This morning at 6:45 we all woke up and left for Galway :-). We first had to walk to Letterfrack to catch the bus to Galway. On our way to to Letterfrack, a school bus stopped and gave us a lift into town. When we got on the bus, the students all were making fun of our accents and then as we all were leaving the bus, a few of the students flicked us off! I don't know what we did to them, but they thought it would be funny to taunt us.
The bus to Galway takes about 2 - 2 1/2 hours and the scenery is amazing! Once we arrived in Galway, we left the bus station and went to the Vodafone store where I purchased my first Irish cellphone. From there, we went into the mall and went to Penny's and shopped for a while. After a mini shopping spree, we met up with a few others on the trip and stopped for soup and brown bread at a fair trade store. After lunch, I went and checked into the hotel we had booked for the night, but not before getting very lost on my way there. After checking into the hotel, I met back up with the group and we walked around and shopped for a little bit longer. I love the city of Galway, the streets are so colorful and filled with cute shop after cute shop. I purchased a long-sleeve Ireland rugby shirt for only 9 euro. There were seven of us in the group and somehow four of us split up from the other three and did not know where they went. So, for about an hour and a half, the four of us searched the streets of Galway looking for them. I am now very comfortable with Galway and know how to get around now. We then went back to the hotel and all changed for dinner. Two of the girls on our trip were not feeling well and stayed back in the hotel room. Five of us went out to dinner at Fat Freddy's for dinner. We had pizza for the first time since we arrived in Ireland. After dinner we found an cute ice cream shop where you ordered on the first floor and then walked upstairs to eat. From the second floor you could see the streets of Galway. We then went to the King's Head pub in Galway for the remainder of the night. I was carded walking into the pub and then had to rummage through my purse trying to figure out which ID to give the bouncer. When we asked which ID to give him, he laughed and was joking with us saying that as long as all the ID's were of us and had the same birthday it did not matter. Once we got into the pub we sat down at a table and waited for the live music to start. I was able to meet up with my friend from Dayton and it was so surreal to be in a pub in Ireland with my friend from Dayton, OH! We stayed at the pub until about midnight and then called it a night.
Galway was so much fun, even though we were only there for a day. I cannot wait to go back soon.
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