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Today we went to one of Galway's golf courses. Cold, but definitely fun. We lost a lot of golf balls but found new ones that allowed us to continue playing ;)


Armin, Andreas, Eyal, Simeon

Today, we've been at Inis Mór, the largest of the Aran Islands. We had incredible luck with the weather. No rain at all during our 6-hours visit. We walked around for several hours and I took lots of pictures.


We saw a lot of "half price" things on Inis Mór:

"House, half price!"

"Bananas, half price!"

"Car, half price!"

"For rent, half price!"
more serious now:








We learned, that on the Aran Islands wealth was not defined by money but by the animals someone owned, with cow being the most stable currency. Well, times are different now, but we found a cowionnaire's field (3 cows!)

oh, and another funny one:

The University's "Quadrangle" where the Aula Maxima and several NUI Galway offices are located:

The fake-old, but still ancient looking Cathedral on my daily way to DERI:

In order to phone home I installed skype, an Internet-based telephony software. Very easy to set up, and I can use DERI's wireless network, but I needed a headset, which I bought at the Wellpark Shopping centre. The latter is in walking distance from the Docks. I took the following picture on my way back:

Galway is quite nice. Today I found the time to take some pictures:

Ce Na Mara, the place where I'm staying:


It's next to the harbour, 2 minutes away from the city centre: