Pub, Take Two

Today was a pretty good day--lots and lots of walking around the city, finding new friends, and even meeting random French girls.

First there was a lecture about the history of the area, then a tour of Galway City. We ended up at St. Nicholas Church (that's the pictures below), where the lecturer talked some more.






This door was supposedly used to get to the balcony where the lepers sat; in reality, however, the lepers weren't let inside of the city. He never said what it really was used for, though...

A model of the church.
On a random note: I love their little exit signs. Apparently when you exit you must run.



These next two pictures are of the flags retired by an Irish regiment in the Great War. It was from the bloodiest battle of the war.

The "lepers'" balcony...but not really.

During the talk, the lecturer mentioned this cemetery at Forthill. These two girls from API that I met went with me around the city. Since we are all doing archaeology, we didn't mind the dead people, but the two French girls that were with us didn't see why we thought it was pretty. The three of us, however, have decided to travel together during breaks so we can see archaeological sites and to try to take some classes together. Finally, friends!Random sign in a shop in Galway...apparently even "gringos" can eat there.

Some views around the city.



On the way home, the crew team was practicing on the River Corrib.


The trees are covered in ice and snow, which, according to the lecturer, hasn't happened since 1963.


This is the top of the mural from the pictures I put up yesterday.

After all this, Alice, Courtney, and I (the 3 APGs) met up at 9 to go to a pub. However, unlike the people I went with before, we went for the music and ended up getting seats right next to the live band. Since they only had one beer each, there was no problem with sobriety and it was actually fun. Except for this random guy trying to buy me drinks. But overall, a good day. I'd love to write more...but it's very early in the morning here (2:15 a.m.), and I'd love sleep. So good night!