart! Tom Farrington was the name ha ha and he is a homeopathy vet for people and pets! seriously he treats both! it was a cool experience, because he made his own medicine, liquid and pill! And just had a lot of cool things to say.... i think im gonna become a homeopath ha ha..
he really did have good point on why its better to use natural medicines verses conventional medicine. it made me think... i don't wanna go on a rampage but think about in america how hydroxy-cut sells like wild fire for three month then we see a commercial basically saying call and file a law suite! you know those " if you or a loved on have taken " " and have been affected in this way then call because... and what ever.. what are we guinie pigs???
Any ways he looked at and treated Misty's paw (one of Sean's collies), which has a burst paw pad.. then prescribed medicine for the dog, the goat (which has milk clotting problems), and Sean himself in case his symptoms recur from his swine flu vaccine all for the price of 109 euro!! which Sean thought was a bit pricey!
I was seriously??? My nasanex for my nose was gonna cost $106.00! for a small container! Thats socialized medicine i guess?
oh yea and i learned that rabies don't occur in Ireland! Or at least theres no need for the shot in animals! ha ha crazy i thought
Then we headed back and it started to rain, it wasn't anything crazy and it was actually the first rain ive seen on my trip! which is ok cause i gotta get my moneys worth out of my backpack rain guard! :)
We stopped for dinner at a place called parkers for dinner and i ordered a burger off the kids menu to keep my tight budget.. and broke that right when i ordered a carlsburg to go with ha ha! it was funny tho my burger came out with just the bun and the meet.. so i asked politely if it would be to much of a hassle to get you know.. some lettuce, tomato, and maybe a little cheese (just maybe ha ha)! the waitress gave me a funny look, i was like really? Then Sean butted in and said "he needs a side salad please" i was like no no just lettuce, tomato and .. " no zack you need a side salad" so i was like ok thats fine all make it work. the waitress smiled and came back with all the condiments for a burger! i was like wtf! A side salad is the stuff you need for a burger.. ok got it! ha ha
im slowly figuring this out! ha ha like it took me about for days to figure out ranch doesnt exist here! really you wont find it.. and ranch is my fave!
So dinner was good and sean insisted to pay for that to! i guess thats what he does when people come to help him out! cool with me ha ha i just wish i would have been feelin a little more spendy! lol.. jk
we got back and did same routine. fed and watered the goats, and all that good stuff! I skpyped my mom!n :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)!!!! i miss her like crazy and i miss every one else lots as well!
Im gonna chill out watch some European tv and hope the rain doesn't come because i want to see these cliffs!!!!
love ya guys!
AND TO EVERY ONE AT THE BEAN! I MISS YOU SOO00 MUCH! sounds crazy but i miss work! really! the coffees good here but not like the bean! And ive held true to not venturing into a Starbucks! :)
sorry i know people want pics.. im tryin..

Last full day in Dublin and my first day in Cork!

