The cliffs of moher were gorgeous! There's a wall so that you aren't too close to the edge but we jumped it and went to the edge. The boys were laying on their stomachs leaning over but I definitely could not do that! There's also part of the walkway that they have blocked off because they are working on it but we jumped that too and walked pretty far up the cliffs. To be fair, lots of other people were doing it too and no one came to say anything.
We got to Galway and found a hostel. It was one of the girls in the room birthday so we all went out for that. It was a blast until the end of the night! There was a guy in his forties that was doing a tour and some of the propel on his tour were staying at our hostel so he was there and he came out with us as well as a strange English guy that was staying in our room. The older guy turned into an absolute creep after a few drinks and all the girls had to keep saving each other from him. We all got back to the hostel before the weird guy in our room and when he did come back he was super angry about something. He kept muttering under his breath and talking about hitler and nazis and basically just freaking out. The Australian guy in the room just kept on trying to mess with him and they had a little verbal disagreement. We kept telling him to shut up but he wouldn't. The guy goes into the bathroom and when meh comes out we are all quiet and he says "good you're all learning". He started telling us how he has seen into the future and then the Australian guy and girl heard him say something about killing people. thank God he decided to leave the hostel for a while. We ran and told the night guy because we were so freaked out. One girl started crying. Yeah he was creepy but he wasn't very big and I'm pretty sure all of us would have been fine. Anyways, the guy kicked him out and we were just waiting all night for him to appear at the window or some how get back in. It was a weird night.
The next day we all met up in the lobby and went to breakfast since two of the girls were not in our room. I think we spent the whole morning talking about the creepy guy. I spent most of the day trying to get ahold of the girls I met in Galway because I was going to stay with them Friday and sat. It was about 9 and I still hadn't heard from them so I haut told them we would try again the next day because I was sick of waiting. I was really annoyed actually. Luckily the hostel had one bed left so I grabbed it. A couple of us made dinner and we made some AMAZING fajitas. Dinner was so good and a girl that was scrim France made this chocolate marshmallow graham cracker cake thing. It was fantastic. We all went out again that night and had a ton of fun!!
On Saturday, I finally heard from the girls I was going to stay with. Before I went to their apartment the girls from the hostel and I went out sightseeing. There was a guy handing out free balloons so that absolutely made my whole day! We went down by the river to the Spanish arch. There was a little boy and girl playing guitar and singing. They were so cute! We had an emotional let go of our balloons so we could go into a museum that had a bunch of Galway history. We went back to the hostel because everyone was exhausted and I got my stuff and left for the apartment. 30 minutes of walking later, I finally found it. It was so good to see them again! We went out and got dinner and then went to a bar or two but we went home early.
On Sunday, the hurling final was on so we went to the bar to watch it. Seriously their sports are so awesome. They had played the final two weeks earlier but it ended in a tie so they had to replay it. Kilkenny destroyed Galway so everyone was pretty bummed. Everyone had homework and stuff to do that night so one of the girls and I watched the avengers and just had a lazy night. One of their roommates is a blind girl. I think she's really brave to go to a foreign country and she goes off exploring on her own. She's pretty cool and she told me all about how she does things everyday. It was really interesting. I think that's the first time I've ever been around someone who's blind.
I left on Monday morning and caught a bus up to Belfast because I still wanted to see the giants causeway and had nothing else going on. The ride up to Belfast was gorgeous! We passed a big fair type thing with hundreds and hundreds of horses!
