Walking in Galway
Galway is a small city, even when it's compared with a small city in Spain.
Some folks say that the population is around fifty thousand, others that sixty thousand... Who knows it?
Anyway you can see this city in few days.
For people like me, who usually runs out of money, is good to find out the cheaper shops to buy clothes, food, phone calls, the lunch sandwitch, etc...
But pints like both of these beside this text cost always the same.
And al least we have to have once a day, some days. It's sure to happen.
But not like in Spain. Here you can't say "Let's have some beer!" Remember that here beer is drunk in pints.
It useful to play a game to see who'll pay the beer. In this game you have to put a coin on to the beer, the liquid, and wait to see whose coin go down before. The owner of that coin will pay that round.
I keep on saying thah you can eat the Guinness with a spoon.
You could loose respect to your friends, to your bosses, to your wife, but never should be irreverent with God and with Guinness in this country.
... Amen.
Here I show you some photos about Galway city, altough I haven't took so much.
Yes, I know. These photos are very typical. I don't mind.
[Last update: 03 March 2004 ] |
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Eyre Square | River Corrib | Eglington Canal
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St. Nicholas Church, by the city centre.
You can see it in Shop St. |
baleful... |
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This is a grotto, a place where you can go with your children to enjoy the weather or to pray. |
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Shop Street, the most crowded street in Galway. |
Musicians who play in the street are called buskers.
Here we have one of them.
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This one is much more authentic. He plays a piano in the street, and he does it really well. |
One of the transversal streets with Shop St.: Main Guard St.
People has to stand in a queue to take some cash.
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The Galway cathedral.
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Eyre square
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Top | River Corrib | Eglington Canal
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Padraic O'Conaire , a local hero.
It is by Eyre Square, in Galway centre.
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By that statue you can find the Browne Doorway.
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Eyre Square.
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Crossing the Browne Doorway you can see theQuincentennial Fountain and the Cannons.
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Another picture of the Quincentennial Fountain.
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By Eyre Square you can find the hosstel Garvey's.
And the Guinness advertise, of course.
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River Corrib
River Corrib is quite abundant, very impressive.
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Top | Eyre Square | Eglington Canal
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River Corrib. Very abundant, but it doesn't inhibit some people to canoe.
William O'Brien Bridge cross the river.
In the skyline you can see the Galway cathedral.
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And the Corrib mouth.
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An intrepid canoeist.
You have to be very bold to do that.
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Eglington Canal
A picture of Eglington Canal. This canal disgorges into the River Corrib.
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Top | Eyre Square | River Corrib
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Another sign of courage. Despite the cold weather (and water is even much colder) drakes feel like flattering with female ducks.
I got them because the drake one, on the left, was corralling the female one, on the right.
I mean, he wanted to play to Sink the navy.
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Top | Eyre Square | River Corrib | Eglington Canal
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