After the first acting class with Martin Maguire, we boarded a bus at 3 pm and headed to Galway. The students used the time on the four hour bus trip to memorize lines for their scenes and monologues. I corrected exams. We arrived into a brand new bus station in Galway and made our way to our hostel. Another Barnicles. We immediately checked in and went to dinner across the street from the hostel and had a traditional Irish meal. Comfort food that hit the spot. We then walked around and explored the area. The next day Bill and I went back to the restaurant for a traditional Irish Breakfast (fried egg, bacon, sausage, potatoes, tomato, baked beans, blood pudding, toast, and great brown bread). We spent the day shopping at the open market, eating lunch at McDonagh's fish restaurant (fish and chips), shopping at O'Maille's for Irish sweaters, hats, gloves, etc, going to Galway Bay and playing on the beach, shopping everywhere, watching the Irish try to ice skate in a temporary indoor rink (see video in previous blog entry), more shopping, watching the X Factor in the hostel, then going to a great local pub, Woodquay, that I discovered on my first visit here years ago and has no tourists. There were a couple of local musicians that just sat at a table and played, a cozy fireplace keeping the place warm, and a great old man who befriended us and who we could not understand a word he was saying. He proceeded to serenad us with a few Irish ballads throughout the evening. Just a nice relaxing evening. On Sunday we did more shopping at the open market and other stores. The street was pretty dead in the morning but picked up by noon. We got the 3 pm bus back to Dublin. Again lines were being memorized and papers were being corrected on the ride back. We arrived at 7 pm and proceded to the hostel. We then began our search for food. We ended up at the Bad Ass Cafe in Temple Bar and had pizza. Then back to the hostel to prepare for the second week of classes at the Gaiety.
Walking to Barnicles in Galway
Our hostel.
Mrs. Murphy we made it to Mc Donagh's for fish and chips. I is right next to the hostel.
Eating at the restaurant across from the hostel.
Gary's Irish stew! Really yummy.....comfort food.
The open market on Saturdays and Sundays.
Two turkeys.
Three turkeys!
Fish and chips anyone?
Caitlin's place!
Best sweater shop in Galway and we bought and bought and bought.....
Dani's sweater coat took 12 weeks to hand knit....
Close up of the knit....if anybody cares to examine.....
Window shopping.
The river separating Galway center from Salthill area and the Bay.
Oh, well.
Group shot on the safe bridge not the unsafe one!
Walking back from Galway Bay and from watching the ice skating.
Swan watching.
Just a few of the swans....
Nice wellies Ali....Nice sweater Bern....
Galway Bay
Bern in her new Irish sweater walking the beach.
Having fun? or Ali is too lazy to walk....?
Curtis at the Bay.
Bill taking pictures of the crew on the beach.
Galway sunset.
Ali in front of the fireplace at the Woodquay pub.
You will have to ask about these characters when they return to Winona!
One of the musicians and the old man who sang Irish ballads to us.
Why is Curtis smiling? Because he can't understand a word this guy is saying! Neither can Caitlin or Joe and Curtis knows it.....
Bern and Ali keeping warm.
Enjoy the music from the pub....
Barnicles' street Sunday morning! Quite the contrast from Friday night when we arrived.
We head back to Dublin.....we had a great getaway weekend in Galway! Now back to work....
Bus to Dublin.
Waiting to leave.
Searching for food in Dublin.
Bad Ass Cafe....Temple Bar
Pizzas at the Bad Ass Cafe....
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