Blogs from County Galway, Ireland, Europe - page 33

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 University of Ireland - Galway). The highlight for me was seeing 'Translations' last night, an Irish play about being colonized by the English and the effects on language and Irish names. It was set in ... read more

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 matter. Bank of America shut off my credit card for two days, so that was a boat load of fun to take care of but I finally figured it out... after a wasted 25 euro ... read more

A great arts festival.... read more

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!! Tonight there is a parade on the main st. at 10:00 p.m so i think some of the girls in my hostel and I are going to head down, it seems like it's going to ... read more

July 13, 2008 Galway to Connemara to Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland Oscar Wilde described Connemara as a "savage beauty", and its patchwork of lakes, rugged mountains and windswept bogs certainly give a sense of splendid isolation. Ireland, but especially NW Ireland is a fisherman's delight. This is for you Dave Geis, you would love the fishing... the lakes, the rivers and the ocean fishing is incredible...from trout to salmon and many others in between. Irish is the everyday language in this area, folks send their children here to learn Irish (Gaelic) in the summer. Many signs are only in Irish. This is July 13 and we are wearing fleece and raincoats as we approach the Connemara National Park, and we are chilly. Because of the rain and fog, the rangers asked that we not hike to ... read more