Shait!
Theres just something with the computers now a days thats against me. In my hostel there were 4 computers free to use. Only one had USB-ports so I could download photos from my camera but that one didnt connect to internet. The other three were so slow that I got frustrated with them and didnt even wanna cope with them and my shitty Nokia phone just is not at its best with Wi-Fi. Now that I finally found a nice internet cafeteria as Im waiting for my bus to leave towards Praque, I cant upload the pictures for some reason. F***.
I have couple of posts in my mobile just waiting to be published, but I have to get them out of the phone first and to my email. Im not gonna copy them just by typing.....No way....
ps.Juha P, Im taken by your offer to "lend" me that laptop but I decided not to take the chance with that one, and it was too heavy =)
Monday, October 31, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
21.10 Lübeck to Berlin
Ave!
I was told that the intercity bus connections are something that dont necessarily exist in Germany. Well, there are those but when I got to the bus station in Lübeck in order to get to Berlin, I was told that I would have had to make an reservation three days earlier. Why my god why?? The lady at the station was willing to make an exception since Im a tourist but I decided to take the train since it was only 6€ more expensive.
So Im in Berlin just for one night since Im gonna fly to Finland next day to this acting gig on a ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm. I get to my room and observe that there are couple of ladys also since there was clothes and girly stuff all around the room. The door opens and there they are, two beautiful girls from Australia. Im so pleased to meet people that are about the same age than me because theres not so many girls of my age traveling like I am. w go to have a couple of pints in the Hostels bar and I was just about to tell these girls how nice it is to have same aged company from time to time but somehow I decided not to. Since we all were going to fly out of Berlin the next morning we retired early to our room. Well then I had to make my bold question that how old the girls really were. 24 and 25. Oh man did I laugh to my self in my bed and I was so relieved that I didnt call the girls same aged than me. They would not have been flattered =) Aaahhh...for those of you who dont know Im 34 ;)
I was told that the intercity bus connections are something that dont necessarily exist in Germany. Well, there are those but when I got to the bus station in Lübeck in order to get to Berlin, I was told that I would have had to make an reservation three days earlier. Why my god why?? The lady at the station was willing to make an exception since Im a tourist but I decided to take the train since it was only 6€ more expensive.
So Im in Berlin just for one night since Im gonna fly to Finland next day to this acting gig on a ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm. I get to my room and observe that there are couple of ladys also since there was clothes and girly stuff all around the room. The door opens and there they are, two beautiful girls from Australia. Im so pleased to meet people that are about the same age than me because theres not so many girls of my age traveling like I am. w go to have a couple of pints in the Hostels bar and I was just about to tell these girls how nice it is to have same aged company from time to time but somehow I decided not to. Since we all were going to fly out of Berlin the next morning we retired early to our room. Well then I had to make my bold question that how old the girls really were. 24 and 25. Oh man did I laugh to my self in my bed and I was so relieved that I didnt call the girls same aged than me. They would not have been flattered =) Aaahhh...for those of you who dont know Im 34 ;)
Sunday, October 23, 2011
20.10 Lübeck
Muah.
Hamburg was awesome but since im gonna visit Finland briefly and get back to Berlin on Wednesday 26.10, I decided to spent one day in Lübeck. My friends back in Bochum said its beautiful and it was. Ive just seen so many churches on my way that those doesnt really fire me up anymore and im not particulalry religious type. So there were many of those in the old city but as i said it was beautiful. Had a nice chat with an local elderly woman in a jazz bar and enjoyed one of the best gin&tonics so far. I stayed at youth hostel and there was hip&hop evening. Even though I didnt understand a word they were rapping about, I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the intensity of the happening. Rappers changed continuously and the dj kept the beat ticking. When I retired to my room after a free beer from the staff I met my first member of the communist party of China. Man, do I have the inside info now and all the tips if you wanna travel to china and of course Ive got his email address so I can contact him later on. Ps. Nothing to report about the train ride....
Hamburg was awesome but since im gonna visit Finland briefly and get back to Berlin on Wednesday 26.10, I decided to spent one day in Lübeck. My friends back in Bochum said its beautiful and it was. Ive just seen so many churches on my way that those doesnt really fire me up anymore and im not particulalry religious type. So there were many of those in the old city but as i said it was beautiful. Had a nice chat with an local elderly woman in a jazz bar and enjoyed one of the best gin&tonics so far. I stayed at youth hostel and there was hip&hop evening. Even though I didnt understand a word they were rapping about, I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the intensity of the happening. Rappers changed continuously and the dj kept the beat ticking. When I retired to my room after a free beer from the staff I met my first member of the communist party of China. Man, do I have the inside info now and all the tips if you wanna travel to china and of course Ive got his email address so I can contact him later on. Ps. Nothing to report about the train ride....
