Driving on the left side of the road took some getting used to, but Nadim managed to get us there and back without incident! Nadim writes: It felt very strange to shift gears with the left hand and every once in a while I found myself grabbing the door arm rest with my right hand, trying to find the stick shift. I found myself over-compensating by getting closer to the left hand shoulder. Christina was the official “shoulder minder” and let me know every time I got too close to the edge of the road. The roads are also quite narrow and there is no hard shoulder to speak of, and in some spots there are stone walls right next to the edge of the road. So it was imperative that we stay inside the lane.
The city has a large pedestrian-only area at the centre of town and they’ve managed to keep much of the old style facades on the buildings. In fact, the bank is housed in what used to be a castle! We had our lunch of fish and chips, and browsed through some of the shops, but as we’re still shell shocked by European prices we didn’t buy anything except a few postcards. I was tempted by some hand loomed wool sweaters though!
After walking around Galway and enjoying the city a bit, we jumped back in our shiny little car and took a drive along the coast, eventually looping back around through the edge of the Connemara County.
It was amazing to see the changes in the scenery. It went from stone walled fields and ocean views to these open, rocky, and grassy expanses. It kind of reminded me of parts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Behind these rocky grasslands were rugged-looking mountains. All this in the space of a couple of hours!
We were home a bit late, but thankfully the girls still had time to play with Julia before bedtime. I don’t think they would have forgiven us if we were too late!CM
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