Mad Mouse

Today was a long long long day. pancakes with nutella for breakfast and then off to the bus stop at 6am. our tour guide today was really cool. he told us a lot of stories about his life, let us choose some of the places we stopped and made sure to point out anything that might be of interest. Our first stop was to a little town that had some castle that started with a b. neither of us remember the name though. then we stopped to see the Atlantic Ocean since some people have never seen the shore before. There were lots of rocks and it was crazy that it was a main surfing spot. it seemed very dangerous just from looking at it. We then headed to the cliffs which were really pretty and we got some good pictures. We stopped for lunch in a little town and Nick and I went to the pizzaria. I got a slice of pizza which was really good. The sauce tasted more like actual tomato sauce and than it does at home. Nick got a tomato and cheese with country relish sandwich which was also pretty good. After that we stopped in a little valley whose name meant "stony area" and it was very easy to tell why. All of the pics on facebook where the ground is covered in rock is from there. We then stopped at an old abbey and looked around. The ruins where really cool and there's still one family that owns the rights to burry their family there. The tour then took us around the country of Galway and the countryside is so beautiful. It's something you just have to see for yourself. Most of the shore is rock unlike the nice sandy beaches at home but you do see them every once in a while. On our way back we rode on the top level of the bus again and the front seats. Riding the bus here reminds me of being on the roller coaster "Mad Mouse" at michigan's adventure. You feel like the bus is going to run into things or tip over at any minute. When we went to get off the stop as we were climbing down the steps the bus stopped very abruptly. I had already made it down but nick came sprinting down the steps and jumped 3 steps onto the ground level. It was one of the funniest things i have seen in my life and i couldn't tell if he had done this ninja jump on purpose or not. After talking to him he said he was just trying to make it so he didn't fall down the steps and it was so funny we laughed the entire walk back. Angela had pizza and a salad for us which was really good. The salad here has really leafy lettuce but i still liked it. The onions were the only thing i had trouble with. The pizza was absolutely amazing and just what we needed after such a long day. we got on the bus at 6am and didn't get back off until after 9pm. Tomorrow we're sleeping in until around 9 and then heading to the zoo. I can't wait! :)