Just returned from Galway this evening! I can feel myself getting sick - it was cold, windy, and pissing rain when we got there, and kept on being that way until the next morning. But it did not stop the fun! I got to hear what it sounds like when STRONG, STRONG wind blows through the loose rigging of hundreds of sail boats (answer: AWESOME), and Rebekah and I bought each other claddagh rings from Thomas Dillon, who claim to be the original makers of this traditional piece of jewelry. Pictures attached! Our hostel reminded me of the Mystery House we went to in California, when I was little - stairs, and stairs, and MORE stairs, with doors to strange places, surprise steps, odd skylights, and uneven floors. But it was very clean, and heated, and
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