Today was a rally cool day! i saw many new parts of Dublin that were amazing! Sam and i went the st Petersburg cathedral, which was one of the coolest buildings in Dublin! Its was about a five minutes walk from the hostel, after that we kept walking towards the guinness factory and passed a bunch more churches and castle type buildings! we got to the guiness factory and all of a sudden sam wasn'
Pt sure if she wanted to spend 15 euros to go inside and take the tour.. she was kind of in an off mood and was feeling more home sick than she usually is.. I told her that i felt bad for making her wait but i was going in regardless! hello the guinness factory in Dublin thats like a must! I ended up only paying 11 euro with my student id! It was worth every euro spent! seriously i took over 100 pics easy! haha i can make a dvd just on the guinness factory it self. Every time i see a guinness i think of my sister felicia, i was wishing she was with me the entire tour. sam was grumpy but i still had a blast! after you go through the seven floors of learning how a guinness is made start to finish you get a free guinness! And better yet you drink it in a sky bar over looking the city, it was so kick ass! sam didnt want her guinness which didnt bother me in the least becuase guess who drank it? I walked out with a bunch of cool pics and a pretty good buzz! ha ha i know two beers and i had a buzz, i guess the four pieces of toast for breakfast wasnt wuite enough.. or i'm just a light wieght! probably both. we walked back to the hostel and i grabbed a shower and just relaxed! went down to the lobby for a bit to do some internet work, and met a guy named jay from New York, who was studying in london! I planned on meeting him later on in my journey!
I went back up to my room to do some arganizing for the trip to cork in the morning, and wrote some cards out! then the brazilians showed up and we made plans for the night! We waited around a little bit while some of there friends were getting ready. there friends came knocking on the door and then i heard more Portuguese in five minutes than ive heard in my entire life! ha ha.
there friends were really cool! it was another guy and three girls all from Brazil! the guy was really nice and i really liked one of the girls! her name was karina she was really cute, smart, and talkative! the other two were nice but very shy.. That night was for sure the best night i had in Dublin! Wholy shit! we started in the famous temple bar, which was ok but it was crowded REALLY CROWDED and really touristy, and super pricey... just because. The bar tenders wernt exactly friendly, which is kind of understandable becuase we were probably the 123,498 tourist that night asking for a beer and saying it wrong ha ha!
we satyed there for about twenty minutes and headed out down the brick roads to a club! it was funny becasue we got carded and i poulled out my id that clearly marks UNDER 21 UNTIL .... The club was sooooooooo much fun! The best beer i had in Dubli hands down! I was dancing my ass off and was the only one out of the eight of us dancing.. ha ha so i made new friends while sam and the brazilians just laughed and talked about how nuts i was! Theses guys kept cheersing with me and dancing around with my beanie and kept waving my hat in the air! After about the 5 or 6th person that tried my hat on it went missing and i just didnt even look for it.. the brazilians kept asking me if i was gonna look for it through the 100+ people but i was like na it will find me ha ha! about ten minutes later later this blond girl came dancing up with my brown hat and put it on my head, it was hilarious! Then it wasnt much longer when they had had enough of the crazyness and thought there were to many people.. I was just getting started and was hoping more people would come rollin in! :)
so we left and half the group0 went back to the hostel, but i wasnt about to go back i was havin a blast! the two nights before were fun, but they were more casual pub nights.
So lucas and i decided to get ``pissed`` as the irish would say! First time being Drunk across seas! Karina, Sam, Lucas, and I stayed out and went out to another pub and danced! yep this time we all danced! We got a free admission because we got a stamp from these two people in blue suuits in the streets! ha ha why not! lucas and i drank a sol. wkd (sweet beer with vodka added), bulmas (which was like apple cider/ wine.. wasnt the best) Then we wemt for a good old budweiser, and then ??? :) ha ha
Lucas and i kept getting hit on by these two girls, at first it was fun then it became annoying.. It was funny tho because i was trying to make escuses for lucas and i! Not lucas hes straight to the point! lol he wasn't being rude he,s just brazilian and doesnt speak great english.. so he like `sorry, we just no like you` .... you very nice but your style es just not for me, you know`LOL it was bad.. then they kept asking me tons of questions, like i was gonna have something different to say so i had to leave ha ha! but the good news is that i left so fast i got a nice guinness glass out of the of the deal! OOPS! :)
when i was out side i met a really cool american girl, and tried to help her with directions.. Then Sam and lucas came out and we started heading back. The drunken munchies hit us and we grabbed a burger and i ate it on the street.
When i got back to the hostel it took about ten seconds after my head hit the pillow to fall asleep aka pass out! It was an expensive night but sooo worth it! i imagine unless i want to come home by the first of march i can do that about once a week.. Thats all i need any way. There is endless fun over here with no alcohol involved!
The next morning i was a little out of it but a shower changed that for the most part! I checked out of my hostekl by 8:15 and was on a bus to the air port by 8:30. I saw jay at the bus stop and he spotted me 2,20 euros for the bus because they only take exact coin.. The bus driver wasw kind of rude not gonna lie! i was to the top floor with my bag and sat down, and he came up and was like `hey kid with the big blue bag come down here! i was like ok.... omg what did i do ha ha? So i sat next to an old lady and he was like `come on man`! i was like WHAT! .... come to find out this was all over putting my bag on the storage rack... ha ha what ever! Jay came down and sat next to me, because hes just cool like that! hes super mellow and fun to talk to! so we talked all the way to the airport and when i was getting off the bus i tried to apologize to the driver and his responce was KEEP MOVING! i just chuckled ha ha..
then went our seperate ways.. but all catch up with in in London i hope!
i found out where my leaves from and met a really cool older guy named peter, he bought me coffee and tought me alot of europe history! mainly about the UK but he has a lot of good advice and i hope to meet his son in whales, some time after London!
After about 50 minutes of talking with peter the bus came and i was on my way to cork, in southern Irealnd! The bus was spacious and pretty comfortable and i enjoyed the bus ride through the county side and the cool little cities we passed through! the bus ride was close to four hours long and right when i got off sean the guy with the goats all be staying with was right there waiting! Sean's really cool guy and i look forward to my stay with him. so i threw my bag in the back and walked to the passenger side of the car and he joked and said no no no your not driving ha ha! oh yea why didn't i think of that the steering wheel is on the wrong side, lol! We had about an hour drive from cork and we had to stop twice because apparently sean is sick and ended up throwing up twice on the way to his house.. all im thinking is REALLY I DONT WANT TO GET SICK! COME ON! but he called his doctor and quickly got some medicine in a little town called Macroom, and hes already feeling way better! so were good. He made me feel right at home and then put me right to work ha ha! I fed the goats, bottle fed the babies, filled waters, put them in there stalls and i must say it was fun! its like a little mini farm. And the drive to his country is really pretty and really really really back country Irealand! Narrow roads, like barely enough room for two cars! very green and just awesome! Tomorrow im gonna take a long hike for sure and probably walk down to the little village! we will hopefully go the the cliffs of moher tuesday if the weathers ok because he got three days off of work for being sick.
Sooooo thats were im at! I miss you all!
:)
Ps: i have wi fi here and will in and out of the house for four days so i hope to hear from you guys! Its beautifle hear, but not exactly never ending with things to do..
so its hiking, goat work, going to one of the two pubs, and KEEPING IN TOUCH!!!

