ireland

we had a full day of traveling yesterday...

we had a seven hour train ride from bergen to oslo. then we had what turned out to be a two hour bus ride from the oslo central station to "oslo" torp airport. if the airport is two hours out of town, isn't that a different city? two hours. kelly kept insisting as the bus kept going and going that we were on the wrong bus. things really got interesting when the bus began slowing down on the freeway coming to a stop. the bus driver starting talking on his cell phone but just sat there after he hung up. after about a minute of silence someone yelled out in norwegian "what is going on?" (or so i think...i don't speak norwegian). The driver responded in a mumble over the PA in norwegian. the guy behind us said that a bus is on the way and we "should be ok". we were rescued in surprising good time and made our flight.

john and grace shelton were at the airport to pick us up and take us back to limerick to stay with them. its nice to have sustained human interaction. the 5 month gloria is super cute. we stopped at a gas station and i had real salt and vinegar "crisps". way better than any attempt in the states. we had a two hour car ride back to their house which is super nice. they are getting the "hook up" by the Lord. their landlord is giving them a 4 bedroom house for dirtcheap. their church community has given them a car and any/everything they could ever need as far a baby supplies.

kelly and i slept hard.

we've been really confused as to what time it is with changing time zones and also who knows what day it is...

john made us pancakes for breakfast (a great switch from our free hostel breakfasts of soft boiled eggs and bread). then we all went on a day trip to cork together. we walked around the city central in the rain. what would ireland be without rain? we had lunch at a pub that was really large and cool. the girls did a bit of shopping.

the drive to cork was great. very green...the green you only see through the filter of overcast skies. often are seen ruins of castles on the side of the road. rolling hills, sheep and cows. kelly insists that tolken got idea for the shire from the irish countryside.

we're about to pick up takout indian food and watch a movie! tomorrow kelly and i are planning to bus to the dingle pennisula...and ride some bikes downhill...