Imperial Galway
Eyre Square, (Currently closed for renovations.) Galway, County Galway, Western Ireland, Ireland
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Galway Hooker
... as though this was their last night on planet earth. The band at the King's Head pub is ripping through great covers of Irish bands, and it got me thinking how talented the Irish are when it comes to music. You only need compare Ireland and Scotland, both with a common Gaelic music heritage, and similar populations, but whilst Ireland has brought the world the likes of U2 and Van Morrison, Scotland has given us The Proclaimers and Bay City ...
Galway
... of hours booking hostels, making last minute arrangements and watching a movie. One last lunch together at a sandwich shop before saying goodbye to Lauren, Tanya and Dan who were off to Dublin to fly to Scotland. Nikki and I put our stuff in our 'new' room that we were going to be staying in for the night. Even though we were in a 12 bed mixed, there was only 1 guy in the room in which I don't ...
"Blair Witch it Up"
... minutes after the group arrived in the pub, half the village showed up. So they all had a wonderful night of drinking and then headed down to the local Kelly Cave on the way back to the hostel, which is a 7min (brisk walk sober... could be hours when you're drunk) walk in pitch black. They had one local boy, poor guy, with them. One of guys recorded their conversation at the cave. "Excuse me Irish boy, what is your ...
Midterms are DONE!
... St. Patrick climbed) today! While it was not raining (whew!) the last third of the hike was inside a cloud so we were soaked once we got to the top. Not to mention I accidently sat in a gigantic puddle during one of our breaks….
Croagh Patrick is very steep at the end, to the point where you can literally put your hand straight out and touch where you are supposed to take your next step. Lots of loose rocks that like to slide out when you step ...
Day 67
... But was soon disappointed when I saw a food court and shopping center. It was totally commercialized, and the best parts of the cliffs were blocked off. I became very depressed. That was of course until we sar three girls walking on the ridge of the cliff. We watched them for a while, and finally we decided that it was time to go for a walk on the other side. So we did. We started and it was ok. But damn! That panth got to be about 5 inches wide and about a foot and a half from ...



