Foam Party/Galway

The foam party was last Wednesday, and it was way overrated. It was in a bigger area, but still outside, so it was freezing cold. Some of us left early. It would be way more fun if it was inside in a warmer climate!

But enough complaining, this weekend I went to Galway with Kels, Moira, Kiersten, and Greg. We left early Saturday morning, but Kels and I missed the first bus and had no idea where we were going at first. Luckily, we figured it out and hopped on the next bus and made it to Galway around half 12 (12:30). Galway is an amazing city on the coast that has beautiful views. We walked around in and out of some small shops, got coffee at a delicious place called Elle's, walked down the coast and down a path to a lighthouse. Unfortunately the lighthouse was closed, but the views were still amazing. We checked out the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, which is huge, and very peaceful. A lot of walking and just looking around, which is exactly what I wanted to do. We went to the square and listened to some authentic music; one of the guys in the band played the guitar, irish bagpipe, some sort of flute, and a banjo. We then checked into our hostel which was located right in the middle of the walking areas, and went out on the town. We explored a couple different pubs and were led into some sketchy bar where they were offering us free shots if we came with them? We went there, but the atmosphere was lame and too American, so we went to The King's Head, which I apparently have already been to with my family. Crazy!

Sunday we woke up and got some breakfast at Elle's again; I would highly recommend going there for their breakfast. Strawberry hot chocolate is a MUST! It has real strawberries in it. We went to a market where me and Kels bought four friendship bracelets for the two other Minnesotans that weren't able to make the trip. The weather was as expected, on and off rain all day. I honestly don't mind it as of right now, but I may have a different opinion in three months. 

Exhausted, we found our way to the bus station and headed back to Limerick. Some crazy guy on the bus was screaming at his child because he was crying; the dad was much louder than his child was; what a dick. 

Dinner last night was over cooked rice and spiceless chicken; probably the grossest dinner thus far, but the people made the dinner better...haha cheesey. We then met up with others and started looking into planning trips outside of Ireland. I ended up booking a flight to Barcelona for October 19th this morning with Charlie and Kelly. We're urging some other people to join, but we just wanted to book it before it gets too expensive. 

That's all for now! Below are some pictures from Galway; check out my Facebook for all the pics.

Slán!