17.10 Bochum to Hamburg
This is how to do it "Teemu"-style.
First you search the internet for an some kind of travelers pass to go around Germany by train. Then you find a train that is going straight to your next target. At this point everything is quite fine. You get to the station early enough that you can purchase the ticket just to hear that the station you are at doesnt sell that kind of ticket. F***. I still want to get to Hamburg. So I by a single ticket to hamburg but as the intercity would cost 84€, I take my chances and take the local trains and save 40€. The thing is that I have to change 3 times. This is where thing start to go wrong. I go to the platform that I was instructed to go and take the train that comes at the time that is printed on the timetable just to hear from the conductor that Im on the wrong train. Nice. "What shall we do ?"I ask the guy politely since we were already moving. 5 minutes in a train and of at the next station. Ok. Now I need new timetable and somehow I managed to obtain that from the staff at the station I left the train...Dortmund? Im now gonna be over an hour later in Hamburg but its not a problem since the train is gonna be there soon after 19pm.
Hey, its not that easy. The next train had to stop in the middle of nowhere for about ten minutes and now I only had 3 minutes of time to change the train at next station. The clever ones might already guess whats gonna happen next... thank god the platform is printed on the timetable. I rush through the station which just happens to be under renovation and the platform numbers arent where they supposed to be. So I rush forwards just to realize that I have gone too far. I run back to correct platform and to the train waiting there. A man smiles to me and my good luck of getting into the train in time. So just to be sure I show him the timetable to make certain that Im on correct train. All I can understand is that Im not on the correct train. I yell "oh shit!" and rush through the doors just before the train leaves. Once again I go to have a chat with staff at the station just to hear that its almost an hours wait for the next train. Nice... Seldom does a slice of pizza and a coke taste so good. As im writing this I sit on the last train and im bound to Hamburg. Gonna be there at 22.38 if there no problems. My next blog could be about me trying to find budget accommodation in Hamburg. Over and out!
ps.
Well I finally made it to hamburg but the clock being now 22.38 tourist info was of course closed. Polizai didnt have a clue where there could be hostels but at least one spoke English. It was time to add a new entry to the list of shame, taxi. It was the firts time during my trip that I used taxi. I had an address of one hostel and the driver seemed to know where it was. In fact the ride was even cheaper than the driver said it would be. Nice. Now that I have a map, it would have been at least an 60min walk from the station so I might forgive myself.
First you search the internet for an some kind of travelers pass to go around Germany by train. Then you find a train that is going straight to your next target. At this point everything is quite fine. You get to the station early enough that you can purchase the ticket just to hear that the station you are at doesnt sell that kind of ticket. F***. I still want to get to Hamburg. So I by a single ticket to hamburg but as the intercity would cost 84€, I take my chances and take the local trains and save 40€. The thing is that I have to change 3 times. This is where thing start to go wrong. I go to the platform that I was instructed to go and take the train that comes at the time that is printed on the timetable just to hear from the conductor that Im on the wrong train. Nice. "What shall we do ?"I ask the guy politely since we were already moving. 5 minutes in a train and of at the next station. Ok. Now I need new timetable and somehow I managed to obtain that from the staff at the station I left the train...Dortmund? Im now gonna be over an hour later in Hamburg but its not a problem since the train is gonna be there soon after 19pm.
Hey, its not that easy. The next train had to stop in the middle of nowhere for about ten minutes and now I only had 3 minutes of time to change the train at next station. The clever ones might already guess whats gonna happen next... thank god the platform is printed on the timetable. I rush through the station which just happens to be under renovation and the platform numbers arent where they supposed to be. So I rush forwards just to realize that I have gone too far. I run back to correct platform and to the train waiting there. A man smiles to me and my good luck of getting into the train in time. So just to be sure I show him the timetable to make certain that Im on correct train. All I can understand is that Im not on the correct train. I yell "oh shit!" and rush through the doors just before the train leaves. Once again I go to have a chat with staff at the station just to hear that its almost an hours wait for the next train. Nice... Seldom does a slice of pizza and a coke taste so good. As im writing this I sit on the last train and im bound to Hamburg. Gonna be there at 22.38 if there no problems. My next blog could be about me trying to find budget accommodation in Hamburg. Over and out!
ps.
