Blogs from Galway, County Galway, Ireland, Europe - page 11

The last 12 miles! The road from Corofin to Ennis was easy to ride. We were able to enjoy a side trip to Dysert O,Dea, a medieval tower house/castle. This was the site of a famous battle in the 13th century where the Irish Chieftains defeated a large Norman army. We were able to explore all the floors of this structure and see what life was like back in that time (definitely not the Hilton…I want a heavenly bed…just being honest). Brian and Geoff especially like the ‘kill hole’…a hole in the floor where residents could pour boiling water or boiling oil on the doorstep of would be intruders…home protection system’s early start I suppose! Actually that would make a great advertising campaign….anyway, cool to see but we were ready to find our way home. Now, ... read more

We left Castlebar early this morning and headed south toward Limerick with a quick stop in Galway. Galway is currently Greg's favorite town thus far. It is very compact and we were able to park at the Galway Cathedral and walk everywhere. We first went into the Cathedral and were able to view beautiful stainglass windows and a huge cathedral. It was also very very cold in there. I'm wearing a skirt today and we first had to make a stop at a department store so I could get tights to keep my legs warm! It was sunny, but still cold for us thin blooded Floridians. :) We first make our way to Eyre (pronounced "Air") Square which is also known as the JFK Park, in commemoration of JFK's visit here in 1963, only a few ... read more

Hello again. I finally got a picture or two of myself, so I thought it was time for another update. Before I do that though, I'm having some computer problems, so if you need to get in contact with me please email me at 10148108@studentmail.ul.ie So this past weekend was our first trip without the supervision of Arcadia (our program provider) Some of the girls wanted to go to Galway, so the rest of us decided to tag along. Galway is a city on the west side of Ireland (right against the ocean) and considered one of the more 'traditional' area's of Ireland. Our plan was to go to the Aran Islands which are the most Irish location in Ireland. The population there still speaks Irish (Gaelic) and some people still haven't learned English. However, when ... read more

It's hard telling what could happen when you take four Americans, two Irish and one German and put them in a gorgeous coastal town in Ireland for the weekend. Things could get crazy. This is exactly how I spent "reading week" last semester. "Reading week" on campus, meant that we didn't actually have any classes, so some of my couresemates and I decided to celebrate by spending the weekend in Galway so we could relax, refresh and regroup for the second half of the semester. Though we didn't have classes, we still had hundreds of pages of readings to do and a thesis outline to write, so we were all in the library more than we would've been had we had classes. By Friday, we were ready for a break. And a break we got. The ... read more

Ok everyone, us twins have decided to do this blog thing. We're both going to write stuff but we will probably switch off every couple of days. As you all know, we arrived in Dublin yesterday morning around 8am. Our hostel was a little hole-in-the-wall place down a dark, narrow alley, and we shared a room with around 8 other people. It was pretty decent, the sheets were clean, the other guests were quiet and respectful (especially coming in after partying late), and the staff was helpful and friendly. We were able to walk around a little bit and see a couple streets around the hostel. We are going to explore more when we go back in a week, but yesterday we were way too tired to do much. Unfortunately, neither one of us slept at ... read more