Galway, Ireland - We made it to Galway, Ireland.  We will be staying here the next four nights in the Menlo Park Resort Hotel.  We took a drive around the city to get our bearings.  Tomorrow we take off for a couple of tours and then the Quilting Festival officially opens in the evening.  T,his afternoon we simply rested to recover from the long trip to get here.  We were then treated to a great welcoming dinner.  I had a great and inventive salad, tender, tender salmon, root vegetable medley (turnips, rutabagas, carrots - actually quite good) and fresh apple pie.  The meal was great, except my mom's apple pie is better.

Here are a few pics to whet your appetite...

This scene comes from Galway Guide Website.  Galway City is known as the City of the Tribes.  It is a well known seaside resort area for citizens through Ireland.  However, it was a strange feeling to come from one side of the country (east coast) to the other side of the country (west coast) in only two hours of driving time.  It makes me realize have really big the U.S. is.  We can't even go from the eastern portion of N.C. to the west edge of N.C. in two hours.


This pic comes from the same Galway Guide Website and shows the sunset over Galway Bay.

The sun doesn't set until nearly 10:00 this evening.  So my roommate from Chicago has been teaching me to do reverse Hawaiian applique and I've been teaching her how to tat.

There's been a bit of confusion over tickets for classes and attractions for the rest of this week, but I'm sure Sew Many Places will get it figured out. If I was trying to manage 500 Americans descending on a city at one time, confusion would probably be rampant.   I certainly can't complain, because as usual - I'm a bit mixed up too.  I've brought the cord to every gadget in my house EXCEPT the one that connects my camera to my Chromebook -- so I'll have to wait until I can pick up a camera cord tomorrow to begin loading my own pics on this blog.

I am so thankful that things worked out with DH's health and other things to let me go on this trip!!!