My Trip to Galway!!
Okay this shall be very detailed until i get bored...so here goes....
Day One: Tuesday
It all started in my house when me and Quinnie decided to watch Hercules (our excuse was i have to for college) so the great plan to meet Christian at 12 at steven's green went ever so slightly out the window. Come half 1, i finally meet him there with my lil green bag packed up tight with clothes. So off we hop into a taxi to Heusten Station and board the half2 train to Galway (yay). To be honest up until we were actually sitting on the train with our tickets in one hand and my loaf of brown bread and sliced cheese (for the journey) in the other i honestly didn't believe we'd be going.
Random sighting of Dee occured who was heading off for a couple of days of what would have been drunken debauchery with her med crew if on the wednesday she hadn't come down with Chickenpox and had to head home.
So there we were on the train, terribly overexcited and giddy using a map on packet of irish playing cards as our guide (the ridiculously sized sheep which took up most of Tipperary was obviously a very important landmark) Christian was hilarious when he was trying to say all the Irish names (Ballinasloe was one!)
So three hours later we arrived and get off the train and look across the road from the station and spy a hostel so decided that'l do and went over and got a room...sorted...cos we're not the best of organised people we hadn't actually arranged our accomadation beforehand.
So we went to Fat Freddys (pizzeria) where i used to go when i was a kid (aww) for dinner, twas yummy! Then we wandered around, first to the river (so pretty at night!) and then did a wee pub crawl. Was so much fun hearing irish spoken in the pub and apparently the Guinness tasted better. I stuck to my cider and corona. Safe combination. We saw a Trad Irish band in a pub called Taaffes which was pretty funky. First time Christian ever heard Whiskey in a Jar!! Shocking stuff i know!!
Then we went onto this dodgy pub called Murty Rabbits which was just weird!! Was mostly deserted and the barman told us that Murty had died two weeks beforehand so that was a cheering thought! Then this irish guy started calling me Cabbage and accused me from being from Wicklow which was very odd indeed, nearly as odd as the German man who kept repeating he was from Dusseldorf.
So we left and got a bottle of wine (big mistake) and went back to our hostel. We were already pretty drunken at this point and that wine just did not help. So at some point we KOed and slept and woke up insanely thirsty and drank like a pint of tap water (two days later it turns out there's something wrong with it so you can't drink it...Ooops!!)
Day Two-Wednesday
So at this stage we're both verrrrry hungover and feeling rotten so we eventually dragged ourselves from bed and washed and headed off to meet Maria (friend from College who lives in Athenry) for breakfast. Which was yummy soup with chips! mmm.... We booked our bus/boat/hostel for 32euro on Innismor and then Maria gave us a tour of the Spanish Arch (wasn't very spanishy looking) and then of Nuig which i'd already seen but still love. Omg their student bar is ridiculous!!! It's more clubby looking then Tripod ffs!!! It's seriously unreally amazing and makes the Pav look well shit to be honest. Didn't bump into Sine or Jenny *clicks fingers* damn...lol.
So we went for lunch then and after what should appear in the mainstreet but the Tennesse Marching Band making an insane amount of noise...so we just follow them up to Eyre Square where they played some hilarious music....was so funky!!!
Then off we went to Innis Mor. The busride was pretty uneventful, we just slept. The boatride however was hilarious. I nearly died of laughter. It was really choppy up ontop so naturally we go and get cups of boiling tea and go up there with them. Christian takes mine off me and for reasons unknown decides to place both teas on a box....naturally both go flying ever as does Christian so yeah i was hysterical at him for quite a while. Which is a perfectly natural reaction...god that boy has NO balence!
So we arrive and check into our hostel, hadn't been in a bunkbed in quite a while! haha. I was a bit apprehensive about sharing the room though with these two men who i hadn't met but it was grand. Weird thing was, one of the guys had left the book he was reading on his bed and it was the same one Christian was reading as well....Cosmic!!
So we go running around in the dark completly the wrong way for ages trying to find a very elusive restaurant for some much needed food. Andrew Gaw with his usual sense of amazing time called me and confirmed the fact there isn't any street lighting on the island which we had actually copped onto. Eijit. In the end we did find it thankgod, after we had walked past it and gone on like a mile and i hid on a rock and scared the poor boy...haha. Food was damn good though. We went to a quaint lil pub next to our hostel for a drink but only one cos we were still recovering and then headed over to the Tv room where we watched Big Fish with this lovely American woman who was in love and widowed and generally gave us her lifestory...was sweet though. Then we attempted to watch the Matrix but were so tired we just went and slept.