Well I finally made it to hamburg but the clock being now 22.38 tourist info was of course closed. Polizai didnt have a clue where there could be hostels but at least one spoke English. It was time to add a new entry to the list of shame, taxi. It was the firts time during my trip that I used taxi. I had an address of one hostel and the driver seemed to know where it was. In fact the ride was even cheaper than the driver said it would be. Nice. Now that I have a map, it would have been at least an 60min walk from the station so I might forgive myself.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
9.10 Cork
We were walking to the train station to get some info when Super Mario asked me that why I had been shouting "Four Stations" all night long yesterday. Since I dont know any Italian I was shouting the only thing that came to my mind through the whole evening and thought it was funny. "Quattro Stagioni" is a very nice pizza but with my poor pronunciation I was yelling almost similar word that just happens to mean "Four stations" instead of four seasons....Accident do happen =)
No wonder that Super Mario didnt understand my "humor". That night I got my new nickname "The crazy Viking"
No wonder that Super Mario didnt understand my "humor". That night I got my new nickname "The crazy Viking"
8.10 Killarney -> Cork
Since my last time with hitchhiking was so succesful, I decided to do it once again. Got some cardboard from hostel reception and I was on my way to Cork....or so I thought. After two hours wait I decided to take the bus. During that time had made a couple of mistakes. The first one was that I was in a place where cars werent allowed to stop. I understood that after a couple of nice hand gestures and moved along. The second mistake was of course trying to get a ride along a road that went to completely wrong city. Fortunately there was a kind person who told me that and I only wasted a couple of minutes. The third one wasnt really a mistake but when it started raining a busride started to sound like a really good idea. I have to tell you that I was warned that it might not be easy to get a lift...that man knew what he was talking about.
ps.the bus had this little camera shooting the cargodoors so that you could see from inside if somebody tried to steal your underwear from your backpack. Nice!
Cork:
That day I met Super Mario. No, hes real name is not Super Mario but since he is from Italy and kind of reminded me of Super Mario I started calling him by that name. And that one is really easy to remember too! =)
We decided to heat the town and do Cork properly and as the hostel we were staying had a bar downstair we soon had a nice posse to go out with. There was a couple of Aussies, Super Mario, me, two Austrians and two girls from I dont remember where...
We had our pubrawl around the city and in one pub Mr Austria had this nice idea of doing Sambucca shots! Well im into that kind of stuff, easily! Mr Austria kept asking for some cinnemon from the barmaid but they didnt have it so he had to do his trick with black pepper. We were all like question marks about what was to happen. Mr Austria gets his pepper and tries to burn it above the candle. Pepper does burn nicely btw. We take our shots and then Mr Austria shows his trick. He shoots the shot and then uses a lighter to ignite the Sambucca in his mouth. A nice blue flame flickers in his mouth and as he throws some pepper its like a miniature flamethrower. We are all like *whoooooaaaaaah* A minute after this Mr Austria leaves for the toilette. Me and Ms Australia (whom I almost scored with...almost) looked to eachother and talked about if he was gonna throw that days menu to the bathroom since he was quite drunk. When he came back from the toilette we asked that what happened. "I threw some black pepper to my eyes!" he replied. Muahahhaaaa
ps.the bus had this little camera shooting the cargodoors so that you could see from inside if somebody tried to steal your underwear from your backpack. Nice!
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| Super Mario! |
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| Like the biggest rhubarb leaves Ive ever seen |
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| R.I.P Gary Moore |
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| Alley |
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| me standing |
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| Some schools just take things seriously. Barbwire keeps students in. |
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| Church in Cork, one fo the many |
That day I met Super Mario. No, hes real name is not Super Mario but since he is from Italy and kind of reminded me of Super Mario I started calling him by that name. And that one is really easy to remember too! =)
We decided to heat the town and do Cork properly and as the hostel we were staying had a bar downstair we soon had a nice posse to go out with. There was a couple of Aussies, Super Mario, me, two Austrians and two girls from I dont remember where...
