After breakfast we sorted our laguage and said goodbye to Molly (the dog) and J. They were so lovely and it was hard to leave them because the stay at Hollybanks was so comfortable. 🏠
It was olny a 15 min drive to the center od Gakway and duting the drive we listened to „Galway Girl“ from Ed Sheeran which was pretty cool – to be in the city where the song comes from 🙂 ✨
We parked our car near the cathedral and Laura and I made a quick funny stop at the fitness parc. Then we walked along the river Corrib (one of the smallest rivers in Europe, only 6 km long & with the water from the biggest lake Corrib of the Republic Ireland) and read something about the city Galway and the past. This way ended at the Spanish Arch, a beautiful monument near the habour. There was also one small market where they selled pottery, tea, food, knitted and crochet things,…
Nearby was the pedestrian zone where most of the tourists were and a lot of street musicians. When you stood at one place you could probably see and hear 3 of them. 🎶 Then we found something to eat in „the Frontdoor“ PUB and enjoyed a delicious lunch with a beautiful atmosphere and environment. 🍴
Afterwards we looked around some gift shops and visited the Saint Nicolas Church and there was a medival charity event/festival inside and outside the church where they showed the old traditions for example how they made wool from the sheep ⛪. Outside was another market, but more local and specialized on food: there were cheese, milk, lots of vegetables and some fruits and bakeries too. Our last stop was the catheral from inside and that was also really impressive.
We left Galway and drove another hour to the Cliffs of Moher – probably the first thing people think about when they think about Ireland. It was very touristic and there were a lot of people but because of the big territory it was no problem. First we looked around the visitor center, learned something about the cliffs and explored them in the 4D cinema. 🎦
It was impressive standing in front of this giant cliffs and just looking at how huge amounts of water hit the stones and the ligth that shone through the clouds on the ocean. We went up a tower and got another amazing view of the landscape. 🌊
At 6:30 p.m. we drove to Clarehouse where we checked in at 8 and then had our dinner, talked and continued watching the series „the Race“.
