Riptide

The last few days have been a bit of a whirlwind. We had a night out on the town in Dingle, a morning of shopping and an afternoon on horseback.  We had a couple more drinks before we went to bed. We missed our bus in Dingle due to a schedule change and had a fast taxi ride to Tralee instead. In my defense I've come down with a cold.

We got into Galway early Thursday evening. We wandered around the town and ate dinner by the water. The next morning we took a tour to see the Cliffs of Moher, Ailwee Caves, and the Burren. We had a great but the weather was uncooperative and we could just barely make out the cliffs. After a picnic dinner at the hostel, we wandered the town in search of music. Neither of us really wanted to drink so we ended up going into a tea shop that had about thirty different kinds of tea. The tea shop was actually/also a hookah bar. The tea was good and we enjoyed the calm atmosphere. This morning we went to the largest of the Aran Islands, Inishmor. It's really awesome. there are only about 700 residents. It also has a several thousand year old fort on it. The fort is interesting because the fourth side is just the edge of a cliff. The cliff has no fence so you can go right up to the edge. It was thrilling.