Galway & Kinvara

This was our first Irish breakfast. They had infused water which they called vitality water (I love infused water so I thought it was great)!  We both tried black pudding for our first time and poor Brian was burping it for the next two hours on our drive to Galway. We have found that the Irish speak realllly fast and we have to pay close attention to understand what they are saying. Also they don’t ever bring the bill when you are done eating. We always have to ask for it.

We decided to drive across the island to catch the sunshine while it lasted in Galway. We got there just a little too late to do any walking tours, so we found a bus tour that showed us the university and sites around Galway. The Spanish arches, architecture details, where the president of Ireland lives, the Galway lighthouse, Galway Bay. Then we ate at Kai. I got a fish salad and Brian got the fish fingers. We both thought it was just okay. There was a lot of fun musical groups playing around the city and it felt like a fun college town to me. We also saw quite a few young families which made me miss the girls!

We went to the Galway cathedral which happened to be where we parked for the day. We spent quite a bit of time in there taking in all of the pretty stained glass. Then we rushed to see the castle before it closed.

 
We made it to the castle ten minutes before the last group was let in. It was breathtaking! We could smell them cooking the dinner for the feast that night. Found the perfect bed and breakfast and ate seafood chowder at the The Pier Head. Called the girls and Bree told us she missed us a lot, Emmy didn’t want to talk to us and Sadie just wanted to make faces into the face time chat.  

The guy running the bed and breakfast recommended us driving to the Flaggy Shore so that is what we did to finish off the day.