Surfing out in Galway (Day 6)

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Got up today in Galway with little to do and less planned. We pretty much just took it easy today. Checked out of our hostel on Eyre Square as late as we could and headed down to our old Barnacles hostel to book our 1st night in Dublin at the Barnacles there and get the discount. We ended up just leaving our packs in their storage area so we could check out the town freely. Walked around a few artists markets but didn't see anything too interesting. Walked down towards the beach resort town, Salt Hill, among other parts of town we hadn't seen yet. Just a nice early afternoon stroll to get the day going. After lounging on the grass in Eyre Square for a bit on a surprisingly sunny Irish afternoon we headed over to a nearby pub, An Puncan, to grab a late lunch and watch the English FA Cup Final (Chelsea 1 - 0 Portsmouth in a great game, Chelsea hit the post 5 times!). A few hours later we started making our way over to our CouchSurf host for the night, Dylan Meade. Their place was MUCH larger than expected and they ended up setting us up on a couple of beds in the attic which was quite more than we expected. Dylan and his two roommates (Maive & Natalie) were all pretty beat from working all day and with it "pissing rain" outside as they say we just had a nice evening indoors which was just fine with us. Played a little SSX Snowboarding and watching "The Basketball Diaries" (great movie and now I really want to read the book). The initial couch surfing experience of the trip was definitely a positive one and hopefully a reoccuring one over the next few months.

Note: I think one of the biggest things I've realized so far is the difference between looking at this as traveling vs. being a lifestyle. You really have to look at it as the latter. Not everyday is going to be full of excitement and sightseeing and kodak moments. When you are on the road as long as I will be you need some days to just hang out in a manner that you would at home. Good night.

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Photos

band
duo

josh with hammered guy
josh with hammered guy

main street
main drag

barnacles
loved it at barnacles