Well, this is my last (for now) day in Galway. It’s well worth 3 days to learn the lay of the city center. Will look at coming back to work through the NUI Galway collections. This AM, I think I’ll try to get to Strokestown.
Highly recommend Galway Tours. The only thing I’d change is the long stop in Kylemore Abbey. I’d have rather seen the cairn up close for 30 minutes or cruised slowly through Ashford Castle (we only saw the gate).
There are other tour companies, and I’m sure you can’t go wrong with any of them. But, I took Galway Tours and learned a LOT. Only regret (and I may come back for it), is that the roads prevented the pre-famine village tour today.
The food is fantastic, –I’ve had vegetable soup with brown bread for 2 days for dinner. Lattes and croissant for breakfast. Only felt the need for 1 pint so far (what’s up with that??), but it was lovely.
This is low season in Galway and it’s still full of Americans. Further, it seems recession-proof and there are tons of tourists even now. Make sure to do the hop on hop off bus first!
Galway for business is something you might want to consider seriously. Will be writing more about that later,–b/c that’s why I’m here. That travel diary will be split between here, Black and Green History and Gina’s Green Book.
Rather than tour today, I want to have a look at the web technology center downtown and invite a chat with the asylum seeking folks who were in the paper recently, but may have to do that on the flip flop.
They’re in Lisbrook House, which is run for the Reception and Integration Agency (government) by Bridgestock Company. If I can get there today (there is a big meeting around the dispute), that will round out my trip for now.
It’s a mediator’s dream project.