Wednesday evening getting packed up in Dublin and preparing to leave early in the morning for Birmingham.
Our final 2 days were spent touring around the Irish countryside. On Tuesday, we got an early bus to Galway on the West coast. It took around 3.5 hours to get there and when we arrived it seemed like the town was all under construction. After a walk around town visiting some of the old buildings including an impressive cathedral and a very non-descript house that was Nora Barnacle's (James Joyce's wife), it was lunch time. A great lunch on the riverfront consisting of baguette, Shropshire Blue and Conte cheeses with sundried tomatoes bought at the local cheesemonger in town. Very tasty I must say.
From here, we walked down to Salthill, which is the beachfront area. After an early morning we relaxed on our first beach until the rains started. Back into town to one of the cool pubs all in a row on the pedestrian road, for what has become rather traditional. But it was Murphy's Irish Stout this time!!! The bus ride home was uneventful except for when it was stopped for a flock of sheep being herded along the road. Typically Irish!
On Tuesday we were off to Newgrange.
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