last night was pretty mello but fun!

Sam and i went to a dinner a place called the hairy lemmon! kinda wierd ha ha, but it was really nice! I had a chicked sandwich with some big old fries and it was really good! i tried a new beer called smit wit! mmmmmmmm the irish know whats good! our wader simon recomended it! after that we didnt feel like doing much so we went back for a shower and chilled out! i tried to teach sam how to juggle... yea that didnt work ha ha! auzie can not juggle!!! im soo bummed i didnt get out of bed to skype my momma... im a loser.. im sorry mom! i hope we can talk soon! its amost eleven here on saturday morning! so far its just been a shower and a breakfast at the hostel, here pretty soon we might ren a bike and go cruise with the two new room mates we met last night! there from brazil and totally cool to stay with! im planning on meeting lucas (one of the brazilians|) later in europe!
today i hope to see more of dublin, such as st petersburg cathedral, the guiness factory, and a big rugby game at one of the pubs around 4:30! tonights my last night in dublin so it better be a good one!
you'll know soon!
ps... im working on the whole picture thing, i really want to show everyone some cool pics!

love you all
and dad if you read this i hope the elton concert kicked ass!!! love ya!

Dublin Is a cool place to be!!

The first full day in Dublin was awesome, max and i met in the lobby and headed out into the streets of Dublin, i couldnt find sam she had went somewhere i guess.. so max and headed towards some pubs because i was so stoaked on ordering my first legal beer and better yet finding out what the real taste of guiness! the first pub we walked into was right near the famous temple bar, but we chose a less tourist one to meet the locals and save a euro! it was a great choice the guiness was flat out amazing my favorite beer now for sure! its very thick and mmmmmmmmmmm! and yea call me a light weight but one beer i caught me a little buzz! the bar tender was really cool, we asked for a picture and he let us mosey behind the bar and act like i was serving my self a beer!
there was a great guitarist playing dublin songs, and it was a cool first pub experience!
So I can now officially say yes the guinnes i much different and far better than in the states!

so after that pub we walked on and went into some shops checked out different things, and then sadly ended up eating at Mcdonalds... I had a double cheese burger off the eurosaver menu and payed two euros.. and yea its just like in america.
after that we ended up heading back and on the way back max talked me into checking out a sex shop... all i can say after that ia that europeans are dirty!! real real dirty!! but i learned a bunch of new thing that i didnt think was ever possible, ha ha just kidding..