We had our pubrawl around the city and in one pub Mr Austria had this nice idea of doing Sambucca shots! Well im into that kind of stuff, easily! Mr Austria kept asking for some cinnemon from the barmaid but they didnt have it so he had to do his trick with black pepper. We were all like question marks about what was to happen. Mr Austria gets his pepper and tries to burn it above the candle. Pepper does burn nicely btw. We take our shots and then Mr Austria shows his trick. He shoots the shot and then uses a lighter to ignite the Sambucca in his mouth. A nice blue flame flickers in his mouth and as he throws some pepper its like a miniature flamethrower. We are all like *whoooooaaaaaah* A minute after this Mr Austria leaves for the toilette. Me and Ms Australia (whom I almost scored with...almost) looked to eachother and talked about if he was gonna throw that days menu to the bathroom since he was quite drunk. When he came back from the toilette we asked that what happened. "I threw some black pepper to my eyes!" he replied. Muahahhaaaa
Monday, October 17, 2011
6.10 Galway to Killarney and 7.10 Killarney
Two Padres back in Derry told me that its quite safe and easy to hitchhike in Ireland. Well of course I had to try it. My first intention was to hitchhike from Derry but I was too tired and hangoverish to do it. After good nightsleep in Galway, except the masturbation incident, I decided to get a lift for free. I asked the receptionist if they could gime me some cardboard and a wide marker to do my sign. The dude at the receptions was kind enough to give me some advice, so I made a two sided sign, on the other sides was Killarney and on the other side Limerick. I was told that nobody will go straightly to Killarney but from Limerick it would be possible.
Christmas came early. After 10 minutes wait beside the road a car stopped and I got my ride. He left me somewhere I cant remember and from there on I got another ride after 40 minutes wait. Once again a little language barrier was hanging on the air since the dialect of the latter driver was so rich and strong but I got the "job" done and was in Killarney! Saved me about 40€....nice.
Killarney is in the count of Kerry. Kerry is known for its beatiful scenery around the peninsula of Kerry. You can do daytrips or go there with bike. Killarney itself is quite small town and hence there is not much to see but it is located nicely so theres lots of tourists and backpackers.
Since I booked the hostel for a couple of nights I decided to go Tesco for some grocery. Man did I hit the jackpot! I had fancied about some nice chicken pasta and there it was. Three chicken breast fillet for only 0.89€ since the last date of use was on next day. The original price was 8.99€ so I went nuts. Shopping sphree! I bought two packets and therefore I ate chicken pasta for 4 days...Hey! It was a bargain and Im budget travelling.
Did this so called Ring of Kerry-daytrip by bus. The peninsula of Kerry was amazingly beatiful but so where the two German gilrs that were on the same trip. Thank you Verina and Christine! It was a pleasure.
Those of you who own a motorbike, go to Ireland and do the countryside. All the time I was there I just thought how spectacular it would be drive around there.
Christmas came early. After 10 minutes wait beside the road a car stopped and I got my ride. He left me somewhere I cant remember and from there on I got another ride after 40 minutes wait. Once again a little language barrier was hanging on the air since the dialect of the latter driver was so rich and strong but I got the "job" done and was in Killarney! Saved me about 40€....nice.
Killarney is in the count of Kerry. Kerry is known for its beatiful scenery around the peninsula of Kerry. You can do daytrips or go there with bike. Killarney itself is quite small town and hence there is not much to see but it is located nicely so theres lots of tourists and backpackers.
Since I booked the hostel for a couple of nights I decided to go Tesco for some grocery. Man did I hit the jackpot! I had fancied about some nice chicken pasta and there it was. Three chicken breast fillet for only 0.89€ since the last date of use was on next day. The original price was 8.99€ so I went nuts. Shopping sphree! I bought two packets and therefore I ate chicken pasta for 4 days...Hey! It was a bargain and Im budget travelling.
Did this so called Ring of Kerry-daytrip by bus. The peninsula of Kerry was amazingly beatiful but so where the two German gilrs that were on the same trip. Thank you Verina and Christine! It was a pleasure.
Those of you who own a motorbike, go to Ireland and do the countryside. All the time I was there I just thought how spectacular it would be drive around there.
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| Yet another castle. |
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| just some scenery at Kerry |
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| Christine, me and Verina...grrrr I guess I still own the guy who took tthe picture a pint for focusing so long ;) |
5.10 Galway
Ive got only couple of things to say about Galway. In fact I dont have anything to say about Galway but my ass was sore and aching in there because I had to sit 6 hours in a uncomfortable bus seat to get there.
