Craic, Coral & Pointín

This weekend was great. Mike Mo came Friday night with his three roommates, and we had a blast. They got here around 8, and we made them some dinner and headed out for the night. We did a little bit of a pub crawl starting at the King's Head and making our ways to the Quay's and the Front Door, all my favorites. We didn't end up getting home until very late and it was a great night, good craic (craic=fun).

The next morning we slept in for a little, then headed into the market downtown. I got the most delicious crepe, and will definitely be heading back to that stand next Saturday. There was so many delicious looking stands, and a lot of great crafts and jewelry too. We decided that that is going to be a weekly tradition for the weekends we're in Galway. After the market we grabbed a coffee and took a nice long walk down to Claddagh to show the guys some of Galway. We also walked a little bit of the Salthill Prom since it was such a gorgeous day and got some great pictures.

Saturday night we went back into town, but didn't go as hard as the night before, because we had an early morning Sunday. We went to a few pubs, then the guys hit up Supermac's for some burgers and I got a Bailey's Ice Cream. It was delicious.

On Sunday we took a bus tour to Connemara. It was an absolutely gorgeous day and we had a great trip. There was about twenty five of us, so we had an all student tour. We had the same tour guide as last week, and he snuck us some Pointín . Pointín is like moonshine and is illegal in Ireland. Apparently his brother-in-law brews it, and he let us pass around the bottle and whoever wanted to have a taster could. It was certainly the strongest liquor I've ever tasted, and after I sipped it I learned that it was 160 proof, and 80% alcohol by volume. It burnt the whole way down, and I can see why it is illegal. We also stopped at Coral Beach, and had the chance to throw some coral. The tradition is that if you pick up coral off the shore and throw it over your left shoulder into the water you will become very rich. If you throw it over yo

ur right shoulder you will be lucky in love. The trick is you can not throw it over both, and have to decide which one you would rather. I chose my right, and am hoping it starts to work over here soon! Here's a picure of me about to throw my coral.

We made other stops along the tour, at the "Hooker Bar" for a drink, the leprechaun's cottage, Kylemore Abbey (which was gorgeous) and a few other places. The landscape of Connemara is absolutely breathtaking, and I want to go back in the Spring when the grass is greener.