August 19th. Aran Island Inishmor

Today we were picked up by Michael Flaherty of the tour that goes by the same name. Half an hour ride down to the ferry and another 45 minute ferry ride later we were at Inishmor, the largest of the islands. There is plenty of information available online. The really cool and amazing thing about it is that a huge portion of the island is on a tilted raised plateau that used to be the bottom of the sea. There are horrific looking cliffs that clearly show the scale of an event that took place millions of years ago.

Very graphic window decor. Kids 

could not understand why. This
could be possibly a reaction to a 

very-sect like vegan mission 

operating here.

The rest of our time on the island was not that eventful. It has a very well developed infrastructure for tourism, extensive biking - though sharing the one lane road with traffic in two directions is akin to walking on the edge of that cliff, horse rides, and lots of overnight options. It was relaxing though to be driven around and Michael shared lots of interesting things about living on the islands. Today was also the day it did not rain at all. Almost forgot, at the restaurant on the island that is close to the visitor center they serve impressively original and interesting dishes.

Back in Galway we enjoyed the rest of the day. It is the nicest city in Ireland. So relaxed and beautiful. Gray stone buildings intermix with multi-colored ones. There are many musicians on the streets and in the bars - and some of those are first class like Daniel Vasiliev and Ivan Ivanchenko (Marimba and Vibrophone). Even in the restaurant of our hotel there were multiple acapella groups practicing for some event and we got to listen to some pretty cool Irish gospel.

Due to the wind it is safer 

to lay on the edge

Original cloth covered boats

Two Wildes

At night we walked around some of the numerous canals that seem to be converging from multiple directions - some even with the mini waterfalls.

Interesting local thing - we keep seeing the signs for hat rental both here and in the UK. I guess it is very important to the way of life here.