Galway!

So Galway was amazing! I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was a lot of firsts and I learned a lot of does and don'ts.

Don't...

Book a trip for three nights if you have nothing planned for the fourth day.

Agree to share a Hostel room if ever given the chance to get out of it.

Fall asleep with your phone on your bed when it is your alarm clock and kick it off in the middle of the night.

Eat a full Irish breakfast.

Try to look out of a moving bus on Irish streets when you know you are prone to motion sickness.

Do...

Plan ahead but not to much.

Take every random opportunity given to you.

Go to pubs called Fibber Magee's!!

Pay for tours that may seem slightly interesting and turn out amazing!!

Eat fish and chips.

We spent the last four days in Galway and every second of it was an adventure. It started with the bus ride there. I have, my entire live been prone to motion sickness but it is never consistent and I can't always figure out the trigger. I have found out that all Irish roads will give me motion sickness, all I can say is at least they are consistent! In one weekend I have gone from not really being able to fall asleep in public places especially public transportation to literally every time I was on a bus I was passed out.

Then we got there and found our hostel, which was my first ever! It was a little place called Nimmo's and we had picked it because it was super cheap and the only one open for all the nights we wanted to be there. We got there and a little old man checked us in, showed us around, and gave us a key to our room because we were going to have it to ourselves the whole time. Then we went out to find food, drinking, and dancing (in that order). We found amazing gourmet sandwiches and all stuffed our faces. Then we went to a pub called The King's Head and it had live music that was so much fun! Later we found Fibber Magee's which I really just like because of the name!

The next day after the unfortunate incident of kicking my phone, aka my alarm clock, off my bed in my sleep we didn't wake up until 9:30. We then called around and found a tour to the Cliffs a Moher that went through the Burren and had a castle! The trip out to the cliffs was the worst motion sickness I had all weekend and thank goodness my passing out technique worked! We saw lots of rocks which is basically all the Burren is(they're very pretty rocks), and then we got to the cliffs! I have never seen a more breathe taking view! It was beautiful and a wonderfully religious experience, I don't believe you can look at that and question the fact that God exists! We were only there for a little over an hour but I could have spent the entire day looking at that masterpiece!

Next we went along the coast line and everything was beautiful, then we got to the castle! I have a slight obsession with castles I am not quite sure why but I except it and move on. We couldn't go inside because they were having a banquet and didn't want visitors but I got to walk around the grounds and take some beautiful pictures!

Then that night was my roommate Claire's 21st birthday so of course we had to have a toast at midnight! We went back to Fibber Magee's and the whole place recognized our truly American nature as we made a spectacle of ourselves cheering in Claire's big birthday. That night we ended up at a club called Coyote, when I walked in I went up to Andrew and said, "We're home." The place had American flags everywhere and some longhorn heads on the walls, they also had a mechanical bull. I got to line dance, enough said.

The next day we took a bus and ferry out to the Aran Islands specifically the island of Inis Moher. We didn't really have a plan when we got there so when a man offered us a tour for only 8 euro each we took him up on it, and it was the best thing we did all weekend! He took us up to the oldest fort on the Island and I had no idea what we were getting ourselves into! When you looked at it it just looked like a pile of rocks and then you saw the coast line! I can't tell you which was prettier the Cliffs of Moher or these cliff that I don't even know the names of but again an amazing experience!

The whole weekend was just amazing and I feel truly blessed to be able to go on trips like this! I am lucky to have the roommates I got and so glad I have Andrew McGlothen with me!!