Ireland Week 2: Galway & Getting Comfortable
Sorry I’ve been slow putting up pictures on facebook, but my internet here seems to hate me. It’ll happen. Promise.
So last weekend I went to Galway, which is on the west coast of Ireland. We also toured the burren and Connemara, which were scenic as well. The burren is basically just rocks, so after 4 hours of it both buses were sick of it I’m sure. Connemara had picturesque rocky mountain/hills, and extremely blue lakes. We were surprised when we found ourselves at the Cliffs of Moher because our guides had said nothing about it. My new friend Mandie from Calgary, Canada, bought the famous Irish friendship ring at the giftshop…for herself. I got to meet up with Ginny from Creighton who is studying in Galway right now, so that was fun. I stayed in my first hostel with my two Aussie girls Morgan and Caroline along with Canadian Mandie. It was very clean and I actually had a good night’s sleep, especially since I chose to drink a lemonade at the pub instead of an alcoholic beverage. The weekend was pretty low-key for me as I have a rough cold right now, but at least I got to hang with the girls and shop a little. I was excited until I saw how much everything costs. I did manage to snag a 10 euro puffy sleeve t-shirt though with my UL student ID discount.
Cliffs of Moher with my friend Sam
Connemara
We took a short stop at Kylemore Abbey on Sunday afternoon.
Jeremiah, my friend from Wisconsin, and I planned a trip to Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic in a month. It was only about 80 euro roundtrip on Ryanair so we were grateful for that. It took like 2 straight nights of planning to figure out the best route and price for hostels and locations, but I think we at least have a tentative schedule. We currently have a hostel booked in Salzburg, Austria, which is where The Sound of Music is based, and I guess the hostel plays the movie EVERY SINGLE DAY after breakfast. I don’t know how Jeremiah feels about this, but I am VERY psyched to re-live Julie Andrews’ life. We also have a hostel booked in Prague that apparently has a nightclub attached to it called Roxy. It looks like the place to be for sure. So far we are landing in Munich and taking the train to Salzburg and Prague, but it’s a tight decision between The Sound of Music and the Berlin Wall, so we may just hop up to Berlin instead. Oh yea, and I guess some guy named Mozart was born in Salzburg as well.
Funny story actually. Jeremiah and I picked Austria because we saw this picture:
Hallstatt, Austria
Also, Jeremiah and I were thinking of going to see Spoon in Glasgow in two weeks…but it’s on Valentine’s Day and we would have to fly like 3 days in advance in order to miss the expensive flights. But it’s SPOON, you say. So I’m thinking it’s probably a yes. What the heck are we supposed to do in Glasgow, Scotland for 4 days?! I mean, I suppose we could take a day trip to see Nessie at Loch Ness, but I heard it’s a letdown. I’ll keep you posted.
In other music news, Florence and the Machine is playing in Barcelona in mid-March, and since I stupidly didn’t buy Passion Pit tickets fast enough for London, I guess Spain it is. Oh the horrible life I live, choosing between England and Spain for a weekend trip.
Frisbee this weekend in Dublin, should be grand. As long as I take it easy this week and get healthy again I should be able to handle it. Sorry I don’t have much exciting news, as I have been sleeping a lot this week and getting to know my housemates better. Speaking of, I went with my housemates last night to Avatar, which may have been the most visually stimulating movie I have ever seen. I want to live in place where the forest bed lights up like a glo-stick whenever you step on it too.
Nap time once again.
