GALWAY - A GIRLS TRIP

HELLO WORLD !

LAST WEEKEND, MY HOSTMUM, THREE WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND ME WENT TO GALWAY. IT WAS PART OF MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT AND BECAUSE MY HOSTMUM CAME WITH US, WE COULD STAY OVER NIGHT. 

AFTER THE 3 HOURS CAR DRIVE FROM MONAGHAN TO GALWAY WE WANTED TO CHECK IN AT OUR HOSTEL (GALWAY CITY HOSTEL). BEING AN HOUR TOO EARLY, WE LEFT OUR BAGS IN THE CAR AND WENT OFF TO EXPLORE THE TOWN. 

FIRST STOP: A LOVELY CAFÉ WHERE WE GOT THE BEST SMOOTHIES EVER. THE SUN WAS SHINING, WE HAD A FRUIT BOMB INTUS AND WERE CRACKING ONE JOKE AFTER THE OTHER. MY PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT THAT AFTERNOON WAS AN IRISH SWEET SHOP (AUNTIE NELLIES) WHERE I FOUND THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING ON THIS PLANET... CHOCOLATE FROGS WITH COLLECTABLE WIZARD CARDS AND BERTIE BOTT'S EVERY FLAVOUR BEANS. HARRY POTTER SWEETS - HOW COOL IS THAT?! YES THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT AND SPEND 9€ ON THEM. YEAH I KNOW, IT'S A LOT ... BUT IT'S FROM HARRY POTTER!

NEXT THING WE DID WAS THRIFT SHOPPING. FINALLY, AFTER HALF A YEAR WITHOUT GOING ON A FLEAMARKET. I MADE SOME REAL GOOD DEALS (CHECK OUT MY LEATHER JACKET ON THE POLAROID - 20€ FOR MY NEW LOVE) AND OF COURSE DIDN'T LEAVE ONE STAND BEHIND :D 

AND AS NO GIRLS WEEKEND IS COMPLETE WITHOUT SOME GOOD FOOD, WE HAD SOME NICE SNACKS TROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. FETA-SPINACH CRÊPE, SUPERFOODS SALAD, VEGGIE WRAPS, ENERGYBARS AND ALOE VERA DRINKS.

OUR EVENING PROGRAM WAS THE CINEMA. WE WATCHED "EX MACHINA", A MOVIE ABOUT A GUY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO TEST A ROBOT ON ITS HUMAN MIND AND ACTING. IT WAS REALLY ENTHRALLING AND MADE US HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT LIFE, HUMAN BEING AND ILLUSIONS. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MOVIE TO WATCH THESE DAYS I CAN ADVISE YOU TO GO AND SEE "EX MACHINA".

THE NEXT DAY STARTED WITH A NICE BREAKFAST IN THE CAFÉ FROM THE DAY BEFORE. WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SMOOTHIES WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE HARBOUR. THE WEATHER WAS ON OUR SIDE AGAIN AND WE COULD TAKE LOVELY PHOTOS TOGETHER. BEFORE GETTING BACK TO MEET MY HOSTMUM WE SEARCHED FOR SOME LUNCH. AT A STREET MARKET, ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND ME DISCOVERED A FALAFEL STAND. WE GOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AS SUCH FOOD IS NOT TO FIND EVERYWHERE IN IRELAND. WE BOTH MISS OUR "GERMAN INTERNATIONAL" FOOD AND THE LUNCH QUESTION WAS ANSWERED. 

RIGHT NEXT TO THE FALAFEL STAND, SOMETHING ELSE CAUGHT MY EYE: I RECONIZED THE GERMAN FLAG AND DISCOVERED THAT IT BELONGED TO A "BRATWURST" STAND! WE FOUND A PIECE OF HOME IN THE HEART OF GALWAY. IT WASN'T ABOUT THE SAUSAGES REALLY (I'M A VEGATARIAN), MORE ABOUT THE SURPRISE AND SOLIDARITY TOWARDS OUR NATIONAL SPECIALITY. THE GUY BEHIND THE STAND LOOKED VERY GERMAN, TOO, SO WE ASSUMED THAT HE MUST BE JOACHIM AS THE SIGN SAID "JOACHIM'S GERMAN BRATWURST" :)

THEN IT WAS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE. THE TWO DAYS IN GALWAY WERE FANTASTIC AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. I REALIZED HOW MUCH MY GIRLS MEAN TO ME AND THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY FRIENDS FOR LIFE (THANKS TO YOU IF YOU READ THIS NOW ♥)

ON OUR WAY BACK WE STOPPED IN ATHLONE AND FOR THE 2 HOUR BREAK WE DIDN'T LEAVE THE SHOPPING CENTRE. THEY HAD A ZARA. H&M, TOPSHOP, ETC. SO WE WE'RE BUSY ENOUGH. BACK HOME IT WOULDN'T BE THAT SPECIAL BUT AS MONAGHAN IS KIND OF A DEAD END IN TERMS OF SHOPPING WE HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE ;)

WE WERE HOME AROUND 7, I WAS TIRED BUT HAPPY. I THINK THIS WEEKEND WAS THE BEST ONE I'VE HAD SO FAR SINCE I'M HERE....

HOPE YOU HAD A NICE WEEKEND TOO xxx

PAULINE 

BANANA PORRIDGE FOR BREAKFAST

STREETS OF GALWAY

SMOOTHIE BREAK

AUNTY NELLIES SWEETSHOP - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

GALWAY HARBOUR

POLAROID PICTURE

RANDOM SHOES

CANOEIST

LIFE SAVER

BOATS

HARBOUR

CUTEST SHOP IN GALWAY

STREET MARKET

LUNCH TIME: FALAFEL

FOUND A PIECE OF HOME ...