Glimpses of Galway

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February 23rd 2007

Published: February 23rd 2007

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agabriel

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this is the internet cafe where I update my travelblog

What a nice weather we had yesterday. Just have a look at the photos. It's raining heavily now. Fortunately I'm sitting in the internet cafe. Below you can see some photos of Galway, which is really a nice town as you will see.

In the afternoon the students had to go on a treasure hunt, to ask passerbys in the street for information about Galway and Irish life and culture. They had a lot of fun as you can see below.

In the evening we went to the Crane Pub again, where we experienced a great trad session of Irish music with a fantastic line up of artists, from young musicians to the well established fiddler and composer Charlie Lennon, blues and roots guitarist Chad Dughi and folk singer Fred Johnston. This gig was put on by the Galway anti-war movement in aid of the Raytheon 9, a group of anti war protesters who were charged with "scheduled offences" because they disrupted business at Raytheon arms factory in Derry last summer. The event took place upstairs at the Crane. Just imagine a somewhat bigger living room with a bar some chairs and tables and a small stage. The gig

crane

the popular Crane Pub, featuring live trad sessions every night

started at 9 p.m. and at about 10.00 p.m. the place was fully packed with about 100 people. Fortunately we had already been there well in time so we could sit at the bar. The musicians were simply great. Once even a young girl, dressed in jeans and a red T-shirt went on stage to join the musicians with her tap dancing, which you can simply describe as percussion with feet. The folk singers also invited the audience to a sing-along. It was an unbelievable experience for us.

So that's all for today. Hopefully, the weather will become brighter during the day. Bye - Armin

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