Any ways when we got back to the hostel i saw sam there and we hung out for a while and i met some cool people in the lobby! One girl from argentina named lujan, and another girl from china!
The girl from china was a sweet heart i loned her my adapter for plugging in her laptop right before Sam, Max, And i went out! Ha ha sam and max thought i was crazy and would never see my adapter agian and basically thought i was an overtrusting idiot! but guess what when i came back my adapter was waiting for me at the front desk with my name on it! Carma Baby Carma! ha ha
The night first night out was awesome we all ventured ooff into a bar that at first we thought was to crowded but when we started waliking out a local stopped us stating that there was more seating down stairs! There was a nice lady bar tender working and i asked her to surprise me with a drink and she gave me a hienekin lol.. She might of thought i was american!
but i took it, liked it, smiled, and payed my 4,50 euro!
we hung out got caught up in great conversation! then all of a sudden max didnt feel like hanging out any more, he seemed a bit tired and headed back. So sam and i hung out and kept talking untill the band that was three feet to our left got so loud we were trying to read each others lips! ha ha didnt work out so we went to another pub! This pub was pretty mellow with a band that ended up asking the bar for silence and sam and i were just getting to loud! australian and an american idk it just wasnt possible for us to keep our voices down! We ended up leaving because of that and the band tried to charge us 8 euro.. I told them i was out of money and the really cool bartender had our back! I would have like to stay longer because of the bar tender rocked! he was funny as hell and had a lot to talk about. he had been arrested 32 times in america ha ha. we talked all about americans and the country.. unfortiantly they had a lot of great points and i had to agree, we got along great! hes half the reason i was soooo loud!
so the band hated us but the bar tender loved us!
Sam and i went to the pub kiddie cornered from our hostel, it was called the swan! The bar tenders loved giving the happy, easy going american shit! (me) ha ha but it was a blast and i kept getting winks from them with kept the insults light hearted! sam didnt understand why they were being like that but it was fun cause i just kept joking back! they were jelous of the hat susan gave me i think ha ha! and kept asking sam where she found me! after all the fun and games we ended up staying after hours talking with some regulars and had another great conversation with the bartenders! I met these two irish me that loved me, and they gave us great ideas for travelling west irealand! after i recieved the nick name mr fuck'n bubbley from the Irish (with there awsome accent ha ha) So eventually we had to leave the pub because after 00:30 (12:30 pm) because its a law in irealand to close a pub by this time...
so we took pictures with two of our new friends out front and walked right across the street two the hostel! Sam and i stayed up till 3:30 and saw max in the lobby around three when sam was showing me pictures! I guess max headed back out... we werent really sure? but any ways sam and i went back to an empty room and talked a little more and went to bed!
2/12/10
this morning we got up at 9:00 because we were planning to get our complementry breakfast and take a walking tour that started at eleven and went for three hours!
I dont know what it was but i was sooooooooooo tired this morning, i think the jet lag that i thought i wasnt gonna get hit me! because it wasnt a hang over ha ha, otr maybe partly.. but i finally got out of bed went and ate five pieces of toast with some milk and oj, then when straight back to bed for about an hour and missed the waliking tour.. when i was done napping i was still really tired but i took a shower and felt much better!
today sam and i did our own walking tour becasue max went on the one with the hostel! we saw a lot it was really great! we walked for hours and took some cool pics! We went into a cool little shop and ate some fries which i almost poured sugar all over untill the nice lady caught me and said no no no heres some salt! ha ha! it was in a different laungauge and looked like salt.. idk. but the fries kicked ass and then we continued walking and made our way back to the hostel!we havnt seen max so i started writing this really long blog and now im caught up! i hope!
so im sure we have a cool night ahead, but i cant get two crazy because im looking forward to skyping my momma tomorrow morning at six my time which is ten o clock in reno! I miss my momma soooooo much so i will make that work no matter how tired i may be! im pretty sure my internal clock has changed gears but we'll find out!
I miss my family so much, and all my friends, and all the awsome people at the bean!!
love ya guys!!!

