Views From Our 3rd Story Deck

The views from our apartment were beautiful, especially of Galway Bay. And, our friend, Mr. Seagull was always there to keep us company.

Galway Bay 

And, the street views below.

We propped the glass door open that leads to our deck with a broom. The door would automatically close and made it difficult to go in and out constantly. 

Our feathered friend was sure curious where we kept our bread!

Claddaugh Quay

The Claddaugh Quay

The Claddaugh Quay is an area close to the center of Galway City, where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay. It was formally a fishing village, just outside the city walls. It is just across the river from the Spanish Arch, which was the location of regular fish markets where the locals supplied the city with seafood as recently as the end of the 19th century. People have been gathering seafood and fishing in the area for millennia. It is among the oldest former fishing villages in Ireland - its existence having been recorded since the arrival of Christianity in the 5th century.

(Wikipedia)

The Claddaugh Quay is a very popular place for walking. 

Beautifully Colorful

Seabirds, Green Grass and Boats

Ducks

And, an amazing sky!

Swans and Seagulls

Curious Swans!

Some boats need repair.

Gorgeous Colors!

She sketches during low tide.

Checking photos and reading...what a beautiful day it was.

“Support Galway Tidy Towns”

Towns and villages in Ireland receive 

awards for cleanliness and beauty in their towns. 

It works! There is beauty everywhere!

From here we strolled across the bridge and back into the city center looking for an early dinner.

The Inisheer Marina

It seems the Inisheer Islanders prefer to keep their boats on the sand.

Here’s three and there were more!

A Lovely Inisheer Horse

Just Walking Around Inisheer

A lovely Inisheer horse was taking a rest and didn’t mind us gazing at her.

A Day Tour From Galway

Our Friend!

It was our first full day in Galway and we were actually leaving for a full day "day trip" to the Aran Islands.

It was very early but we managed a few extra minutes to give our seagull friend a little bread.

We left in a hurry to walk to the meeting place to catch our tour bus.

It wasn't far.

We were to meet in front of the Kinlay Hostel by 7:00 a.m.

We were not the only tour meeting there. 

It got more and more crowded.

Eventually, we were all sorted out and on our way!

We were traveling from Galway to Doolin to catch our ferry.

It was a beautiful coach ride which took about an hour, maybe a little longer.

Oh my!

This was our ferry that was to shuttle us across the Wild Atlantic Way to the smallest of the three Aran Islands.

Thankfully, Inisheer is also the closest.

It was nearly an hour's ride!

 On this boat!

What a ROCK and ROLL ride it was!

We stood outside in the cold wind and some rain.

We hung on to the railing for our dear lives!

It was the same on the way back...

We never dreamed it was a boat like this! 

We saw a beautiful catamaran just gliding along through the swells.

But not us!

Home Sweet Home - Galway, Ireland

We are "in" for the night. It looks much later than it actually was. It was  looking dark partially because of the rain but also because sunset doesn't even happen until nearly 11:00 pm.

It was actually only about 7:00 pm.

It felt good to be in since the day was full of adventure...taking a train the wrong direction can be exciting. We could have taken the 5 hour slow train and arrived earlier!

But, we made it to Galway from Ennis!

This is the view from our window of the street below.

We were on the third floor.

 We had a nice view of Galway Bay from our deck but it wasn't visible on this evening because of the rainy weather.

I really like red umbrellas but in this case pink did just fine. It was a Friday evening and quieter on the streets than we had expected. 

Everything changed about midnight when we went to bed...

The pubs are "happy" places!

I believe we made a friend...

There's a seagull at our window, looking at us!

This cute seagull stuck around all night, every night!

Thankfully it rains a lot to keep the window ledges clean.

We finally gave it a little bread!

Then a little more and then a little more again, and again, and again.

Yep! We had a new friend!

Geez! It wants more!

It's time for bed, little buddy. 

We will see you in the morning!