Galway and beyond - Ireland
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Posted by Gabriela on Sunday, 15 of June , 2008 at 11:03 pm
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Another late morning start. The irish breakfast was wonderful as usual, but our host seemed quite confused: my friend received another name, and more surprising is that she did not know what was the capital of Romania. And even if she was offered the opportunity to visit Romania for a wedding, she decided on Portugal instead.
We had a walk through downtown Galway and enjoyed some interesting, or better said amazing futuristic art work. In about 10-15 minutes we saw a masterpiece being created with graffiti sprays and few pieces of old paper. You can see the result here…as I said…amazing…
Also here, after the usual entry in a bookstore, I managed to buy two heavy books, which are helping me prepare for a life of adventures: “1001 historic places to see before I die” and “1001 nature wonders to see before I die”.
This day initially was planned as a light one, but we managed to make it quite busy. First we decided to go to the Twain Island, near Oranmore, but after a lot of wrong turns we left towards Athenry. Here we visited the Priory, the Castle and the Cathedral.
By this time I noticed that Ireland has very poor and confusing road signs.
We then headed to Poulnabrone megalithic tomb, but of course with other stops on the way. The Dunguire and Newton Castles filled our historic view of Ireland and its heritage.
At Poulnabrone I was shocked and outraged to see some tourists climb up on it for some photos, regardless of the signs saying not to. We roamed around a bit more through the Burren until we decided we were hungry enough.
We had dinner at Logues Lodge in Ballyvaughn, which I can definitely say it is a charming place with good food and value.
After the wonderful dinner, we watched the sunset going down over the land and the old church in Ballyvaughn.
Category: More Personal Stuff, Trip to Ireland, Uncategorized
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