Galway - the Wellington of Ireland
Monday, 10 September 2007
Our first adventure out of Dublin into another part of Ireland was Galway, you could say it’s the culture capital of Ireland. We trained it into Galway, got picked up by the charming Dominic and had a beer while waiting for the lovely Victoria to arrive home. We had an absolute blast, and we’ve made a wee list to illustrate why:
Things we liked about Galway:
- The old town feel – cobbled stone streets, medieval looking buildings, dark pubs and restaurants, a very homely and pretty city.
- The fresh food market - looked and smelt amazing
- The mini-putt - especially Em who took out the win and the prizes
- The temporary fun fair – great timing, the mighty mouse roller coaster is worth a mention, the log ride (always good fun getting drenched), the dodgem cars, and of course the mechanical bull (the question in debate – who stayed on the longest???)
- The street performers - true quality, much better than those in Grafton St (Dublin)
- The town square - you really can’t beat a peaceful town square, although it’s not as peaceful in the early hours of the morning when people are doing nudie runs though it (won’t mention any names Dom!)
- The pubs – good booze combined with good company
- The windmill Italian restaurant – great pasta (only cross against the restaurant is they didn’t put us in the requested windmill table!)
- The dance off – Tor really curved up the dance floor
- The café we searched and searched for to find eggs bene - delicious and coincidentally run by kiwi’s
- Supermacs?? (Galway’s version of gourmet McDonalds) – Hmmm still think Eddie Rockets beats Supermacs, though the crowd lined outside for burgers early Sun morning, looked like they disagreed!
- Catching up with Tor and Dom and meeting their new friends - good times, yes that’s right good times people : )
Things we didn’t like:
- Having to go home back to the big smoke. We miss you Galway! Don’t worry . . . we’ll be back.
Labels: Travel
posted by Tim @ 4:55 pm,
