Ireland Part 3: Galway

From Kilkenny we decided to drive all the way to the west coast of Ireland to a place called Galway. We stopped in Galway city for a few hours, just to walk around, then we continued our trip to Clifden which is a small town right on the coast. It was a gorgeous drive! There were mountains and rivers. Oh, it was beautiful. We only spent one night in Clifden. The next morning, we decided we wanted to climb one of the mountains/big hills, so we went to a national park that had a trail up one of the mountains. When we got there, it was overcast and there was a cloud over the top of the mountian, but we were determined, so we trucked all the way up to the top, in a cloud. It was lightly raining the whole time, and we could not see anything from the top. In fact it started raining pretty hard when we got to the top. On the way back down, the clouds started to move and we had a beautiful view on the way down! It was a fun experience. The rest of our day was filled with traveling. We drove all the way to Northern Ireland, around Belfast, where we would spend the rest of our trip. Galway CityHere we are in the ocean on the west coast of Ireland!!! There were tons of these stones walls all over Ireland. They would just stack-up stones to make a wall! The view on our road trip from Galway city to Clifden!

We had to watch out for the random sheep in the road. On the coast at Clifden.

The beautiful cliffs in Clifden

Our hike in the rain up the big hill/mountain.

I love this picture. You know how you make this big hike all the way to the top of a mountain and you take a picture together at the top, with the beautiful view behind you! Here is that picture. We are squinting so much because of the rain and my hand is up by the camera trying to keep it from getting soaked.Here I am at the peek.

On our way back down the mountain, the clouds started to move and were were able to enjoy the view.