Day Three-Thursday
So we got up and decided to rent some bikes and explore the island. So we cycled the length of the innis mor, the day was positively glorious, clear blue skies and sunshine!!! was AMAZING!!! made me so happy. there were lil cows and horsies and we saw the sweetest foal and it was all YAY!!!
We cycled to the same restaurant for breakfast which was nice. The waitor was insane though. He filmed his burger and was taking about it in polish on camera.....was actually the oddest thing i've seen in the longest time.
We headed over to Dun Aongus, which was breathtakingly indescrible. We basked on a rock in this random stone remains of a house with an incredible view. The whole experience was amazing. We took the sea-route back to the harbour to catch the boat back to Galway and just about resisted the urge to go swimming cos there wasn't time.
Back to Galway we went and at this point i was getting slightly fed up of slumming it when we could avoid it so we checked into a nice hotel so i could have a bath and wash my hair properly ( i actually have a insane paranoia and obsession about my hair but i think it's understandable really) so that was quite frankly like such an amazing bath except my dad rang during it so i got such a fright when christian came banging at the door with my phone.
Then we went for more food and then rested (at this point we were comparing ourselves to middle-aged people which was kinda true lol) and then we went to a pub and then on a hilarious topsecret mission around galway. Was just hilarious! We didn't go out clubbing due to insane tiredness and maria didn't come out so :( ah well sure there'll be other times!
Day Four- Today
At this point in time i'm fed up of writing and if someone is still reading (god help you) you'll just have to without all the details at this point in our voyage. We got lunch and caught the train back and then had dinner and now im home happy in my pj's with my fridge. Christian is back in halls with his beloved bass so all is right with the world.
Conclusion.
Amazing holiday, can't remember being so unbelievably happy and content and chilled out for so long. Was actually perfect. We were so lucky in every sense of the word. The weather was amazing. The company was just wonderful and i actually had the best laugh in the world and im so happy we ended up going. It's weird not turning around and not seeing him next to me now telling me that he's tired or something. We get on so well and i know interrailing is going to be a total blast!!!!!!
Paddys day tomorrow, not sure what im doing for it, thinking outdoor ceili yoke. Hard to say right now.
In other news, i have pins and needles!
xxx
Day One: Tuesday
It all started in my house when me and Quinnie decided to watch Hercules (our excuse was i have to for college) so the great plan to meet Christian at 12 at steven's green went ever so slightly out the window. Come half 1, i finally meet him there with my lil green bag packed up tight with clothes. So off we hop into a taxi to Heusten Station and board the half2 train to Galway (yay). To be honest up until we were actually sitting on the train with our tickets in one hand and my loaf of brown bread and sliced cheese (for the journey) in the other i honestly didn't believe we'd be going.
Random sighting of Dee occured who was heading off for a couple of days of what would have been drunken debauchery with her med crew if on the wednesday she hadn't come down with Chickenpox and had to head home.
So there we were on the train, terribly overexcited and giddy using a map on packet of irish playing cards as our guide (the ridiculously sized sheep which took up most of Tipperary was obviously a very important landmark) Christian was hilarious when he was trying to say all the Irish names (Ballinasloe was one!)
So three hours later we arrived and get off the train and look across the road from the station and spy a hostel so decided that'l do and went over and got a room...sorted...cos we're not the best of organised people we hadn't actually arranged our accomadation beforehand.
So we went to Fat Freddys (pizzeria) where i used to go when i was a kid (aww) for dinner, twas yummy! Then we wandered around, first to the river (so pretty at night!) and then did a wee pub crawl. Was so much fun hearing irish spoken in the pub and apparently the Guinness tasted better. I stuck to my cider and corona. Safe combination. We saw a Trad Irish band in a pub called Taaffes which was pretty funky. First time Christian ever heard Whiskey in a Jar!! Shocking stuff i know!!
Then we went onto this dodgy pub called Murty Rabbits which was just weird!! Was mostly deserted and the barman told us that Murty had died two weeks beforehand so that was a cheering thought! Then this irish guy started calling me Cabbage and accused me from being from Wicklow which was very odd indeed, nearly as odd as the German man who kept repeating he was from Dusseldorf.
So we left and got a bottle of wine (big mistake) and went back to our hostel. We were already pretty drunken at this point and that wine just did not help. So at some point we KOed and slept and woke up insanely thirsty and drank like a pint of tap water (two days later it turns out there's something wrong with it so you can't drink it...Ooops!!)
