Introduction

Welcome!
Andrew and I have just returned from our trip to Galway, Ireland. Initially, I thought it would be fun to live blog but I just can't leave it at that. I have more pictures and AV clips that I didn't have time to sort and upload. So I'll be tinkering away at paring down some of the wordiness of my posts and posting more photos and captions.

If you want to just skip straight to the pictures, the album is on Picasweb. Click here.



Your Questions
Since we've been back, people have asked us the same basic questions and I can address those here in the intro--

Q: Did you have fun?
A: Fun and more. This was an amazing trip. Wish we could have stayed longer.

Q: Did you drink a lot?
A: Not as much as I thought we would. Wine, beer, and whiskey. Turns out that I drink these much more slowly than vodka, which I didn't touch during this trip.

Q: Did you go to Dublin?
A: No, and barely thought about it. We did a couple of day trips as recommended, but didn't push ourselves to do anything but relax. i.e. walking, talking, eating, drinking, laughing, sleeping.

Q: Did you like the food?
A: Best fresh local ingredients + people that know how to cook = OMG.

Daily Activities
Day 1: Breakfast at Mother Hubbard's, Lunch at The Kitchen, Dinner at Martine's, Drinks at Tigh Neachtain
Day 2: Breakfast at Kai, Galway Museum, Dinner at Ard Bia @ Nimmo's
Day 3: Macnas Tour, La Salsa for Lunch, Tigh Neachtain's (again), McDonaugh's for fish n chips
Day 4: Waterfront to Eyre Square, Supermac's, Wilde's Bar, Crane Bar
Day 5: Aillwee Cave, Portal tomb and stone fort at the Burren, Brad Pitt Light Orchestra, Wilde's (again)
Day 6: Sleep in, Dinner with Andrew's cousins
Day 7: Roundstone, Lunch at O'Dowd's, Clifden, Sky Road, Dinner at Trattoria


And if you're from Galway, please let me know if I have any details wrong. I'm happy to edit.

Cheers!