And this one Ill remember. I retired early because once more, I had been drinkin the evening before traveling. In the midlle of the night I wake up, because somebody is jerking of so loudly!!11 wtf? Hey, in Finland everybody thats been through army knows that in a dorm you have to masturbate silently! For couple of seconds I was thnking that "Teemu, this is your golden opportunity to say something very clever!" but I decided not to enbarrass the guy. So I just turned very loudly and coughed. The bed went silent. Mission succesful. And no, I dont have a photo to prove it...you perv! ;)
And this one Ill remember. I retired early because once more, I had been drinkin the evening before traveling. In the midlle of the night I wake up, because somebody is jerking of so loudly!!11 wtf? Hey, in Finland everybody thats been through army knows that in a dorm you have to masturbate silently! For couple of seconds I was thnking that "Teemu, this is your golden opportunity to say something very clever!" but I decided not to enbarrass the guy. So I just turned very loudly and coughed. The bed went silent. Mission succesful. And no, I dont have a photo to prove it...you perv! ;)
2-3.10 Derry (Londonderry)
Most of you have heard the U2 song “Sunday,bloody Sunday”. It is one of those incidents that never should have happened. You can read about it in wikipedia, if youre not familiar with it.
Derry itself was a cool little town, “divided” in two, the bogside and the waterside. In fact it’s the second biggest city in Northern Ireland
I took this walking tour around the city, and free Derry . The tour guide was an ex-IRA member that had spent 7 years in jail for being a member of IRA. He told that at age of 12, there was no hand held weapon that he could not disassembly and assembly. The tour was great because it was from the point of one of those who were on the streets that day, and saw the tanks and British forces open fire against peaceful demonstration. Of course it was just one side of the coin, but still. When I listened his story about the events of bloody sunday my eyes just got wet. Couldn’t help myself. The funniest thing is that all around the world, we think that the happenings in Northern Ireland was a result of two different religions but the local people there say it’s the British trying to look after their interest there, that has caused the problems. In other words: Money.
The last nigh at Derry was cool. Me, couple of Annas from the hostel and few more people went to pub, once again. There was two gentlemen sitting and drinking their Guinness. Some how they over heard that Im form Finland Finland Finland Derry ” pin that I now proudly carry. All though, I wouldn’t wear the pin in the protestant areas of Derry and it might be little too risky to wear it in some other parts of Northern Ireland . Yay!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Humor!
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| Chips! Kebabs! |
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| Aching ass |
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| You can find these when you go to a catholic church in Ireland |
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| Remember this even though Crystal thinks its surprise sex...ps. This was on a condom vender. |
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| Inside humor. The guy just reminds me of a certain cantor in Järvenpää (my home city) |
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| Public toilet? |
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| Magical kebab? |
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| This cant be bad? Hopefully we will do this one in Finland also.. |
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| Art! Metal! Flowers! Plants! |
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| Believe it or not, but in this library is worlds second biggest collection of Korans |
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| I found this article in a restaurant. Couple of mistakes... |
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Drink something else then? |
R.I.P
My beloved shoes. Its now time to say goodbye. You have served me well, but its your time now to take the final step to the heaven of shoes. There you shall walk on the finest asphalt with no gravel, bubblegum or spit on it. You shall cross green pastures and fields, but you shall not get wet or dirty. Shoelaces lasts for ever and they are never too tight. Never shall you encounter even the smallest nugget of gravel inside you. There you will join all other kinds of shoes, boots, rubber boots, galosh, flip flops, sandals and live as a one big family.....of shoes...happily....errr...yes.
And welcome my new shoes! 8€ bargain from Pennies! Thank god for Pennies. (The price tag says 12€ but they were on discount!)
And welcome my new shoes! 8€ bargain from Pennies! Thank god for Pennies. (The price tag says 12€ but they were on discount!)
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| Shoes! Man! |
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Dear reader....
Sometimes even the easiest tasks can be so f****** hard to accomplish.
This morning I decided that Im gonna fly to Germany tomorrow and visit my friend in Bochum
As usual, hostels computers were all occupied and they had problems with wi-fi...shit.
Thank god there was Mr.America (Christopher), whom I had met earlier. He kindly borrowed his laptop, once again.
So I start surfing the internet. At this point I can say, that even though I love my "go with the flow" travelling, some decent planning would save some money.
So I try to find the cheapest flight to Dusseldorf
Supersaver.fi found a ticket that would "only" cost 169€. Well, if that’s the cheapest one, that’ll have to do.
I input my name and all the usual stuff. Great, they dont even need my passport number.
