Giants Causeway, NI coastline and Galway
Hello from Galway!
For the last few days i've traveled from dublin, west to county Sligo then north along the coast curving around eventually to the Giants Causeway which is in North East Ireland. I saw so much beautiful countryside, rolling hills, mountains, oceans calm and rough, and drove out onto a few peninsulas. Giant's Causeway and Fair Head were the best so far. Giants Causeway is a set of huge cliffs which interesting rock formations. From there you can see Fair Head to the east. This is another massive cliff which i hiked to the top of and peered over the edge. The hike was through farm land with only tiny trails to guide your way and nothing on the cliff to stop you from failing off. Wait till you see pictures. The east coast of northern ireland was also very beautiful, extremely rugged seas and some forests. I drove all the way down to belfast and was going to spend a few hours but parking was problematic so i drove diaganol west back to Sligo and stayed in the same hostel as a few days ago.. luckily i left some food there by mistake and it hadn't been thrown out, so i had free dinner that night after a long drive. Right now i'm in Galway city. Very nice place, small, nice square in the middle and some wonderful looking pubs. I watched a women playing a traditional irish instrumental that looked like a cross between a bag pipe and accordian. Tonight i'm going to "The Crane" which is supposed to have the best jam session for trad. music in galway. Tomorrow i may go to the Aran Islands and then head south to The Burren area, to Doolin because i've been told by numerous people that they have _the best_ music in all of ireland in the pubs there. If i don't get stuck there, then south to county clare and kerry (yes, cliffs of moher, dingle, et al). So far i've only had 1 traditional irish meal, breakfast. What a heartattack. 1 egg, 6 pieces of toast, 2 sausages, 2 _slabs_ of bacon, 3 or 4 pieces of some type of sweet bread, beans, a grilled tomato, half dozen whole mushrooms. i didn't eat lunch or dinner. really. Sometime soon, i'll have some "pub grub"...
For the last few days i've traveled from dublin, west to county Sligo then north along the coast curving around eventually to the Giants Causeway which is in North East Ireland. I saw so much beautiful countryside, rolling hills, mountains, oceans calm and rough, and drove out onto a few peninsulas. Giant's Causeway and Fair Head were the best so far. Giants Causeway is a set of huge cliffs which interesting rock formations. From there you can see Fair Head to the east. This is another massive cliff which i hiked to the top of and peered over the edge. The hike was through farm land with only tiny trails to guide your way and nothing on the cliff to stop you from failing off. Wait till you see pictures. The east coast of northern ireland was also very beautiful, extremely rugged seas and some forests. I drove all the way down to belfast and was going to spend a few hours but parking was problematic so i drove diaganol west back to Sligo and stayed in the same hostel as a few days ago.. luckily i left some food there by mistake and it hadn't been thrown out, so i had free dinner that night after a long drive. Right now i'm in Galway city. Very nice place, small, nice square in the middle and some wonderful looking pubs. I watched a women playing a traditional irish instrumental that looked like a cross between a bag pipe and accordian. Tonight i'm going to "The Crane" which is supposed to have the best jam session for trad. music in galway. Tomorrow i may go to the Aran Islands and then head south to The Burren area, to Doolin because i've been told by numerous people that they have _the best_ music in all of ireland in the pubs there. If i don't get stuck there, then south to county clare and kerry (yes, cliffs of moher, dingle, et al). So far i've only had 1 traditional irish meal, breakfast. What a heartattack. 1 egg, 6 pieces of toast, 2 sausages, 2 _slabs_ of bacon, 3 or 4 pieces of some type of sweet bread, beans, a grilled tomato, half dozen whole mushrooms. i didn't eat lunch or dinner. really. Sometime soon, i'll have some "pub grub"...
posted by newt at 10:40 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Jon, the pics are great, can't wait to see all the rest when you get home,which should be soon...This trip sounds like it has been WONDERFUL.. and to evelyn, i would like to see bodyworks very soon...i will be in touch. have a safe trip home jon.
love,aunt mary
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