Galway, Ashford Castle, Connemara and Moher - 18th and 19th May

 Hi all

We have had a busy few days in and around the beautiful West Ireland city of Galway - the best of Ireland for us so far.

Yesterday we had a couple of hours to walk around the town before lunch, with a cathedral and monastery just a few minutes from our apartment.



The town is very quaint with many interesting nooks and crannies, with some buildings going back to the Spanish days of 14th






After a stop for coffee we headed off north of Galway for our special treat, a lunch in the Drawing Room of the Ashford Castle.




A very memorable occasion, and Norm didn’t even complain when the bubbles were 36 Euro a glass!

After lunch we took the long road back around the Connemara loop road, part of the wild Atlantic way, through the lovely village of Clifden, amongst others.





Today we ventured south of Galway towards the famous Cliffs of Moher, again using the Wild Atlantic Way. The weather did us no favours as it was pelting down most of the day, anyway we preserved.


Great castle shot out of the car window by Holly at 60 KPH!



We took a one hour boat trip from Doolin Harbour along the bottom of the Cliffs - safe to say it was underwhelming- blowing a gale, the waves were breaking over the boat, some passengers were being sick just as we left the harbour and the visibility did not do the cliffs justice. The photo below is to prove we did make the attempt. 


On our safe return from the sea we had a pub lunch in the pretty, small town of Doolin - very welcome!


We made it back to Galway in good shape, ready for our last night in this great town.

More tomorrow, as we head north, all our love Norm, Felicity and Holly. ❤️🍷🧳




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