Wet and Windy Galway

Sunday, 9th October we woke to a very wet and windy day.  After a lovely breakfast of fresh fruit, yoghurt and omelet we had a nice easy morning at the B & B. Come lunch time we thought we should venture out - not necessarily the best decision we've made.  We donned our wet weather gear and umbrellas. After my umbrella turned inside out, it was put aside and I relied on the hood. We had afternoon tea at "Griffin's Tearooms", a lovely little baker with separate tearooms with open fire at the back - highly recommend it.

Griffin's Tearooms

We perservered with the whether checked out the catholic cathedral (by this time our jeans were very wet). Lovely cathedral but a bit chilly.  It was at this time that we decided it was time for the pub and what better place but The Crane, where we'd enjoyed music the night before.  Being Sunday afternoon there were about 8-10 musicians in the reserved 'musician's corner' and we enjoyed an hour or so of great Irish music.

Friends enjoying a quiet drink

Barb, Michael and Ryan Shaw arrived at the B & B five minutes before we returned. It was grand to see them and we had a lovely catch-up with them, first at a pub (photo below) and later at dinner at the restaurant, Kirby's, where Peter and I had enjoyed dinner the previous evening (we did check out other places but, given the weather and the menu, it won).

Dinner didn't disappoint and later the Peter, Barb & Michael tasted three different whiskies and rated each one. They all preferred a different whiskey - interesting.  We were then offered a complimentary drink from the bar in another section of the establishment. We're not sure if it was our Australian charm or they wanted to clear out that section of the restaurant (we suspected the latter).

Slept in this morning & arrived for breakfast probably not looking my best. I guess I could have at least combed my hair - it was Peter's fault of course - he didn't wake me!  After breakfast we farewelled the Shaws and decided to brave a drive around Galway Bay.  As the weather wasn't improving at all, we decided to visit the Galway Acquarium (bet not many of you have done that in Ireland!)  Then took a further drive where we saw a lady preparing for a swim. These shots below were taken about 3 mins apart.
I'm writing this as we wait for our flight from Galway airport (the size of Armidale's airport) to Edinburgh where we hope the weather might be a little kinder. Great little spot - we have wireless, a bar, home made cakes, and prices aren't airport prices either.

Brave Galway woman

Not so brave Aussie woman