Blogs from County Galway, Ireland, Europe - page 39

So it's pretty windy and cold here, but when the sun comes out it's not bad at all. We walked around the city for a while, it's really cool. It almost feels like a set for a movie, and all the buildings are so intricate the kinda look like miniatures. There are really great shops everywhere, i'm sure I can get some good shopping done... and of course there is the historic part too. We went to the church of St. Nicholas, which was built in 1320. They say Columbus must have worshipped there. Oh, also the tap water is contaminated in Galway, so we have to use bottled water to brush our teeth. Yum. So thats all for now, we'll be going out for a pint soon and dinner after!... read more

Having arrived in Ireland just over a week and a half ago and survived my first hangover in Waterford, I subsequently progressed westwards towards Cobh (pronounced Cove) where the Titanic was to set sail from on her last journey. In a former life when things got tough, the superiors used to call it character building. Well I can honestly say that I have been doing some character building stuff during this past week and a half as I have never experienced so much shitty weather as I have done in Ireland. It has rained absolutely every single day, oh apart from one day on the way up to the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast, where we had a little sunshine but I was cycling into Gale force winds. You can't have everything I suppose! ... read more

I need to come up with some better names for these entries don't I!! Welcome to Ireland where it has rained 60 days straight...luckily it only rains for a little while then the sun comes out, but none the less still worst June/July on record! Like as in EVER!! Are you hearing me people...what happened to Summer. I didn't bring enough warm clothes with me! Ireland is so much better than London and the people are so much nicer and I just love their accent. I can't hear the words three and thirteen enough, it cracks me up everytime! And the kids when they talk is just too cute. I spent 2 days in Dublin which was nice, did the touristy things and went to Temple Bar at night to hear traditional Irish music and mingle ... read more

WOW Ireland. It was Claires choice to come here but boy I'm sure glad she did! It is beautiful. Im still amazed that after all the traveling i've done, the scenery i've seen and architecture i've gawked at, i can still be amazed by a new country. The countries across europe are so completly different from each other. All separte worlds of history. Ive so far experienced Dublin city and Galway. Dublin is wonderful! The Irish people so friendly and helpful, quiet a contrast to the Spanish. We took some timeout the first day to catch Harry Potter at the movies. And then like everywhere in Europe, discovered that Ireland too is having a massive retail sale, so we all went shopping. I had to get another bag to pack all my new stuff and ... read more

Hi Everyone, I took the train early this morning from Dublin across Ireland to Galway, about 3 hrs. As I'm sure you imagine, it is very green, very pretty, flat/rolly land; beautiful landscape pictures. The weather is mixed-some rain, cloudy, overcast. The train ride was relaxing. Galway is a very nice smaller city/town-a pedestrian mall, waterfront, pubish, shopping area that was busy with all kinds of people. The hostel was much nicer than the one in Dublin; no matter what, I'm not a city person. I settled in, walked around, met some people from the hostel from the states and chatted. Walked around some more; checked out a few pubs. ... read more