"At least God doesn't think He's Bono"

Erin go bragh!

Well I am in Dublin ... leaving in a couple hours for Barcelona! :)

I spent about 2 days in Galway, and it was amazing. I loved it. It was a pretty small town along the coast, but it's the 3rd largest city in Ireland. I went on a bus/walking tour that took a whole day. The tour dropped you off on a farm in the Burren mountains. John took us on a tour through the mountains and his farm. He majored in Irish History and came back to his family farm to give tours and help out his family. Ireland, until the 1990s, was mainly a farming country and many families used to be only substinence farmers. It was amazing to just see the country side and the Irish farms. It was beautiful. Green and cows everywhere ... so different from Roma.

The tour also went to the Cliffs of Moher. Holy shit. Beautiful. Just one of those places I never thought I would actually see and the pictures won't serve it justice. The craziest part was watching all of the surfers 200 meters down in some of the largest waves in the world.

On the tour, there was actually a girl from Notre Dame that had been at John Cabot. Neither of us knew we would be in Galway so it was really fun to run into her. I went with her and a couple of other people I met on the bus tour to a pub that night. I had my 2 pints of Guinness and yes, it does taste different and better in Ireland.

On Friday I made it to Dublin pretty early in the day and just walked around the city a bit. I went to the Jameson Distillery (which should be Whiskey History's new headquarters) and St. Patrick's Cathedral. I wish I had more time to explore, but I spent an extra day in Galway which I actually enjoyed a lot better.

Anyways, more to come later. Wish me luck on remembering all my Spanish. The Italian may be mixed in there a bit!

You are loved and prayed for,
Kaitlin

p.s. Sorry, I won't be able to upload anymore pictures on this site and picasa. I am at my quota and they want to charge me money to put up more. I'll show them all when I get home though for anyone that's interested!