Wild Winds and Galway's Latin Quarter

After touring Kylemore Abbey, we headed to Galway for a two night stay at The House Hotel. We took the longer route to get to the city which took us along the North Atlantic coastline. We stopped along the road to take in our first views of the ocen and smell the salt air. The wind was fierce and pushed Rachel back towards the car. We made our way into Galway and found The House Hotel. We strolled through the Latin Quarter, did some shopping; Rachel bought a Claddaugh ring and Wes made a friend. We had dinner at McDonagh's. It had a Mike Linning's atmosphere about it so we figured it would be good. The fish and chips were delicious! Wes was hoping to find a pub to watch some of Ireland's rugby match against South Africa in the World Cup. We found that there aren't many "sports pubs" in Ireland so we headed back to the hotel and watched it in our room.Read more