Going Rogue in Galway

Brain cancer is...

 

Zoomed way in.  When we borrowed Nigel's binoculars, we could see that the scale is deceiving.  The cliffs are 500 feet tall.

...going rogue today.

Precap posting:  Early.
Recap update:  5:03 pm. 

This morning we were on deck by 6:15 to see the Cliffs of Moher, arguably Ireland's number one tourist destination.  Stunning!  The captain took us by them twice. (Recap update:  See above. We have better pics, but they won't upload right now.)

(Fun update from a fellow traveler:  The Cliffs of Moher are in the movie, Princess Bride.  Recognize the Cliffs Insanity, anyone?) 

Two passes from sea level, we decided, was enough of the Cliffs for us.  So we cancelled our six-hour bus tour to see the cliffs from the top and instead we are going rogue in Galway.

The Zodiac ride is a bit shorter today, and the water looks smoother.  Phew.  (Recap Update:  It was smoother, going and coming, as you see here.  Phew.)

And that concludes today's precap.  (Thanks for pointing out our new strategy, Curt: Precap/recap.)  See you at this evening's recap, Team D.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Galway Recap Update:  Here's our day in Galway.  We are back in our suite, resting (in other words:  battling the Internet).  We will hear an Irish quartet on board tonight and then decide if dinner is necessary. Love you tons.

Galway is the the City of 14 Tribes (ie.,  14 families that dominated life for 600 years here). 

Darrell hung out with Padraic O Conaire, a great Irish writer and Gaelic language advocate. Sorry...can't recognize Darrell?

Here he is.  By the way, Padraic and Darrell are overlooking Kennedy Park.  Yes...

...that Kennedy.  JFK became freeman of Galway Borough about 5 months before his assassination.

The River Corrib, which runs through Galway.  It's short but has a high flow rate, second only to the River Shannon.

Before re-embarking, we "did drop in."  It was a great day for a Guinness, as noted above.  Hurling was on the telly.  People were very serious about the sport.

Darrell's family traces back to the Guinness line.  (It's true.  Get the details from Nancy.)  Darrell limits his beer consumption to special days like this, a day in Ireland, wandering the city.  By the way, we were hungry by the time we decided on the Guinness.  A Guinness almost makes up for lunch.  Almost but not quite.  Calzone at La Terrazza upon return "home."