Galway, Cliffs of Moher and Clifden.

On our first day in Galway, we spent the morning seeing the sights and what Galway has to offer.

We did an easy stroll into the centre of the city, saw the Spanish arch, the docks, Latin area and visited the local market. Galway is actually the home of the Claddagh story/ring.

The Main Street in Galway, The Claddagh jewellery store is quite famous.

Beautifully decorated and well maintained shop fronts.

The Claddagh ring symbol on the jewellery shop. The Claddagh ring is symbolic to Galway.

The Spanish Arch.

Galway Dock.

Window display with cups and saucers

Galway Harbour

Oscar Wilde and his brother Eduardo Wilde, photo opportunity 

Could not resist getting this photo at sunset. Galway Harbour

Another well adorned shop front.

These bikes are scattered around the main shopping streets

 We had fun at the local markets, very good produce on sale, we hunted and gathered for
.our antipasto dinner that night

Just some of the produce on sale

We had dinner at Moran’s at the Weir, it was a lovely well priced meal.

DH had the cod and salmon.

Moran’s home grown oysters

Mussels

I had the crab claws in a garlic butter, very enjoyable..

Beautiful thatched roof cottage..

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The small waterfall on the canal in Galway.

We all had a wonderful day,  then 

had a lazy afternoon after lunch, played some cards and organised our day,

 for tomorrow we drive along the Atlantic way to the Cliffs of Moher.

After our visit to the Cliffs of Moher, we had lunch at Vaughn’s, fish and chips

The puffin which is local to the Cliffs of Moher 

On our way 

we stopped at the chocolate shop.

We also explored some ruins

This carving of wood at the Cliffs of Moher 

We did a costal walk from Doolin, along the cliff coastline, we could not have asked for a better day

 The Cliffs of Moher
DH and  Alex on our costal walk.

The ruins,

The first look of The Cliffs of Moher, sun right into my camera.

O’Briens Tower on the Cliffs of Moher.

Kylemore Abbey

 The next day we drove along the Atlantic way, which goes for over 2,500 kms long. Of course we only did part of this very narrow stretch of costal road.

These religious statues are alongside of the road.

Our day was not a pleasant one due to the weather and poor visibility on the roads, we cut our day short, had lunch in Clifden, visited Kylemore  Abbey and the grounds. 

Due to the weather and the narrow bumpy roads, we all felt it was wise to admit defeat and not go 

to Westport and continue back to Galway.

The next day we left Galway to travel across country to Northern Ireland, where we will spend 3 days.

On the way we experienced sun, rain and snow, arrived safely in the afternoon and booked into our Air B &B.

Cara was enjoying the snow, by walking in it.

We stopped to have lunch and enjoy the snow, very cold. On our arrival into Belfast we also had more snow.

More adventures to follow after our time in Belfast.