First day in Dublin so Far!!

ive been in dublin since about 7 45 this morning and got to my hostel around 9 am (one in the morning your time)

Its been so kick ass so far, i met a guy named max before the flight and found out that we were staying at the same hostel! the flight was pretty dam long but it was ok because i took two sleeping pills and got some rest! ha ha they kinda made me loopy tho, the stewardist woke me up and gave me water and when i went to drink it i poured in on my self... lol the people next to me were like wtf... i ate two decent meals, one was chicken with a bread roll, cheese, crackers and a brownie! the next was breakfast and it was a basic egg sandwhich with a bannana and oj! it was a really big plane!!
when i got off the plane i went thru customs with very little hassle, except for the muslum guy that was horrassed all the way from the atlanta airport and strop searched like three times and always was surrounded by security.. ha ha poor guy! it was kinda weird tho i must say.

I met max at baggage claim and walked out side where i could clearly see my breath! brrrr!we waited about fifteen minutes for the a16 bus which took us literally right to the avalon house!
we got our 2,25 euro back when we checked in so that was cool!
the lady bwas nice the hostel is sick and i have a cool locker to keep my stuff safe! i wasnt tired at all and really felt no jet lag but max drank alot on the plane and wanted a nap, so i went to my room and organized shit and then put my camera on the charge (with the adapter feesh got me and it works real good! THANKS FEESH!
I ended up laying down for about an hour, then i was woken up by a sweet girl named sam from austraila! she felt bad for waking me up but i was stoaked cause i didnt feel right laying down anyways.. i mean shit IM IN DUBLIN IREALAND!!!!
we talked for a while and shared some pics, then i had to go meet max in the lobby because we had planned to meet at 13:00 (1:00 pm) which is 5 am in reno.

its 14:30 here so its 6:30 am in reno right now while im typing! ha ha its so wierd!

But i hope to hear from you guys cause i miss you sooooooo much! i hope everythings good!

~zack~
Im going out now!!!
cheers!

Last Day in the Bay!

I got a message early this morning stating that my flight from PA (pittsburg) was canceled into Dublin.... I didnt know exactly know what to think or what i was gonna do!
The Snow Back east is crazy and is Slowing everything down! Me and my momma took a trip down to the reno airport and talked to a united airlines representitive, she looked for different options and could only come up with a flight out of reno leaving Feb 10 at 6:10 in the morning. This flight was to much travel time for me and i didnt want to do it.. The itineray was four stops, from reno to phoenix, pheonix to sharland North carolina, sharlands to frankfurt, and frankfurt to Dublin... I would arrive in Dublin at 5:30 pm the next day... So it would be dark and i would be beat up after 23 hours travel time..
So my next plan was to just catch my flight to PA and hang out thru the winter storm warning and hopefully catch a flight within a day or two... BUST OUT THE SLEEPING BAG! HA HA! i emailed my hostel and told them i wont make my scheduled booking for the 11th and possibly 12th...
Long story short i got a call on my way down to San Fran and ended up getting helped out by a sweet lady from united airlnes and she got me a flight from san francisco to pheonix, to Atlanta, then thru customs and over the Atlantic to Dublin! I know get to Dublin At 7:40 am thursday morning!
Three hours before my Original flight if the cancel never happend! So life is good and things do work out if you just let them!
Anyways my flight leaves in Five hours and nine Minutes!!! and counting!
but i better get some sleep so its off to bed for me!
Everythings back on track and all sleep just fine! talk to you when im in Dublin!

I fly out in 27 hours!!!

Yep its down to the hour count down!!
all be in San fransisco tonight and Dublin thursday morning!
Thank you EVERONE for all your support! Im gonna miss you so much!
All be in touch promise, and be updating this blog thru my travels!
the going away party at the Purple bean was amazing! Thank you susan!
Well i gotta grab the bag and head over the hill to San Fran!
for officially the last night in the U.S.A!
Rock On!

Im still In reno counting down the days!

Hey every one I have 9 days left in the states!!
Im gonna miss everyone sooo much and hope to keep everyone posted!
and this is the easiest and most efficient way!
follow my blog! i will upload stories and pictures when i can!
but still email when ever youd like, Cause all be exited to hear from you!
~Zack~