Friday 6th October 2017,
As we have been on the journey to the Cliff of Moher yesterday, during the whole day, we have decided to make a relaxed breakfast. Today is our last day in Galway therefore we have booked a Pub Dinner, where we will spend all the remaining money from our class account. After the meal we will make a reflection of our project.
After we had a good breakfast we started with our hike to the Silverstrand Beach. Because of spending a lot of time, traveling by bus or plane, we decided to start the hike from Galway. The hike tour we found at google maps. Now we were anxious, if the route takes us past the cliffs as shown on google maps. Fortunately the weather has changed from rainy to windy and cloudy. Here you can see the route to the Silerstrand Beach:
A little summary of our hike tour:
We started our hike tour directly at our Hostel, named Bunk Boutique Hostel. Then we walked along the Eyre Square to Galway City. When we reached the coast we went first to the South Park. Like yesterday there was low tide at this time. Afterwards we walked to Salthill. Being sometime along the cliffs we passed the golf club of Galway. Also we walked along the Rusheen Bay. As we arrived at the Silverstand Beach there was a beautiful sight. The width of the Beach and the height of the Cliffs were impressive. Unfortunately, it was too cold to go swimming. After taking a few photos, we noticed that the ocean has slowly returned to high tide. At the beach we had a relaxing break, then we went back to our Hostel. Some of us drove back to the Hostel with the bus, some of us walk. As we arrived at our accommodation we made us ready for our Pub Dinner. Here some pictures of our hike tour:
Some information about Salthill:
Salthill is the entertainment district of Galway. Along the Beach there are many Hotels, Pubs, Casinos, Night-Clubs, the Golf Club and the Sport- and Amusement park of Galway. The difference between a Pub and a Night-Club is, that the Pub has a closing time “Last order”, the Night-Club not. In former times Salthill was the district, where the richer people of Galway lived. Now it has changed to the touristic district of Galway.
After we had a good meal, we made the reflection of the day and the complete tour. Afterwards we finished the remaining evening in the pub.
Here a little reflection and the day plan of tomorrow:
It was a great trip, we had much fun and we have learned a lot of things about Ireland. Tomorrow we will have the last breakfast at Galway then we travel back to the airport in Dublin. From there we will fly home to good old Germany.