Pinned to the wall behind my desk is a map of the world where I have
marked every place that I have visited on this planet. Looking at it, it’s
quite an impressive collection, but there’s one problem: I have no or little
memory of visiting some of the locations, especially the exotic ones, as I was
just too little at the time. I for sure had a great time there on holiday, but
I can’t help but feel like I’ve cheated. When I first started “creating” my map
I wasn’t even sure whether to put a pin to those countries but now when I look
at them, they are a motivation for me to make sure that, one day, I will go and
experience them properly.
Today, I got to put a new pin on my map. I got back on Thursday from a
ten-day Ireland trip with three friends and I still feel enthusiastic thinking
about how amazing these ten days were. First of all, I had great company. Just
going through the pictures to pick the one for this post makes me all warm and
fuzzy inside because I hold those three crazy ladies so dear to my heart.
Secondly, can we just talk about what a beautiful country Ireland is? I
mean, we only saw a small part of it but on more than one occasion did we come
across things that made us wonder if this could be real.
Trinity College |
We then took a train to Galway and again, stayed there for two nights. What
I liked most about Galway were the street performers, some of the musicians
seemed really talented and I have never seen such amazing balloon animals! Just
saying…
Then the adventure began and we went to collect our bikes, which would
be our means of transport for the next five days. Our trip took us from Galway
to Cong, to Letterfrack, to Ougherard and back to Galway with a day trip to the
island Inishbofin. If you ever find yourself in this region, I highly recommend
taking the ferry to Inishbofin. It’s a calm, quiet place and we even saw
dolphins on both ways while on the ferry!
Back in Galway we returned the bikes and went back to Dublin for the
last day and to catch our flight.
I can’t really put into words how much I loved these ten days so I’m just
going to leave you with some pictures and hope that I will be more coherent in the
next post. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
Galway |
Cliffs of Moher |
Lough Corrib |
Inishbofin |
Kylemore Abbey |