We got up early today and headed out of the busy college town of Galway.
I’m sure Galway had a lot to offer but we were mostly interested in what’s on the outskirts of these big cities. You can tell right away the difference between small town living and big city living. In small towns people actually say hello as you pass by on the side walk. In big cities, you barely get a glance from strangers.
All in all we were in Galway less than 24 hours and then we were off on a new adventure. My only photo I took in Galway was this one of some college kids playing what we think was a cross between hurling and water polo in kayaks.
Just a few blocks out of Galway we felt like we were back in the country again. We passed fields of sheep and cows time and time again.
Once we got deeper into the drive the scenery got more interesting.
The first big stop we made was Kylemore Castle.
We hopped out here to take a few photos, we decided not to pay the €12.50 to go inside. The photos were enough to satisfy us here.
After a few moments at Kylemore Castle we headed back out on the road and came to some more great photo ops. Our favorite was when we came upon a sheep hearder and his dog. They were moving the sheep out of one enclosure to another. We mostly captured video of this but here’s a still shot of what we saw.
After hours and hours of driving we finally reached Westport. A cute town with a river running through the middle of it.
Our B&B was very nice and our host was super friendly. We stayed one night in Westport and were off early in the morning again to continue our journey.
– Kari
9/10/14