Galway

The next day we went into Galway city. We strolled around the city centre and went out to the Spanish arch. One amazing thing we witnessed was a street artist creating art with cans of spray paint and pages from magazines. At first it did not look like he was going to produce anything interesting, he almost looked unsure of what he was doing. In the end however he produced a fantastic painting. He was clearly highly talented and I hope he gets well rewarded for his work. We only stayed a short time in the city before moving on in search of good places to find waders. My guests suggested we go back early to the B&B as they felt I needed a more relaxing day to recover from the previous exertions. However for me it would have been "un pacat de moarte". It was a beautiful day, we were in a beautiful place and it would be simply wrong to spend our time indoors. So we went for a Burren "encore" We went to the dolmen at Poulnabron. One problem with tourists is that a small number do not respect the places they visit. A group had decided to ignore the signs asking people not to climb on the dolmen. When an American tourist pointed this out to them, they got off but not until they let themselves down even more by swearing at him.
We had dinner at Logues Lodge restaurant in Ballyvaughan. It is a nice place to eat and typical of an Irish pub/restaurant. The drive back to Galway was really pretty, the low setting sun highlighting the landscape that stretched before us. In the evening I managed to see a recording of the Kilkenny/Offaly hurling match. It was an easy victory for Kilkenny but still it was good to see.