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Happy Birthday to me!
LOL! One daughter comes back from Japan and the other will be going to Japan next year!
I will be visiting!
1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.
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1: Dageus MacK. walked like a man and talked like a man, but in bed he was pure animal. (characters name hidden for the reason of not to make it too easy.) - "The Dark Highlander" by Karen Marie Moning
2: Another sliver of silvery-pale wood joined the tiny pile at Ilya Ivanovitch's feet, and the rough shape in his hand became a little more foxlike. - "Firebird" by Mercedes Lackey
3: A book on Mythology must draw from widely different sources. Twelve hundred years separate the first writers through whom the myths have come down to us from the last, and there are stories as unlike each other as "Cinderella" and "King Lear". - "Mythology" by Edith Hamilton
4: The only warning of danger I had was a disgusting wave of dead sea-creature stench. For a moment, it over-whelmed the humid, baked-pavement smell that permeated the relatively cooler air of Central Park that hot July evening. - "Restoree" by Anne McCaffrey
5: "Too many!" James shouted, and slammed the door behind him.
"What?" said Will. "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper (aoi_tsuki1) Yay!
6: Farther from shore, nearer to death. - "The Merlin Effect" T.A. Barron
7: The yokai are the spookiest Japanese monsters you've never heard of, and it's high time they got their due. "Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide" by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (steelneko)
8: "Sailor V did it again! She's really something!" "Sailor Moon" vol 1 by Naoko Takeuchi (steelneko & golden_meliades)
9: Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called "True Stories from Nature", about the primeval forest. "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (steelneko)
10: King Vortigern the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messenger, and cried aloud - "King Arthur and his Knights" Sir James Knowles
1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.
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1: Dageus MacK. walked like a man and talked like a man, but in bed he was pure animal. (characters name hidden for the reason of not to make it too easy.)
2: Another sliver of silvery-pale wood joined the tiny pile at Ilya Ivanovitch's feet, and the rough shape in his hand became a little more foxlike.
3: A book on Mythology must draw from widely different sources. Twelve hundred years separate the first writers through whom the myths have come down to us from the last, and there are stories as unlike each other as "Cinderella" and "King Lear".
4: The only warning of danger I had was a disgusting wave of dead sea-creature stench. For a moment, it over-whelmed the humid, baked-pavement smell that permeated the relatively cooler air of Central Park that hot July evening.
5: "Too many!" James shouted, and slammed the door behind him.
"What?" said Will. "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper (aoi_tsuki1) Yay!
6: Farther from shore, nearer to death.
7: The yokai are the spookiest Japanese monsters you've never heard of, and it's high time they got their due. "Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide" by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (steelneko)
8: "Sailor V did it again! She's really something!" "Sailor Moon" vol 1 by Naoko Takeuchi (steelneko & golden_meliades)
9: Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called "True Stories from Nature", about the primeval forest. "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (steelneko)
10: King Vortigern the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messenger, and cried aloud -
If I had Chronicles of Narnia or a Harry Potter book about you'd see them on this list. But I don't have them about me right now.
Good luck!
And wish me luck on finding a job. Still haven't found one yet. ;.;
But first I have to find a job and earn some of the money I spent back. Whee!
::bows and exits stage left::
And today there are no pics and tomorrow I head home!
Well not really. Called mom and she says we're going directly to New Mexico after she picks me up. ^_^ I get to meet my nephew! Whoo!
Lovely little day trip. ^_^
Day Forty PICTURES! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Day Forty-One PICTURES! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Tomorrow is a one day tour to Kilkenny!
Day Thirty-Seven Pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Tomorrow my tour starts!!
Whew! Day Thirty-Three was LONG. I get to the ferry port at the time recommended before the ferry leaves and find it's delayed until 230ish. Bad weather and a change of boat. I ask about my connection to Dublin. It's the same boat that's going to Dublin so there's no worries there. So I take a hop on hop off bus tour of Liverpool. I just ride around on it and don't get off thinking the boat is still leaving at 230. I get back to the port and the time is now... 430. *sigh* Still the same boat going to Dublin so still no worries. I call the hostel in Dublin and tell them I'll be late. Late late. They say it's okay and hold my bed for me. So finally the boat comes in and I get on. Some guys from a field hockey team invite me to join them at their table in the bar area and we talk and laugh while we get underway. Not bad while in the river and then in the estuary, but once we hit open ocean. UGH. One guy who was all "I have a cast iron stomach! Whoo!" spent about two hours on his knees clutching the toilet bowel. A seat opened up and I got onto it and didn't get off until the boat stopped. Oug.... My Japanese dramamine is GOOD stuff. Got off the boat, said goodbye to the team, and then went to check my bag back in.
The boat to Dublin was much, much, much, much better. I actually had a booth in the bar to myself. I spread out on the bench and fell asleep for most of the ride, which was so much smoother! We got into Dublin at 1230am Saturday morning. And guess what....
No Immigration Officials.
No stamp on my passport.
Oh dear.
