Galway Ireland

Lizz is currently sitting on a bunk bed that "might fall down anytime"...

This morning I checked out of the incredibly unfriendly Kinlay house and hopped on a bus to Galway. It was a three hour trip through the countryside of Ireland. There were, disappointingly, no castles. The only thing to distinguish it form driving across Missouri, as far as I could tell, was the increase in the number of sheep.
When I got here it took me almost no time at all to find my hostel. It is everything that was promised by the reviews online. The beds seem dangerous of collapsing (I made sure to get a top bunk so if they did collapse I would be more likely to survive). The manager of the hostel wasn't even here. When he eventually showed up he had me write my name in a notebook and give him 16 euros. That was all the more checking he did. There is a code to get in the door at night, which is a nice perk.
That being said, the bathroom is much nicer than I had in Dublin. The shower is inside a room where you can partially see outside and the view is beautiful.
After settling in I set out on the town to explore. The area I'm in seems to be like the Plaza on crack and less expensive. It's all pedestrian walking and there are street performers everywhere. I stopped at watched four men from Africa do an acrobatics routine. They were so energetic. I wanted to make it back to my hostel for the US v. England game so I left before they were done, but as I left I dropped off my change in their hat. As I walked away one of the guys shouted 'your phone number too' and everyone in the crowd laughed. It was a really neat experience.
When I came back for the World Cup game the only people in the lounge were the old manager and a few of his friend, but I figured, what the hell. So I sat down with them to watch it. A few minutes in a group of guys show with beer. I find out that they're from Turkey, Slovakia and Columbia and they're in Ireland to do Biology research for the summer. We talked biology throughout the whole game. We also talked about the US player with the ridiculous beard...
Tonight I'm going to a club behind my hostel with the three biology guys and three au pairs from southern Ireland who are in Galway for the weekend. Should be an interesting evening.