Right now I'm in Strandhill, on the west coast right near Sligo and got to go surfing today! I've done it once before so I could stand up a good amount of times, which was great. The waves weren't by any means huge, but a good size for a beginner like me. It is quite cold around here (despite being late April) and ironically I was warmest in the water in my wetsuit than I was all bundled up walking around.
Driving out here I got to see the irish countryside which reminded me of New Zealand a bit--big open fields, hills, mountains, and sheep. I got a little country-hospitality when I bought an ice cream in a small shop on the way there, with an old irish woman saying "Ah, thahnk ya, that'll be graaahnd". Being in Strandhill is a quaint little town but it's quite touristy since I hear tons of americans around, but I still got to experience a quaint irish pub feel (basically like every other irish pub in any country, but at least it felt genuine!).
So this is my little weekend-country trip with Neil, otherwise we just hang around the house, and go out for sandwiches and pizza, and occasionally venturing out for a game of bowling or air hockey. (I got my bowling record: 142!). A little break from the backpacker lifestyle has been quite lovely.
I'm also proud that I finally made a big gain on those coin-gambling machines where you put 20 cents in and it falls onto a stack of 20 cent coins that the machine pushes. I won 7 euro! If you add up all that I've lost in total on machines this weekend, I probably have a profit of 3 euro, but I still like to look at the handfull of euro coints and feel proud. Yeah, gambling in arcades is really big in beach towns, you can just see how they just hook children (and adults) and then when the kids become 18, they can wander over to the next room, to the slot machines.
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Hey Cyn,
Have you seen any horses in the country? How does the ice cream compare to everywhere else? Do you find the Irish as friendly as I did?
M
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