Day One and I'm Already Home

Hello from Galway! Here I am in my apartment, fresh from a full day's travel and with a pictorial account of my travels by land in Ireland

This is the bus station from the Shannon airport
A few of my fellow travelers these are Sammy and Katie, also from Wisconsin, Sammy lives next door to me and Katie lives in another apartment complex

This is one of my first glimpses of Ireland. It was beautiful when we landed, crisp but sunny.
A very picturesque scene with the fishing boat in the rushes.
One of many beautiful historic buildings I am sure I will be seeing on my trip.
The row houses were beautiful and everywhere.

Our long trip begins to show itself, I myself fell asleep for twenty minutes after taking this photo.

Upon waking I was greeted by this lovely figure and....
some of the local color.
Beginning to see the mountains
And of course it rained on and off, and of course it poured as soon as Sammy and I exited the cab with all of our belongings, but we had such a wonderful cabby who took good care of us.
This is the view from my apartment's balcony.
More of the view from the balcony

Here is the kitchen/dining room/living room
This is the Fish Monger shop I was excited to spy from my bedroom window until my roommate informed this took place there: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/man-on-trial-for-fishfreezer-murder-1328039.html Don't worry the neighborhood is very safe.

More of my wonderful view from my window, I can already tell I will miss it. There is also a bakery next to the fish monger, but it was closed when I took pictures, as were most shops by six at the latest seven.

My bed

From the otherside.

I love my apartment it is beautiful and the location is perfect. I unfortunately did not have my camera with me tonight when we ran errands. We ended up eating dinner outside and I had the vegetarian lasagna which turned out to be steamed and spiced vegetables covered in half an inch of cheese, lasagna it was not, but delicious it was. Tomorrow I have a walking tour of the campus and then I need to finish some errands and I plan to bring my camera with me, so I can share more of this beautiful city with you. But now its time for sleep as it is close to midnight here.