Travels

Nog drie weekjes en het is weer zo ver...

• 2001, Schiedam, Nederland
• 2002, Bremen, Duitsland
• 2003, Svendborg, Denemarken
• 2004, Carvin, Frankrijk
• 2005, Ptuj, Slovenie
• 2006, Millstreet, Ierland

Al drie avonden op rij houd ik 's avonds jacht in de slaapkamer, geen vies prikbeest dat in mijn vizier komt en het overleeft. Maar blijkbaar weet er zich altijd wel eentje zich te verstoppen, want al drie nachten op rij lig ik een halve nacht wakker van gezoem rond mijn kop.

Resultaat vandaag : overslapen, en daarmee is de maat vol. Dit keer grijpen we naar de elektronische middelen. We hebben al genoeg zwarte en rode puntjes op de muren.

De verhuis is vlot verlopen, en deze site draait nu vanop de Dreamhost servers. Yaheej! Er is wel nog iets niet in orde met de quota instellingen, waardoor enkele emails niet zijn aangekomen. Wie mij mail stuurde en een 'bounce' terug kreeg : probeer aub nog eens.

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Toen ik in [tag]Ierland[/tag] was had ik twee [tag]kaartjes[/tag] gekocht om huiswaarts te sturen. Aangekomen op het [tag]EJC[/tag] in [tag]Millstreet[/tag] en klaar om mijn kaartjes te sturen ging ik op zoek naar [tag]postzegels[/tag]. De winkels verkochten ze niet, het postkantoortje was telkens gesloten met nergens openingsuren te bekennen dus ik keerde op mijn passen terug. Toen ik terug op het terrein kwam zag ik een paar kerels [tag]postkaart[/tag]jes schrijven dus ik vroeg hen hoe zij aan postzegels geraakt waren.

Sunday the 9th of July, the EJC officially opens, but it only gradually takes off. Millstreet isn't the most accessible place in the world, and all day long jugglers seep in coming from the bus or train station. The terrain is pretty nice, lots of space and grass. Even the weather, although unpredictable and ever changing, is treating us good.

It is the morning of Saturday the 8th of July and again first the cyclists leave and after that M and me get on the road. The weather is not great and we start walking and hitchhiking in a light drizzle, which would soon turn into heavy rains. I had put on my sandals, and was wearing this cheap plastic poncho I had bought in Dublin. The damn thing kept flapping around in the wind making me crazy, and not a single person showed any interest in picking us up. Only one bus a week stops in Annestown so we really didn't have much choice.

Or Friday the 7th of July to be exact. After a good nights rest the five of us crawl out of our tent to continue the journey. As it stands M and me, the hitchhikers, are planning to arrive on Saturday or possibly Sunday at the EJC in Millstreet, while the cyclists, B, S and T will need a bit more time. S only came for the ride and the scenery and has a plane on Monday morning from Cork to Dublin and then from Dublin back home. The others hope to arrive in Millstreet somewhere on Monday.

About an hour after my previous post M arrived. We discussed for a moment what we would do, and decided it would be the cheapest to leave Dublin straight away. The others (S, T and B) had been going merrily by bike, maybe we would be able to catch up with them. The plan was to do the largest part of the trip, about 300 km, hitchhiking. M and me have hitchhiked together before, it's easy and cheap and a bit of adventure. We had read before that 'thumbing' wasn't a big problem in Ireland, but it seems things have changed.

The day didn't start out too well. I only booked for one night in the hostel yesterday because I wasn't sure what we would do today. M has informed me in the meantime he would like to stay in Dublin for the night. When I went to the desk this morning they told me they were fully booked. Bummer!
So now I'm on the road with my backpack once again. I've been looking around for another hostel, but haven't found something decent in the same price range. M should be here in an hour I guess, so we'll see what happens then.