The Homeland: where do I even begin? From the moment Lauren and I stepped out of our flat we had a stress free journey to Ireland. I guess to appreciate this you'd have to travel with us on our past trips where our blood pressure rises every time we need to get from point a to point b...so it was such a relief to travel with ease! We flew from London Luton airport which is my favorite airport we've been in so far and made sure to buy 2 bottles of Baileys in the duty free shop ... it was necessary. While on the queue to board a woman pointed out to her daughter that we were from America and knew Miley Cyrus so I naturally told her we party in the USA with her. Once we arrived in Knock, Ireland the friendliness and amazing Irish humor started immediately. We picked up a bus that took us into Charlestown where we transfered buses to Galway.
About 2 hours on a bus viewing the Irish countryside we arrived in Galway and wandered around looking for our hotel. We bumped into a couple of Irishmen who took a liking to us immediately. They helped us find our hotel and then asked us for drinks, marriage...the usual. We managed to get away from them but ran into them again about a half hour later on the street and they could not seem to let us go...I guess we're pretty charming. We literally had to run away and get cover in a pub where we figured while we're here lets sit and enjoy our first guinness and calm our nerves. By the time we left they were no where to be found and we met up with our friend who's studying abroad in Galway and he gave us a tour.
Lauren and I went out to dinner to a restaurant reccommended to us by an Irish guy who saw us wandering and we enjoyed some authentic Irish food- I had baked potato and Lauren had traditional Irish stew. That night we met up with the Fairfield kids studying in Galway and went to a few different pubs with live music- it was so great. I love the relaxed pub atmosphere it's very similar to what we have here in London but it was ten times greater simply because we were in Ireland!!
Lauren and I went out to dinner to a restaurant reccommended to us by an Irish guy who saw us wandering and we enjoyed some authentic Irish food- I had baked potato and Lauren had traditional Irish stew. That night we met up with the Fairfield kids studying in Galway and went to a few different pubs with live music- it was so great. I love the relaxed pub atmosphere it's very similar to what we have here in London but it was ten times greater simply because we were in Ireland!!
Friday we slept in an then walked into Salthill (which is beautiful) with our Fairfield friends and went to a pub that just released its own brew of ale and lager. Oh! and Lauren and I also tried banana bread beer whichhhh was delicious and apparently its from England so we'll be on the lookout for it! That n
ight we went to pubs and a club which were all very enjoyable!
ight we went to pubs and a club which were all very enjoyable!Saturday was our trip to the Cliffs of 
Moher and it was one of the most breathtaking, incredible sites I've ever seen. We had the perfect weather for it- the sun was shining there were very few clouds and it wasn't windy at all - apparently normally the wind is out of control at the Cliffs. We were on a tour bus that started at 10 am and ended at 5:45 so it was a very full day of viewing all over the Burren and the Cliffs. We stopped at places like this whole terrain of limestone, ruins from the potato famine, castles, tombs, fairie tree rings - which they actually believe has fairies!
Moher and it was one of the most breathtaking, incredible sites I've ever seen. We had the perfect weather for it- the sun was shining there were very few clouds and it wasn't windy at all - apparently normally the wind is out of control at the Cliffs. We were on a tour bus that started at 10 am and ended at 5:45 so it was a very full day of viewing all over the Burren and the Cliffs. We stopped at places like this whole terrain of limestone, ruins from the potato famine, castles, tombs, fairie tree rings - which they actually believe has fairies! Saturday night was our last night, sadly but we made the most of it! We went to a pub called the King's Head and found ourselves in the midst of a bachelor party or a"stags weekend" as they called it...I can't even do justice to how entertaining these people were the sayings and lines they were coming up with 
were unlike anything I've heard before! We left them just in time to meet up with our Fairfield friends again and move to another pub called Skeff's where you can pour your own beer at the table!
were unlike anything I've heard before! We left them just in time to meet up with our Fairfield friends again and move to another pub called Skeff's where you can pour your own beer at the table! My overall impression of Ireland: its the greatest place in the world. The people are wonderful, the nature is amazing, the air is fresh, the animals are everywhere!! , and most importantly the beer is delicious!
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