Blogs from County Galway, Ireland, Europe - page 45

Travelled through some very spectacular Irish countryside yesterday visited Bunratty Castle then up the coast past some very high cliffs and through the Burren to Galway bay we are all enjoying the experience and today we have a couple of hours free time so I have found a nice internet cafe to update the blog. Thanks for the message Robin Good to hear from you Leigh we are always thinking of you and Jane am sure you will be coping well. Did a tour of Galway Bay last night and had a great dinner after Trafalgar are really looking after us ... read more

03-05 May 06 First off I loved Galway! It was so beautiful there. It is right on the coast looking right out onto Canada. The first day I got up at 5:30. It actually wasn't that bad waking up so early but I think that is because I knew I would be able to sleep on the bus. I met Sarah at the bus stop at 6:45 to take the 7am bus. Jay and her friend Karyne from Canada, were also coming but they were going to take a later bus. It took around 3 1/2 hours to get to the opposite side of the island. It's hard to believe that this island is so small. In Canada that would only take you just outside of the city! Sarah and I arrived in Galway around 10:30 ... read more

Well, the plans are to be studying in Galway City at the National University of Ireland Galway. Taking courses in Gaelic & Ethnic Studies . . . then of course the intimate studies in the current pub situation of this magical isle. We've got a trip to the Newgrange megalithic site in Co. Meath. which will carry on into Dublin for a weekend, super psyched about that. I really want to get to the Aran Islands the following week. Our travels will then take us to Northern Ireland, to the Famine Museum and more in Strokestown, Derry, and Dunfanaghy. After all of this Emerald Isle rockin' the trip moves to London for a number of days. Nothing but a great time ahead of this Cali boy. Keep rockin' and I hope these journals, which will ... read more

I left Limerick on Monday and went to Doolin in Co. Clare. I saw the Cliffs of Moher. They were impressive but there were too many tourists. They really kind of ruined it for me. I stayed in a nice hostel in Doolin and went out and saw some really good traditional Irish music. I like the pubs in Doolin because its such a small town and young and old people all hang out together. And old Irish dude was singing after the music ended til the place closed. I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to cycle around the Burren due to fouuuul weather. Before I left Doolin yesterday, some girls from the hostel took me out for bloody marys. What a great thing to wake up to on your birthday. I took ... read more

On Tuesday I took a bus that got me into Galway at 11:00 pm. The only places that take people in at that hour are Youth Hostels. The Sleepzone was hoping with the energy of a collage dorm on a Friday night. Not surprising since this was spring break in places like France and Spain. The poolroom was full of French teens. The Internet room was full of female American exchange students talking about hair coloring. The TV room was full of their male counterparts, sprawled out on the couches watching baseball from America. Each and every one of them had a laptop propped on their reclined lap: watching statistics, IM’ing friends back home and sneaking porn I suppose. It was like the new phallic symbol, demonstrating the American virility and computing power. There is nothing ... read more