Day Two-Wednesday
So at this stage we're both verrrrry hungover and feeling rotten so we eventually dragged ourselves from bed and washed and headed off to meet Maria (friend from College who lives in Athenry) for breakfast. Which was yummy soup with chips! mmm.... We booked our bus/boat/hostel for 32euro on Innismor and then Maria gave us a tour of the Spanish Arch (wasn't very spanishy looking) and then of Nuig which i'd already seen but still love. Omg their student bar is ridiculous!!! It's more clubby looking then Tripod ffs!!! It's seriously unreally amazing and makes the Pav look well shit to be honest. Didn't bump into Sine or Jenny *clicks fingers* damn...lol.
So we went for lunch then and after what should appear in the mainstreet but the Tennesse Marching Band making an insane amount of noise...so we just follow them up to Eyre Square where they played some hilarious music....was so funky!!!
Then off we went to Innis Mor. The busride was pretty uneventful, we just slept. The boatride however was hilarious. I nearly died of laughter. It was really choppy up ontop so naturally we go and get cups of boiling tea and go up there with them. Christian takes mine off me and for reasons unknown decides to place both teas on a box....naturally both go flying ever as does Christian so yeah i was hysterical at him for quite a while. Which is a perfectly natural reaction...god that boy has NO balence!
So we arrive and check into our hostel, hadn't been in a bunkbed in quite a while! haha. I was a bit apprehensive about sharing the room though with these two men who i hadn't met but it was grand. Weird thing was, one of the guys had left the book he was reading on his bed and it was the same one Christian was reading as well....Cosmic!!
So we go running around in the dark completly the wrong way for ages trying to find a very elusive restaurant for some much needed food. Andrew Gaw with his usual sense of amazing time called me and confirmed the fact there isn't any street lighting on the island which we had actually copped onto. Eijit. In the end we did find it thankgod, after we had walked past it and gone on like a mile and i hid on a rock and scared the poor boy...haha. Food was damn good though. We went to a quaint lil pub next to our hostel for a drink but only one cos we were still recovering and then headed over to the Tv room where we watched Big Fish with this lovely American woman who was in love and widowed and generally gave us her lifestory...was sweet though. Then we attempted to watch the Matrix but were so tired we just went and slept.
Day Three-Thursday
So we got up and decided to rent some bikes and explore the island. So we cycled the length of the innis mor, the day was positively glorious, clear blue skies and sunshine!!! was AMAZING!!! made me so happy. there were lil cows and horsies and we saw the sweetest foal and it was all YAY!!!
We cycled to the same restaurant for breakfast which was nice. The waitor was insane though. He filmed his burger and was taking about it in polish on camera.....was actually the oddest thing i've seen in the longest time.
We headed over to Dun Aongus, which was breathtakingly indescrible. We basked on a rock in this random stone remains of a house with an incredible view. The whole experience was amazing. We took the sea-route back to the harbour to catch the boat back to Galway and just about resisted the urge to go swimming cos there wasn't time.
Back to Galway we went and at this point i was getting slightly fed up of slumming it when we could avoid it so we checked into a nice hotel so i could have a bath and wash my hair properly ( i actually have a insane paranoia and obsession about my hair but i think it's understandable really) so that was quite frankly like such an amazing bath except my dad rang during it so i got such a fright when christian came banging at the door with my phone.
Then we went for more food and then rested (at this point we were comparing ourselves to middle-aged people which was kinda true lol) and then we went to a pub and then on a hilarious topsecret mission around galway. Was just hilarious! We didn't go out clubbing due to insane tiredness and maria didn't come out so :( ah well sure there'll be other times!
Day Four- Today
At this point in time i'm fed up of writing and if someone is still reading (god help you) you'll just have to without all the details at this point in our voyage. We got lunch and caught the train back and then had dinner and now im home happy in my pj's with my fridge. Christian is back in halls with his beloved bass so all is right with the world.
Conclusion.
Amazing holiday, can't remember being so unbelievably happy and content and chilled out for so long. Was actually perfect. We were so lucky in every sense of the word. The weather was amazing. The company was just wonderful and i actually had the best laugh in the world and im so happy we ended up going. It's weird not turning around and not seeing him next to me now telling me that he's tired or something. We get on so well and i know interrailing is going to be a total blast!!!!!!
Paddys day tomorrow, not sure what im doing for it, thinking outdoor ceili yoke. Hard to say right now.
In other news, i have pins and needles!
xxx