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| My good friend Brigette from high school is studying in Belgium this year, so she and her friend Maggie came to visit Galway last weekend. (From the left - my roommate Maggie, me, Brigette's Maggie, and Brigette.) |
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| We spent Saturday taking a tour around parts of the Burren area and to the Cliffs of Moher. Above is Dunguaire Castle, a 16th-century castle on Galway Bay. |
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| At Dunguaire Castle with Maggie, Brigette, and Annie |
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| Ballyalban earthen ring-fort |
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| The Dolmen (a burial site constructed 5800 years ago, now a landmark of the Burren) |
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| Kilfenora Cathedral, a 6th-century monastery |
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| The Cliffs of Moher |
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| Colin (fellow Georgetown-er), Annie, and me... 214 meters high |
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| Thrilling fact: the scenes at the "Cliffs of Insanity" in The Princess Bride were filmed here. Beyond excited. |
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| Exploring with Annie - more of the Burren coast around Galway Bay |
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| Sunday brought a visit to Limerick City, about an hour and a half south of Galway |
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| St. Mary's Cathedral in Limerick |
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| King John's Castle |
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| River Shannon |
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| Meeting up with an old friend of Brigette's.... behind us, Limerick's Broken Treaty Stone, part of a turbulent past with Britain |
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