At the point Im ready to purchase the ticket, they tell me that I cant pay it with my credit card, because there has been so many fake cards lately. Ok...hmmm...no problemo. I pay from ebank. Easier said than done. My bank does not happen to be on the list.
Shit. Well there is Nordea. I still have an account there, but I dont use it often, so I dont remember the username anymore...
Hah, I was clever before I left Finland
I call my pall Teppo in Finland
No problemo, I just have to wait. At this point I was a bit annoyed by the whole thing.
An hour later Teppo calls. So I give him the details about the flight. Of course the flight is not there anymore?!?!? There is another one,
but its more expensive, it leaves earlier and its an hour later in Germany (via Stockholm
Im starting to be a bit desperate, so I tell Teppo to go on, book it for me. Well, of course there is some kind of a problem!! F****** internet! Browser says something about an "invalid reference". Ok, thanks Teppo, I shall try another site and flight. I happen to find the original flight that I was trying to by from this another site. And yes, they do accept credit card payment.
I start filling the blanks, and this time my passport number is needed. Shiiiiit. I rush to my room to get my passport.
Wtf??? My keycard wont work, it gives me the red light. Oh fuck, now I remember. Last night at 6.00am, when I was returning from the town, I decided not to travel that day...I wonder why?
I tried to pay for one more night, but the “graveyard shift” girl didnt have any change, so she told me to pay it in the morning, and "refuel" my keycard. I had not yet done that. I run to the
reception and pay my one extra night. I get to the room, grab my passport and hurry back to the laptop. I fill in the last blanks. At the moment Im gonna hit "next page" button, the site kindly informs me that I have now exceeded the 10 minute time limit, and I have to start all over again. Nooooo. At this moment I was ready to throw something. "calm down my friend" said Cristopher and showed me a very relaxing picture of
a plant called...Oregano!
I fill in the blanks once more, and again, the site bitches me about something, and all of the info is gone. AAARRRRGGGHHH. I do this a couple of times and every time I get this same complaint. F***, guess I just have to join in to another lousy site.
Man! After a 3 hours struggle, I finally have the ticket booked, but my blood pressure must be through the roof. Another entry to the list of shame is about to happen.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
1.10 Edinburgh -> Belfast
Ave!
As I mentioned in one of the last posts, I was on a pubcralw in E. Somehow I seem to get drunk every time Im gonna travel the next day. Well, thank god I didnt have a bad hangover, since I spent 6 hours in a bus, and 3 hours in a ferry from Stranraer to Belfast. And luckily, on a ferry was about 100 screaming scouts returning from a jamboree or something like that. There was this so called "silent lobby", but you can imagine if it was a silent one or not. Btw, I booked my hostel in Belfast in advance this time. It was the first time to do that on my journey. Its of season, so its possible to travel without bookin in advance. If it was June or July, I would have been in serious troubles with the accommodation on my "go with the flow"-style traveling.
Im not sure if I have mentioned it in previous post or not, but I dont have any guidebook or plans, the people I meet on my journey makes my plans.
As you can conclude, Im no longer in Scotland. I spent two beautiful weeks there. The 3 days I spent in E, was the three sunniest and warmest day in last 6 months, told the locals, so I hit the jackpot there.
Now its time to do Ireland!
As I mentioned in one of the last posts, I was on a pubcralw in E. Somehow I seem to get drunk every time Im gonna travel the next day. Well, thank god I didnt have a bad hangover, since I spent 6 hours in a bus, and 3 hours in a ferry from Stranraer to Belfast. And luckily, on a ferry was about 100 screaming scouts returning from a jamboree or something like that. There was this so called "silent lobby", but you can imagine if it was a silent one or not. Btw, I booked my hostel in Belfast in advance this time. It was the first time to do that on my journey. Its of season, so its possible to travel without bookin in advance. If it was June or July, I would have been in serious troubles with the accommodation on my "go with the flow"-style traveling.
Im not sure if I have mentioned it in previous post or not, but I dont have any guidebook or plans, the people I meet on my journey makes my plans.
As you can conclude, Im no longer in Scotland. I spent two beautiful weeks there. The 3 days I spent in E, was the three sunniest and warmest day in last 6 months, told the locals, so I hit the jackpot there.
Now its time to do Ireland!
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Thanks Kylie and Mr New Zealand. It was sound! Crack!
