We arrived in Galway on Wednesday and it's been great so far. Maybe my favourite Irish city yet. We spent yesterday walking around the city and seeing a few sights. Galway is quite small for a major city, but it's got great atmosphere. We're staying right in the heart of town and everything is within easy walking distance. The Galway Arts Festival has been on for the past two weeks and ends tomorrow. It's really a good time to be here. There are street performers all along the major streets, and yesterday we went to a photography exhibition at NUIG (National [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Galway, Ireland!! I've been here for two nights already and decided to stay for another, just because it's so great here! Yesterday I took a bus tour to the Cliffs of Moher, which was Gorgeous!!! I still haven't figured out how to put my pictures up but as soon as I figure it out, they will be up! I got to learn a lot about the history of Ireland and actually found the tour really interesting. It's still gray and gloomy here, but everyone is so nice and I'm enjoying myself so much that the weather doesn't really even [View Full Entry]

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Inhale deeply Breeze blowing through my skin. Let it out. A moment to reflect within. A stranger's smile A road unknown. A moment where I feel alone. Welcoming handshakes, exchange of names. Two separate worlds - for a moment the same. Some will stay others will part. A moment where a friendship starts. A stranger's kiss Two hands as one A moment ended with the morning sun A glance at new landscapes A new patch of sky Each, a moment - diminished with time Some lasting memories some quickly fade No promise of tomorrow. A moment just for today. Memories unexpected [View Full Entry]

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Emerald Isle images of Galway for Ger's niece's Holy Communion. [View Full Entry]

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I just arrived in Galway, Ireland. It was a very long 4 hour bus ride to get here, but the scenery was beautiful and I like this town already. It's what you would picture a small Irish town to be like. There was live music in the square and a lot of people just hanging out on the grass listening. Definately my kind of scene. After I checked into my hostel, I headed down and hung out for a bit, it was nice to relax and the weather is gorgeous today! Still a little cool but at least there is sun!! [View Full Entry]

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We arrived on the Emerland Isle on Sunday night. After a few flight delays we were wondering if we were going to get here, but we did. No overnights in the airport like last year! We took a bus to Galway on Monday and belive we have landed at one of the most festive places in Ireland! If it wasnt obvious by our huge GREEN plane with a countdown to St. Pat's day, then it was here in Galway. That was very evident to us last night as we were sitting in an Irish pub listening to an awesome Irish band [View Full Entry]

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July 12, 2008 Galway, Ireland The internet "dongle" is working! What you might ask is a "dongle"? It is a broadband connection that we purchased in England and sometimes it works and sometimes...NO. When it works.... we try to get emails and blogs going. The Internet Cafe system gets old... quick. So for a while this morning we are trying to catch up on news. Getting into Galway, once you know the roads, is easy, so off we go. It is Saturday and a farmers market is bustling. This is Ireland, so it is raining again, and we decide to go [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone! I just had my first week of classes and so far so good, I am learning a great deal about the troubles of Ireland’s long past. Last Friday we went out to Connemara and County Mayo, and saw a great deal of sheep/cows and the only fjord in Ireland. It was absolutely breath-taking, the mountains and hills everywhere, and of course tons and tons of green! I still can’t believe how quickly the weather changes here, there really is no point of a weather channel, I swear. One second it is raining, the next it is sunny, then another [View Full Entry]

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Day 2: What a wonderful night of sleep! We slept way over our usual 7-8 hours, and it was well needed. Our morning started with trying to figure out how to work the shower (speed and temp) and then a wonderful breakfast prepared by Mary and Roddy (the B&B owners- we remembered their names by thinking of the inlaws from my big fat greek weddidng. After breakfast it was back into the car for an hours drive, on a more stable road without as many rock walls towards rosseval- the location of the ferry which would take us to the aran [View Full Entry]

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Today was the first day of classes and the past four days have been a great deal of fun and great to settle in and get to know the City of Galway better. So far I am liking Galway a great deal more than Dublin, it has the hustle and bustle of a city with plenty of stone covered streets to walk on with many shops and pubs to check out. Yesterday a couple of girls in the program and I headed down to the coast, north of Claddagh and though I saw many little kids and families swimming (it was [View Full Entry]

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