I take a taxi to the hostel and get into my bed and just sleep. After getting up I decided to go back to the port and get my passport stamped as the immigration office in Dublin is closed for the weekend. I walk to the bus station and ask about buses to the port. The next one isn't until 115 in the afternoon. *sigh* I go find a hop on hop off bus and ride around the city without getting off. Then I got a meal and went back to the bus station to get my bus. Got to the port, found immigration staff, got my passport stamped and in order, got the bus back to the bus station and got onto another hop on hop off bus (same company) to go to see the Book of Kells. Lovely, just lovely. And our guide around Trinity College was so clever and funny! He was a teacher, I wish I was a student in his class. I know it would be entertaining. Did some money spending, then headed back to the hostel for the posting. Next up is dinner, and then back here for more internet and sleep. Tomorrow I'm going to try for Dublin Castle, Christ Church Cathedral, St Patrick's Cathedral, and maybe a museum. We'll see. It's Sunday tomorrow.....
Took a nice little tour today to the Isle of Skye and into parts of the Highlands. GORGEOUS scenery. A bit chilly though. Okay... LOTS chilly. I might look like a horrible tourist in my bright red sweat shirt with 'Scotland' emblazoned across the front, but it's the warmest thing I have right now! Despite the wind and the chill it was an amazing tour. ^_^
Tomorrow: Free day to tour Inverness!
And Mary... ask and I delivered. Kitty pictures are included. ^_^
Made it to Stonehaven and alas... could not find any place to take my bag for me, so I took a taxi to the ruins and, I don't know how, carried my laptop bag down the steps and up the steps into the castle where the lovely ladies in the gate house said I could leave it, and my main backpack with them. The ruins were stunning! Soooo romantic! The lovely ladies in the gate house called a taxi back to the station for me, the same guy. On the way back a nice gentleman from Germany carried my bag to the main path for me. Since I still had hours before my train ride up to Inverness I went to the restaurant in the hotel next to the station and had a very long lunch. You see I planned to find someplace to leave my luggage and then have a nice leisurely hike through town to Dunnottar Castle and back into town for a leisurely lunch. Well.... ah well.
Train ride up to Inverness was long, but GORGEOUS. It was a pretty full train though so I couldn't really run around and take pictures out the windows.
Got a bit lost trying to find the hostel. I misread the map in the Lonely Planet book. But a kind elderly couple stopped to help me and then the gentleman pulled my rolly bag up the rest of the hill and to the hostel. ^_^ And....
THE HOSTEL HAS A KITTY! A big fluffy calico.
I LOVE SCOTLAND!!!
Tomorrow: Isle of Skye coach tour!
PICTURES 24! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Headed up to The Church of the Holy Rude because I didn't get to see it the day before. Lovely old church. King James.... VI? Well King James I of England was crowned there when he was still an infant after his mom Mary Queen of Scots was deposed.
Then I headed to the bus station and up to the National Wallace Monument. WOW. A tower on top of the crag where Wallace supposedly directed the Battle at Stirling Bridge where he and Moray routed the British. It's 246 spiraling steps up to the top, broken by three galleries off the steps on the way up. The first is about the life of Wallace, the second is a gallery with the busts of other Scottish heroes or famous figures. The third is about the building of the monument. Then you get to the top and the views are AMAZING. But it was very, very windy and chilly up there.
After getting a bit dizzy going back down the stairs I headed back into town and then wandered around and had a bite to eat before catching my train to Dundee. The B&B in Dundee is really nice! Very convenient to the station with large rooms and very comfortable.
Alas Dundee was bust. I wanted to go see Glamis Castle. But the bus service there and back is the pits! So I took an earlier train to Perth for Scone Palace. Got to the B&B in Perth (it has a bath!) and then went to catch my bus. I missed the 1pm so I had to catch the 2pm. Had lunch and then caught my bus. It dropped me off at the main entrance and I had a lovely, albeit very wet (it was rainy most of the day) walk for 1/2 a mile to the Palace. I asked about buses back and then got my ticket and headed in. Very lovely palace. And the 2nd in line for the title and the palace....? HOTTIE! Alas born in 1988....... ;.; Saw the Moot Hill where the lairds and chieftains of Scotland gathered for the crowning of the first king to be crowned at Scone. They all brought a boot full of the soil of their lands and dumped it out and stood on it to declare loyalty to the king, thus creating this artificial hill. Moot is another word for 'boot'. The grounds were lovely, but because it was so chilly and rainy, I didn't explore too much. Caught my bus back to town and had dinner at a lovely Chinese restaurant before coming back here and telling ya'll all about it! ^_^
Tomorrow.... Dunnotar Castle and into the Highlands!
I really, really, really like Stirling. It reminds me a bit of Grandma's town in North Carolina. I mailed a box of the stuff I had gotten in Edinburgh... I got too much stuff me thinks..... But one I definitely needed... A KILT! I have a woman's kilt. And of course a Scotland t-shirt. And... my family's clan tartan. Oh boi..... Anyways... they're on their way home now.
After I hiked up a hill to Stirling Castle! Oh wow! The views are AMAZING! And I enjoyed the guided tour of the history from a very spry and quick elderly Scottish gentleman. I also got a guided tour of Argyle's Lodging, a 16th - 17th century town house.
Oh! Oh! Oh! The hostel I'm in? It has a hostel puppy! Her name is Sas and she's this big, fat older dog who waddled out to greet me when I came in and nearly knocked me over leaning against my leg for pettings. I might take her out for a walk tomorrow.
Speaking of.... Tomorrow is the National Wallace Monument, Church of the Holey Rude (which I missed today because of Post Office lines), and wanderings!
Whee! SCOTLAND! YAY!
Since I didn't do much the pictures are well... few. But here they are!
PICTURES! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
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