Galway Weekend, Part II

Before we get back to the trip, the volleyball team played its first game today against Cork IT. We won in three games and had delicious sandwiches afterward :)

Saturday's weather was really nice, so it was a shame we had to spend seven on buses. There's no direct route from Wexford to Galway, so we had to connect through Dublin. Once we arrived, we were pretty hungry (it was about ten or twelve hours since we had breakfast.) We found a restaurant called Fat Freddy's, which turned out to be a nice Mexican / Italian place. Seriously. They served enchiladas with garlic bread. I would describe their Mexican-Italian mascot as a horribly offensive stereotyped charicture, if such a stereotype did exist. I ordered a Mexicano pizza (which was delicious). I don't remember what Arlette had.

After dinner, we almost immediately ran into some classmates of Arlette who happened to take the trip as well. We found a nice Irish pub and spent the night drinking in front of another trad band (you can't shake a stick without finding a pub with a trad band.) Don't worry, Mom - these guys were seminarians. We sat down next to an Irish kayaking / mountain climbing instructor and his English girlfriend. We were instant friends.


(From right to left: Me, Arlette, and my future ticket into heaven.)


The five of us from Maynooth.


Good craic that night. The next day, I left for a day tour towards the Cliffs of Moher. We stopped on the way there and back at random places, such as this castle.





We were mostly driving along the coast (in the Burrens), so there were plenty of good views of the ocean.

The Burrens comes from a Gaelic word meaning "place of rocks." I had at least twenty pictures of rocks, hills with rocks, cows amoungst rocks, etc. A few hours later, we arrived at the cliffs. They were awe-inspiring.

Of course, it starts raining right when we arrive. Hurray for Irish weather.

They had signs helpfully informing people not to jump off posted every fifty feet.

If you look closely at the top of the cliffs in this picture, you can make out tiny people. Just to give you a sense of scale.

My travelling companions for the day: Laure, Samia, and Muhammad. Note the wind.

After the cliffs, we stopped by to see a dolmen (actually, the first picture in the article) and a cave. They were not impressive. After the tour came back, we took the bus back to Maynooth. I was quite exhausted by the whole weekend and promptly fell asleep.