Galway Day #2

10/27/07

Today we didn’t do much. In the morning, we had to drop of the car. We bought a city map last night so that we could find our way around Galway. Unfortunately, there aren’t many street signs in the city, so the map didn’t really help us! Thankfully, we stopped to ask for directions and this nice man helped us find the car rental place. God is watching out for us!

The rest of the day, we just hung out at the hotel bar and read and relaxed. We walked around some, and ate of course, but we are kind of over trying to find food that is good but not super expensive. We can’t wait to have a kitchen in Australia so we can make simple food for much cheaper and more easily. Eating out gets old.

Tonight, we hung out in the room and played cards (War) for a while, and then we tried to go out to the bars, but it was so incredibly packed because of the holiday weekend. We went into the least packed bar, and a band was playing, but they were playing American songs, not traditional Irish songs, and it was so loud and crowded. So we didn’t stay long.

We ended up going back to the hotel bar since it wasn’t very crowded, and we met a couple named Paul and Ingrid. Paul is from the east coast of Ireland (I never got the name of the town) and Ingrid is from Lithuania. They met in Ireland several years ago and have had a long distance relationship ever since, only seeing each other twice a year! Crazy! They were both very nice, so the night ended well, but apparently we got pretty drunk somehow. I don’t remember drinking that much.