> WOW, small world!
Irish roots. My ancestors were from Cork. In the 1990s I traveled
there many times on business.
> I wouldn't want to live in Galway itself. It may have changed a great deal
> since you were there. Very crowded, lots of
> clogged traffic. Lots of tourists, even in mid October. Must be a real zoo in
> the summer.
Exactly. Interestingly enough, I found it to be a near perfect
doppelganger for Traverse City, Michigan. The look, feel, and overall
dynamic was the same.
> Have you been to the village of Cong? Off season, at least, a lovely little
> place, with good ruins and a beautiful
> park/arboretum across the little river bridge.
Just drove through it. By that part of the day, we were worn out and
eager to get back to Galway.
Kylemore Abbey was a zoo. I would have liked to have explored it some,
but we had our then 2-month old daughter with us so we limited the
foot exploring a bit.
Clifden was the strangest town for us. It was not only a complete
tourist bottleneck, but we felt a very odd "evil" there that we didn't
have a clue what it was about, but we didn't want to stick around. We
ate lunch and zipped on our way.
> More photos not yet processed, sigh . . .
Let's see... How old is my daughter? I really do need to scan that
film. Yikes! September of 1997.
AG Schnozz
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