galway. ireland.

went to galway on monday. wow.

galway is on the west coast of ireland. i went to visit the cliffs of moher and the burren.

i finally felt like i was seeing the ireland of my dreams. and in fact i did have a dream about ireland...

i was dreaming about school. and in this dream, we were picking places to go on a class trip with the high school. there were several options, which is never the case. ironically, one of the options was ireland. weird. not sure what that means. if you do, let me know.

so back to galway. the girls...as in christy, paige, alex, and stephanie (new friend) drove to galway.

yes, i said drove. we hired a car (rented).

details of the car...manual, everything was on the right side, and i was the only licensed and willing driver.

so, i learned to drive on the left side of the road, right side of the car, and shift gears with my left hand. i won't lie. i don't think i have ever been this nervous.

the girls were great. everytime i had to change roads or drive through a small town they would shout..."LEFT SIDE! drive on the left side!"

the shouting was so i would remember...i did run into some curbs and maybe hit some bushes but other than that all was well.

and there are roads in ireland that are the size of a small driveway with a charter bus passing you in the right lane with you on the left. and there were times i screamed at cars and cussed a lot. but overall it was grand!

i will leave you with a short video...