Shopping and Irish Television

We got up rather late today (our first day to sleep in...so it's totally allowed) and went to catch the bus into Eyre Square. We ended up missing the one from Corrib Village, but caught the one across the road. We stopped for lunch at a hotel near the Tourist Information Center, where I had a Cajun Chicken Melt (lol...I had to!). It was surprisingly good. I felt it was pretty accurate, actually. We crossed Eyre Square to head into the city, but managed to come across some Native Americans playing music for everyone. It was really...odd. Didn't expect to see that outside the states. From there, Josh and I wandered down Shop Street with Marit, who was determined to get a new outfit or a pair of shoes. She was relatively unsuccessful, but we still had fun.


We did manage to pick up some post cards, and also to pre-order copies of the 7th Harry Potter Book! Yay! We also got passes to go to the midnight opening party at the bookstore. lol. It should be fun, since we're so close to England. Some of my friends from LSU want me to go to London to see the movie premiere on July 13th, so I hope I can do that!


Finally, we headed into Dunnes, which we decided was like a J.C. Penney's but with a grocery department. I bought some t-shirts, because I didn't expect the weather to be this warm and hadn't brought enough, and Marit found some shirts too. Josh and I got some ice cream, and then we headed back to Corrib Village. We spent the rest of the night cooking and watching Big Brother. I'm really amused at the obsession with it over here. They have literally 5 television shows dedicated to it, and they have live coverage from about 11PM-7AM on one station. Craziness. I hope we don't get addicted (though we joke about it).

We decided to head down to Salthill tomorrow for the day, so that should be fun. It's a suburb of Galway, has a beach, and seems to be a very resort-y town. The weather's nice, so it should really be grand! 'Til tomorrow, then!

Note: I've posted these pictures and more on Facebook, and should update the album frequently. The link is here. Enjoy!