A couple more weeks have gone by already. It’s sad but I only have a little less then three weeks left. It’s almost time to come home though or else I’ll have to find a job real soon. Europe is breaking me or should I say our Canadian dollar is. Anyways money is just money. Memories and experiences are worth more. 



Left Paris on a flight to Dublin. Although not my favorite nor would I recommend Dublin as a nice place to go and visit but I did meet some great people. One of which I did run into randomly my Aussie friend once again a few days ago. The Guinness storehouse was of course awesome though. Can’t go wrong with a beer tour. Galway was a much nicer place and was a great place to do a day trip to Connemara to walk through my first  castle. Then of course can’t thank my Irish friend and his family enough for the amazing hospitality.  Last few days of Ireland was incredible with trips to the coast, Cliffs of Moher and Bunratty. Seeing the real St.Patricks day with a bunch of family’s spending time together, parades, Irish music and of course drinks in the local pubs. I’m pretty sure I was the only foreigner in the small town local pub and I’ll never forget that moment. Then I was off to England. 





The pound is worth just a little too much or I should say double ours. So unfortunately I had to make a quick trip through the UK. So I took a day trip to Bath,  Stonehenge and Windsor Castle.  Wish I could have had more time in Bath. The buildings are very fascinating. Stonehenge was great to be there in the winter as there was pretty much no one in your way of the pictures.  One good reason to travel to Europe in the winter. Less lines and pictures without random people although it’s not very sunny days. Windsor is a must for anyone to visit as it’s pretty crazy to be in a room the queen still sits in for tea. A tip for London is don’t get suckered into every tourist attraction because you can get so much out of just walking around for hours seeing all the sites. I can’t believe how long I walked but how much I saw in one day. Of course I’ll go back when I actually have more money to experience the more expensive activities. 



Next up was my long bus ride to Edinburgh, Scotland. The best castle I probably will go to on this trip.  It was time to take a break from history so I hit up the camera obscure place.  So funny and felt like a kid for awhile.  My time spent out of the city was amazing. Nothing can beat the Rocky Mountains in Canada but the highlands are a great place to escape to as well. Beautiful landscape, nature walks and of course plenty of sheep. Nessie the Loch Ness monster reminded me of being a kid and believing in Ogopogo in the Oakanagon. 

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My last bit if time spent in Scotland was back in Edinburgh (that’s where I ran into Aussie) was going for beers with her. And yes we even tried the traditional food,  haggis.  Before heading to the airport we got in a great hike up Arthur’s seat with an amazing view at the top overlooking water and land. All that right in the city too. If it wasn’t such cold weather I really think I would like to live in Edinburgh.