Spain
Seville
Started my one year bike trip today after being quite nervous
just spent a 5 days in Seville with eilo getting stuff ready
unpacking my bike and buying stuff in decathlon
as she got in the taxi for the airport and i waved goodbye i could almost hear the soppy loves cene music playing in the background.
As i headed of for my first day on the road i dropped my sleeping bag on the ground and did,nt notice until some cool business dude came sprinting after me with it. good start.
And were off. yeeaoooooooooohhh
Seville
Started my one year bike trip today after being quite nervous
just spent a 5 days in Seville with eilo getting stuff ready
unpacking my bike and buying stuff in decathlon
as she got in the taxi for the airport and i waved goodbye i could almost hear the soppy loves cene music playing in the background.
As i headed of for my first day on the road i dropped my sleeping bag on the ground and did,nt notice until some cool business dude came sprinting after me with it. good start.
And were off. yeeaoooooooooohhh
10:27 AM - Aguilas Fiesta
Having a ball in espana .
Just chilling out up till now
was in a natural park "cambo de gata" there for a while
and at a big carnival in aguilas last night.
Were all going to this next year by the way.
I think i was one of five tourist i saw in the whole city the rest were lunatic spanished all dressed up .
Tired now, going for a nap
pics a propper up date to follow
Tuff day at the office and all that
Dara
28 Feb 2007
4:58 AM - barcelona
So i,m sauntering around barcleona like a dirty snake with the bould art and who do i see opposite me only her royal self jullie dillon
Much dri9nking followed and we ended up dinking cans on an abonded couch in a side street no i dea why font changed
hang over big i go now
01 Mar 2007
2:25 AM - ye have to go thru the midlands to get to the west!
i,m in barcelona as you might have guesed at the moment and lovin it.
arts leaving tommorw so i,ll finally be able to do some propper cycling
the poor young boy finds it hard to keep up .
so fars its been really great fun .
it took a while at the start to find a pace that suited me and for me to rerlax a bit
so the bottom of spain is quite interesting once you stay away from little brittan.
Altough twice i,ve been fed and watered by the blue rince brigade when i,m in camp sites.
old englisgh and german folk who obovously think i could do with a bit of food
have give me food and drink." ya, you look like a gypsy,s dog ,eat up"
right so give us all ye got.
The citys are really cool at this time cuase there are no tourists about
the few that are here are in campsites in there capervans .
We,ve cycled though some resort towns that are just so weirds there all empty
so youre just cycling thur these ghost towns at dusk and theres only youself and
sone stray dogs.and you can shout and hear your echo thru the town..
the fiestas are amazing the one in aguilas i went to was something.
The spanish are so into there partying.
the hole city is out from grannies to kids to the young trendies and everyone is dressed up and going for it.
no agro no shit just fun. good work.
i was one of the only tourists i saw in a city the size of galway .
i,ll put some pictures up on my space and ringo when i get a chance .
the food is great most of my cycling is fueled by bocadillios of bread cheeze and
jamon . and then in the evening i,ll have a meal or some tapas .tapas are great and its funny even the spanish version of a greazy irish truck stop where
you can only get a fry and a mars bar seves really tasty food and pretty reasonable to.
i,m not sure if there truckers now what to make of the pale skeleton in lycra that comes in and eats the pace clean .
the spanish are so into there cycling .every where you go theres lads flying around on cancy carbon bikes and full winter training gear .today it 23
degrees,s
my self and art got passed by a squaderon of chech lads out training so we steped it up and satyed on the back of there pelethon for a wind break till
they turned of.i think they were amused by the to pale apdys with panniers abd plastic bags and baguettes keeping up with them thru the mountasins .
When they turned of the road i had to ring out my t shirt .
Nice.
Feeling great after getting back in a nine in the moring .
miss you all
rafter
the long fella
15 Mar 2007
3:24 PM - ants pants France rants
YoYo
Tote
I;ve found my spiritual home my new kandihar
St Tropez
its like it tote blelong there
When i cruse by all the coco channel heads in the sea front resturants
with my zebra like pikey tan and my bike loaded with crap and plastic bags of food
all the heads turn.
Derelict Ya;
Frace is rocking more now;
Eating a ridiculas ammount of food and still hungry;
the french call camping outdoors and not in a campsite "camping sauvage"
dramatic gits.
