Londontown!

Hallo hallo. Sorry its been a few days.. we are both very content right now watching "My Best Friend's Wedding" at the Gobledale's house in London. It is SO nice to be away from smelly french folk (try sleeping in a room with 5 of them muttering curses under their breath).

Dublin Highlights:
-we got mistaken for REAL IRISH PEOPLE. whattt!
-national leprechaun museum. WHOA.
-Bus tour to Wicklow.. saw pretty pretty sights including where "Ps I love you" was filmed
-The Brazen Head: a pub opened since 1198
-Guinness Factory: we learned how to pour our own pint! and we got a certificate. word.

Today we went to Kensington Park (tried to see Kensington Palace but it was closed, boo.) and then we went to the Tower of London! Hoping London stays sunny.. fat chance. ha. but oh wells, we like London a lot so far.. classy accents and the tube is so easy to use. and we are staying with Mandla's lovely parents for the week, which is the best.

Much love,
us

WENTON.

that is the name of the first Irish man we met, and it's an awesome name. Anyways, we are here safely in Dublin, Ireland at the Baranacles hostel in Temple Bar. We slept a grand total of ZERO hours on the plane and have now been awake for nearly 30 hours. AWESOME. so anyways, our night has not been too exciting.. we explored a little and had crepes for dinner :) then we got beer (bulmers for claire obviously) for dessert. *lucy i thought of you as i drank my bulmers ps.

Barnacles seems alright.. the room itself is very small with 10 beds and it smells pretttty dank. But the common room is really cute and the people seem friendly, we have been hearing nonstop Canada facts since we sat down... interpret at will, AND free wifi, which is tight.

Lisa and I viewed Sherlock Holmes and How to train your Dragon on the plane and we recommend them both!

Tomorrow, we have no plans.. we will walk the city and stop wherever we please :) We miss you.
Love, Lisa and Claire

6 weeks to go...

HOLA.
well well well REI had a sale today... we didn't technically buy anything that was on sale, but hey. we hit it up anyways. we are now (almost) fully ready for this trip and we have now officially booked a hostel in Dublin for our first 4 days (aug 9-13). exciting!
love, claire and lisa

Procrastination 2010.

woooo!! procrastination. so we bought our return tickets from Rome this morning.. we will fly back December 16th, 2010 and arrive in SFO around 8 pm! sweet. we're not sure why we are posting this.. but it's good info to know.
love, us

Pre Trip: April 2010

Hello!
We are working on booking a return flight from Rome at the moment... interestingly enough it is much cheaper to buy a roundtrip ticket back... anyone wanna fly back to Rome dec 20th? jk.
You can check out our Eurotrip map at this website: www.eurotrip.com/trip/europe-2010-107
Also, we met with Adelante Internships in Seal Beach last week and they essentially loved us. So now we have a place to stay/work in Spain. YES. Woooo 4 months to go!
Love, Claire & Lisa