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| Yep, its a castle. And a pretty one. The guy next to me is from New Zealand. |
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| Kylie, the owner of the Independant Hostel in Derry was kind enough to take us to with her. We had very nice day trip. Thaaaannkksss Kylie! |
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| Look, Im sleeping on the rocks of Giants Causeway. They were right on the parking lot. |
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| Im so shy....and I have to wee |
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| Yes, we pose! |
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| Giants Causeway and a Rock n Roll pose! |
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| Its the Giants Organs. Reminds me of LotR part I. "Thou shall not pass!" |
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| I say nothing. Its scaaaary. |
World is sometimes just so small...
Hey, once is pure accident, but 5 times in two weeks....?
1) Mr Austria. First in Glasgow, and then again in Inverness.
2) Mr Germany. In Inverness and in Edinburgh
3) Couple from US. In Oban, Fort William, Inverness and one bus ride
4) Canadian chick from Inverness, the one I almost scored. I met her again in Edinburgh. Didnt have time to almost score again, since my pubcrawl group just started moving to its first pub, but we had a brief conversation. Shes in Ireland now, so I guess we will bump into eachother.
5) Mr Packpacker, first in Belfast and then in Derry. (yes, Im now in Ireland, posts coming up)
I spoke to these people in every city, so it doesnt mean that I only saw them from a bus or something. 3 out of 5 I even had a pint in both places =)
Notice: One of the best things traveling around Scotland and Ireland is the fact, that there is almost no one from Finland. Only time that Ive heard Finnish spoken, was once in London, and twice in Edinburgh! Nice!
ps. Added some pictures to the London post. You ought to check the older post every now and then, if theres some new pictures.
1) Mr Austria. First in Glasgow, and then again in Inverness.
2) Mr Germany. In Inverness and in Edinburgh
3) Couple from US. In Oban, Fort William, Inverness and one bus ride
4) Canadian chick from Inverness, the one I almost scored. I met her again in Edinburgh. Didnt have time to almost score again, since my pubcrawl group just started moving to its first pub, but we had a brief conversation. Shes in Ireland now, so I guess we will bump into eachother.
5) Mr Packpacker, first in Belfast and then in Derry. (yes, Im now in Ireland, posts coming up)
I spoke to these people in every city, so it doesnt mean that I only saw them from a bus or something. 3 out of 5 I even had a pint in both places =)
Notice: One of the best things traveling around Scotland and Ireland is the fact, that there is almost no one from Finland. Only time that Ive heard Finnish spoken, was once in London, and twice in Edinburgh! Nice!
ps. Added some pictures to the London post. You ought to check the older post every now and then, if theres some new pictures.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
28.9-1.10 Edinburgh
Last morning in Inverness. It just happened that I was already at sleep, when this older guy came thumbling to the dorm I was. Well, no problemo there, Im at a hostel, so people come and go, but this man was like a elephant in a porcelain store. And whats whit the murmur and snarl? Through all the nite, the man kept this strange noice, either he was having the best erotic dream of his life, or he was kicking the bucket. And yes, he smelled too...darn!
Talking about Edinburgh. Im in love with the city! Its the first city on my journey that I could imagine living in, and believe me, there aint many of those places. For all you new couples in love, go there and make some babies. Its a romantic city. My hostel was right next to the Edinburgh castle...nice. Theres this big hill just next to the city, and from there you can see the whole city. Once again, I was sweating like a pig, when I got to the top, but it was worth it. I had this nice Cuban cigar with me, and as soon as I get to the top, I light it up. Man, did I look like a tourist with that hefty 45min cigar on my mouth :)
Can you imagine, there wasnt a single garbage on the hill. Whoooot. If we had this kind of a place back in Finland, it would be full of McDonalds doggy bags, broken glass, empty bottles, used condoms, but not in Edinburgh, no even a single garbage. Nice!
One of the best things about traveling around UK, is that there some kind of a tourist info in every town or city. So even though I new nothing about the cities I was about to stay, I got everything I needed in those places. Free map of the city, the location of the hostels, sights to see and so on. And the hostels now the best pubs...easy.
Had my first pub crawl in E. You gather a herd of thirsty people, and go to 5 or 6 pubs with them, with special offers and stuff like that. You can only imagine the amounts of alcohol people drank. Isnt it like the best idea ever, to get blasted just the before the day youre gonna travel for 8 hours in a bus and in a ferry. Teemu, I salute you ;)
ps. Pictures will appear later on.