I;m up loading some shots of spain; conections can be slow so i,m just uploading one i glued together ;
I swear i did,nt photo shop my hair
it actually looks that good;
if life seems crap Remember my new moto
"ye have to go through the midlands to get to the west"
Tote
25 Mar 2007
GENOA
6:33 AM - Sono italiano
Grand Job
Trotted along the south of france tuff life .
Hanging out by the sea eating cheeze chatting away to my self .
Its good to traveling with some one as sound as my self i,m just hilarious and sound and we always want to do the same thing.Any how meet some hot
south american bird in nice and hung out with her for a while ( its ok me and eileen talked about it and its cool now)
Then it was of to monaco and monti carlow where i took great pleasue in parading around in my tightest pants and generaly being a smelly nuaceance.
On the way into italy i was passed by this really sound guy in a wheel chair / recumberent bike hybrid thing and so the two of us burned the ears of each
other for a while about heat rates and cadence and marathons and other such drivel while i was strugeling to keep up with him.Then we stopped for a
coffe after which i had to be shot with tranquilisers to return to earth.
Then i went on to some where past san remo and stayed in a botanic gardens of an old italian villa .
I was born to be surrounded by palm trees
all i was missing was the nymphs feeding me grapes and a lycra toga .
Then it was on to one of the nicest places i,ve stayed so far finale ligure .
Stayed in a hostal there which was in a casle at the top of a hill.
I,m all about the italian riveria these days .
ment out for a beer last night and saw an italian post rock group and an italian band that sing in american greenday engilish wow.Then sat watching the
moran young lads take over the hippy bongo session and piss all over then
Go moroco.
Now its down to la cinque tere and then on toward rome for matters of the empire
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Stay evil.
Dara
i Talked and ranted to this canidian guy after beening a few days solo i think i scared the shit out of him.
05 Apr 2007
10:45 AM - Old Women Ask Me to Get Things off high shelves in supermarkets and show me to there friends
Dear my corperate western friends .Can,t remember when the last time i wrote was because i now run by mother natures clock ,dude. Pedeled on down there to La chinque terre where i got the trots which was fun.There Small origionally fishing villages that now sell locally produced goods like heiniken and HB icecream.The villages them selves are cool but the area around them is amazing i,ve noticed on this trip that beautifull scenery and amazing views actually translates into english as" 2 hours sweating on "hills" that would kill a mountain goat"Rested up there for a day or two and discused politics and farting with some sound greman lad who kind of looked like Nicel.Then i was sitting in a cafe eating my 39506th ham and cheese sambo when red flash went by.Realisisng it was cycle tourists ihope on the bike and hunted them down.So i speed along with them for a while and we camped that evening in a playground in of some high rises.The thought of safty never entered my mind as one of these bavarian carpenters hands was the size of my head ( and thats big).So we sped into pisa lap of honour of the auld leanin tower and then off again like a well oiled german something.Art you,ll be delighted to know that i forced them to do a bit of faffing when i couldnt find the keys that i locked all our bikes togetherand got a good 15 mins forced faffing out of them.So the next day after another blistering 130 k cycle i said my good buys to Hanz and Fritz and headed off for some enjoying myself on my holiday on the island of Elba.Found a deserted beach like you see in the films and stayed there for two nights contemplating the demize of western culture and eating cakes which i bought in the local version of Tesco with my my credit Card.The first morning i opened my tent there a looked out two sea and saw two small empty boats going backwards in circles .HmmmmSo after checking the ingedients of last night italian beer i looked again and saw the the fishermen were hanging off the back looking into the water with big buckets with glass bottoms in them .Still havent figured out what sort of fish is caught in this manner but if you know answers on a post card to "what the fuck are they at -Competition "RTE Donnybrook Dublin 4
Some where above Rome at the moment getting my hair and nails done and making plans for my next evil.PS this is the longest thing i will ever write, e-mail is cheap in this town. my report from japan will sayJAPAN=GOOD
Dara or
"Wind" Which is my new Earth Name
11 May 2007
6:35 AM - aksfhasjdfh
cant remember when my last self praising rant was
any how went to rome then up to venice to meet claudia by train and stopped in a cool town called ferra.
then back to rome and down to naples which is nuts the across to matera for some passion of the christ action and cross the sea to serbia/ montenegro
and now i,m in zagreb
see yaa soon
pints etc
typing is suck
bllallalbbakfjasd ffh
Dara
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