Published: August 31st 2006March 18th 2006
Looking back, Galway was one of my favorite stops on the entire trip. It was a very artsy and musical college town that immediately made me feel at ease. The scenery was beautiful, but the beautiful spirit of the people there is really what made this place shine. I think I'll let the pictures and captions speak for themselves on this one...
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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se...more info
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Let the games begin, folks...
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Starting off with a Championship gaelic football match...
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Kyle decided to have his face painted in the pub...
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surveys the work...
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and pays up in liquid gold.
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trying to put on my "makeup face"
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so...how does it look?
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We did a little carbon copy cheek pressing so we could have matching shamrocks...
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our new buddies
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There is a span of a few hours in which all picture taking apparently ceased...which begins now.
band
At this point the details are not important nor very clear...but this is the cool band jamming at Roisin Dubh...kinda sounded like red dirt. We danced until we couldn't possibly sweat any more
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We met a nice assortment of folks in the 2 hour line for a cab...here's a fiesty one who shares Kyle's taste in clothing.
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To quote KT: "I stood in line and had a conversation with this guy for close to an hour, and he never once even acknowledged that he had blood all over his face....and I damn sure wasn't going to ask."
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An Irish kid gave me half of some sort of sandwich. Damn it was good...
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Oh damn it was hot!!!
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But oh damn was it good...
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some parting shots of a lovely town...
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down by the river...minus the van.
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To a successful St. Paddy's Week
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How convenient...they've got you on both ends here. Either way the coin lands, looks like Ol' Rooney wins.
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Time to recharge the batteries for the next town...Dublin.
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