The Time I Bounced Around America

Hey all,

A while ago I flew from Ireland to New Orleans, I've a few friends based over there so I figured I'd pop in and say hey.

me and three friends over there booked a hotel room and all crammed into it, the city was hopping because it was near Halloween and Voodoo Fest was on. That was also the main reason I'd come over.

the festival was unreal, we're talking Arctic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons, Modest Mouse and loads more. unforgettable.

There was also a half marathon on in the city, and one of the mornings I got up at half five and snuck out to run that. Had to leave the festival early the night before and not drink, but I ran it in under two hours so I'm saying it was worth it.

After the festival I still had some time to kill, so I flew back with my friend to his place in Seattle. He was throwing a Halloween costume party, and luckily they'd a spare soldier costume, because of course I hadn't packed one!

At the time, it was only Washington, Colorado, and maybe two other states that had legal weed, and I was sick by the novelty of it. I know, in Europe we've always had Amsterdam, but unless you're dutch that's still a flight away.

So we're headed into the dispensary and asked for enough for two people. He gave us a bag of ten gummies. To this day I still think he was fucking with us because that was enough for ten people!! All I remember of that night is puking continuously.

The next day I was headed home, but gave myself a day in Boston between layovers. That was really cool. I checked out the Boston Markets, had my first Dunkin' Donuts (their doughnuts are nearly as good as the ones you'd get in Dublin but their coffee is much worse), and even saw Paul Revere's house!!

All in all a very memorable trip!