Fairgreen Hotel Galway

... 30th.<br><br>Next I'll spend 3 weeks in New Zealand, mostly on the South Island, and fly from Auckland to LA on May 22nd. <br><br>After a final 3 weeks in America I will fly from New York to London on June 17th.<br><br>I have bought and scrounged everything I need to take, and I have typed up more notes than I can handle. I'm very excited to finally be so close to going, after years of planning and hoping!! <br><br>My next post will be from India!!!<br>

... It was good for the night life, but a bit too many sequins and short dresses on girls who weren't meant to wear short dresses. We did however stay in an awesome hostel that provided laundry and a nice kitchen. We decided to cook a meal together and we made a great pasta that made up for the lack of other activity in Galway. <br><br>The next day a few of us returned to Dublin to sketch that area before heading to Scotland ...

... at 10, when they needed to check out. It was an interesting morning. After breakfast, we decided that we really had nothing we needed to do before going to the airport, so we headed out to go walk around, and shop. Nothing too exciting. It rained....because it just wouldn't have been Ireland without a little rain before we left. We got subs on the way back, and caught the bus to the airport at 2. Everything ended up going smoothly in ...

... up was the castle, we only had a quick photo op and didnt get to really venture inside. I was kind of dissapointed by this because I really love castles and wanted to explore, but the show must go on, so we all climed back into the bus and set off the the Aillwee caves. This cave was formed by glacial melt waters from an early ice age period, but the river that created it has since dissapeared and left "Ireland's premier showcave". A man named Jack ...

... br><br>We had dinner at KB Blake's, a nice restaurant that was recommended and had early dinner specials until 8:30pm. The food was fantastic--it was also our first meal outside of Kevin &amp; Anna's, B&amp;Bs, or pubs! I had to try the salmon because I had read that Galway has amazing seafood. It was delicious and a plentiful serving--the fish is locally caught and supplied daily. <br><br>After ...

... am heading to Dublin in the morning with Katy. She arrived yesterday morning. She's suffering a bit from jet lag this evening. We are heading out bright and early at 7:30. That means that I need to get to bed too.<br><br>I will fill you in on this past week's events and download some photos on Monday, after I return from Dublin.<br><br>Talk to you soon!

... out of a hole when explaining that the birds don&#8217;t do this for nothing and that they do it for food. He had to use the &#8220;recycling&#8221; analogy to explain that feeding dead chickens and mice to birds is fine &#8211; some people must&#8217;ve thought it was just birdseed for these civilised flying citizens, lol!!<br><br>The cave itself was okay as far as caves go, but it was only last year when visiting my sister for her birthday that the four of ...

... her then boyfriend on our cruise in Greece ell we have been chatting and it sounds like she may come and stay with me!!! COOOL now I will have to visit Texas (I think that's where she is!) when I come home!!! Man travelling is great! So that's about it so far! Nothing else really new! Always something crazy happening!!! This weekend is Father Ted weekend and I found a nun hat! YAYYY So now I better get the weekend off!!! I will take tons of photos!

Ummm ONLY child??? AGHHH yes thats it! That was Rav and I getting to know each other yesterday!!! Rav is a 27 year old from Israel, she is here for another 2-3 months then is going back home to finish nursing! She is a very tiny girl with a mouth and voice louder and bigger than mine!!! I STILL can't believe it!!! She is also one of the nicest people I have me from first impressions!!! She offered to cook for me on her birthday my first night at the place! i was ...

... even to rejuvenate--though the solitude of the Aran Islands is starting to appeal to my current mood. I may have to run back to Dublin in defeat and look there. More jobs, but no Kat, and that would probably be a disaster for both of us. Especially since I would have wasted all this time in Galway and have to start over. I know it's silly to want to go home after experiencing one city out of a whole country--not to mention the UK. But many of the problems and difficulties ...