sunday
we woke sunday morning, ate breakfast in the hotel and had the car packed up by 11.30am. the stones met us at our hotel and we made the drive back to crosshaven. we stopped at durty nelly's in shannon for lunch and enjoyed seafood chowder, ham and cheese toasties, salmon, pasta and for a few, pints of guinness. dad, chuck and i headed back in one car while mom stayed back with tayna, erin, tyler and andrew so they could do a bit of exploring around bunratty castle.
when we got back to crosshaven, i packed up my bags and did a bit of homework while the rest of the gang went down to cronin's pub for a pint. after an amazing dinner and conversation surrounding the weekend, mom and i packed up the car and drove to ballymaloe so i could start week eleven.
28 April 2011
pistachio ice cream
saturday
saturday morning mom, dad and i drove up to westport. the drive through connemara was absolutely beautiful even though the day was a bit grey.
we arrived in westport, had a nice lunch at madden's and then spent the afternoon exploring the downtown. mom found a photography studio (michael gannon photography) that had some amazing photos of stunning places all over connemara. she showed michael a few of the recent photos she had taken and after purchasing a few photo cards, we were on our way.
although we took a different route back to galway, the scenery was just as incredible. even with the overcast sky and drops of rain. we arrived back at our hotel with time to nap and shower before meeting up with the stones for dinner. our initial plans were to try the trendy new restaurant 'eight', but when they couldn't accommodate 9 with such short notice, we ended up at KC Blake's. not the least bit disappointing! we enjoyed a delicious meal, excellent vino and non-stop conversation over the course of two hours.
after dinner, the stones departed for charles' apartment to drop off him and erin and mom, dad and i walked over to the quay's bar. one of my favorite pubs in IRE, with a sister pub in temple bar dublin, i was curious to see if there was any live music. it was quite crowded and after snaking our way through the mass of young men and women, we decided to call it an evening and head back to our hotel.
we changed into our jams and then enjoyed some vino. mom was the first to head to bed. dad and i watched the end of 'body of lies', 'zodiac' and 'golden eye' before calling it a night sometime after 1am.
saturday morning mom, dad and i drove up to westport. the drive through connemara was absolutely beautiful even though the day was a bit grey.
we arrived in westport, had a nice lunch at madden's and then spent the afternoon exploring the downtown. mom found a photography studio (michael gannon photography) that had some amazing photos of stunning places all over connemara. she showed michael a few of the recent photos she had taken and after purchasing a few photo cards, we were on our way.
although we took a different route back to galway, the scenery was just as incredible. even with the overcast sky and drops of rain. we arrived back at our hotel with time to nap and shower before meeting up with the stones for dinner. our initial plans were to try the trendy new restaurant 'eight', but when they couldn't accommodate 9 with such short notice, we ended up at KC Blake's. not the least bit disappointing! we enjoyed a delicious meal, excellent vino and non-stop conversation over the course of two hours.
after dinner, the stones departed for charles' apartment to drop off him and erin and mom, dad and i walked over to the quay's bar. one of my favorite pubs in IRE, with a sister pub in temple bar dublin, i was curious to see if there was any live music. it was quite crowded and after snaking our way through the mass of young men and women, we decided to call it an evening and head back to our hotel.
we changed into our jams and then enjoyed some vino. mom was the first to head to bed. dad and i watched the end of 'body of lies', 'zodiac' and 'golden eye' before calling it a night sometime after 1am.
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