Friday, August 17 – Galway with Emily

So, we slept super late, woohoo! And then went to this lovely tea shop called Griffins for a HUGE breakfast/lunch combo and lots and lots of tea (because coffee in Ireland is terrible)

Then we wandered around the Latin Quarter, which could also be known as the “Quaint Quarter” or the “Tourist-pleasing District”. Its unpaved, pretty much car-free, lots of buskers, pretty awesome minus the seas of tourists.

And then we went shopping – Emily ended up with an awesome new shirt and I ended up with a new hat (!) and skirt.

We took a walk down to the water and waded into the strangely unsalty and warm other side of the Atlantic Ocean (wheeeee! Now I’ve waded in both sides of the “pond”)

(also, check out Emily’s new shirt!) We then went back to Griffins for afternoon tea, like any proper Irish person.

Then, we busked for a little bit, just for the heck of it and earned about 3ish euros (woot).

We ended the night having pub food and listening to super-amazing Irish music in the King’s Head, which is apparently a famous bar. (well, actually, we took a walk afterwards, I also met some French people at the hostel, but, you know “end” can mean a lot of things) Anyways, these are the fancy chairs we sat across from.