Saturday morning we decided we'd seen enough of Dublin (kind of a dirty big city, not so much cultural), so yesterday we hopped on the bus and came to Galway - actually with no plans for a place to stay. Not even five minutes after stepping off the bus a man who owns an apartment building in town offered us hostel rates to stay in one - it has two bedrooms, a full kitchen and laundry, our own bathrooms, and a balcony overlooking the street. I love Galway - it'...

We arrived in Dublin yesterday morning at 7:30. After everyone found each other and our luggage, we took a bus through the city to the bus station where we picked up our Open Road passes. Afterwards we hopped on a taxi (my first taxi ride ever!) to our hotel, which was so very nice! Our room has a giant bed and two fold-out chairs, and it is NICE! We enjoyed the first drink of the trip in the bar of the hotel while waiting for our rooms to be ready. After settl...