Talking about Edinburgh. Im in love with the city! Its the first city on my journey that I could imagine living in, and believe me, there aint many of those places. For all you new couples in love, go there and make some babies. Its a romantic city. My hostel was right next to the Edinburgh castle...nice. Theres this big hill just next to the city, and from there you can see the whole city. Once again, I was sweating like a pig, when I got to the top, but it was worth it. I had this nice Cuban cigar with me, and as soon as I get to the top, I light it up. Man, did I look like a tourist with that hefty 45min cigar on my mouth :)
Can you imagine, there wasnt a single garbage on the hill. Whoooot. If we had this kind of a place back in Finland, it would be full of McDonalds doggy bags, broken glass, empty bottles, used condoms, but not in Edinburgh, no even a single garbage. Nice!
One of the best things about traveling around UK, is that there some kind of a tourist info in every town or city. So even though I new nothing about the cities I was about to stay, I got everything I needed in those places. Free map of the city, the location of the hostels, sights to see and so on. And the hostels now the best pubs...easy.
Had my first pub crawl in E. You gather a herd of thirsty people, and go to 5 or 6 pubs with them, with special offers and stuff like that. You can only imagine the amounts of alcohol people drank. Isnt it like the best idea ever, to get blasted just the before the day youre gonna travel for 8 hours in a bus and in a ferry. Teemu, I salute you ;)
ps. Pictures will appear later on.
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| Sun is setting in E. |
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| Edingburgh Castle, just next to my hostel |
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| This is gonna be my next Christmas tree |
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| Lebowski is the man. |
Sunday, October 2, 2011
25.9-28.9 Inverness
As I mentioned earlier, we had an reunion with Mr Austria (Daniel) in Inverness when I arrived there. The next day we split after breakfast, but decided to get wasted in the evening. I still had plenty of time before the drinking time, and so I decided to go check out this castle, named Urquhart castle. Btw, it just in the shores of Loch Ness. I didnt see the "Nessie", but I was told that hes a bit shy. After the castle tour, I got back to Inverness, and since it was a such a sunny day, I decided to enjoy a nice cigar (Cuban one) and a pint of cider. Thats when I met this group of about 6 persons, that were getting drunk, and asked if I could join them. "Well of course you can!".
And now, the quote of the month. Crystal, thank you for sharing your opinion with us =) The quote goes like this. "There is not such thing as rape, theres just surprise sex!" Oh man, did we laugh. Its a quite bold phrase from a woman, eventhough it is black humor. Crystal, I salute you! And for the whole group, thanks for the G&T:s and the Pernod. I appreciated it! Crystal, hopefully you didnt hurt yourself as you banged your head to the stonewall....*pheeeew*
So, at 19.00, when I was to meet mr Austria, I was already drunk. Nice! This is the evening, that I tried Haggis, at a restaurant called "Mustard Seed". If you ever go to Inverness, go there. Nice, and decent prices. After dining, we went to a pub called Hootananny. I think its one of the most know pubs in Inverness, with live music everyday. Thats were we almost scored, twice, almost. First with two local girls, and then with these Canadian girls. Damn, we were so close ;)
Talking about stereotypes. I went to do my laundry for the first time. Hey, Ive got a big backpack! Well thats not the stereotype, but, guess twice, if the laundry was runned by an asian, or not? Whilst I was using the tumble dryer, I was waiting for the asian woman to ask me if I wanted a happy ending....?
And now, the quote of the month. Crystal, thank you for sharing your opinion with us =) The quote goes like this. "There is not such thing as rape, theres just surprise sex!" Oh man, did we laugh. Its a quite bold phrase from a woman, eventhough it is black humor. Crystal, I salute you! And for the whole group, thanks for the G&T:s and the Pernod. I appreciated it! Crystal, hopefully you didnt hurt yourself as you banged your head to the stonewall....*pheeeew*
So, at 19.00, when I was to meet mr Austria, I was already drunk. Nice! This is the evening, that I tried Haggis, at a restaurant called "Mustard Seed". If you ever go to Inverness, go there. Nice, and decent prices. After dining, we went to a pub called Hootananny. I think its one of the most know pubs in Inverness, with live music everyday. Thats were we almost scored, twice, almost. First with two local girls, and then with these Canadian girls. Damn, we were so close ;)
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| Primus is a nice band! |
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| I almost scored with this Canadian chick...almost |
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| Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness |
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| Loch Ness |
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| Hey, its me! |
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| Weaponry, massacre, mayhem! Theyve had it all in Scotland |
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| Loch Ness |
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| Inverness |
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| Its a local court house, with an vehicle to transport prisoners...nice! |
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| Inverness |
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