We were not prepared for maid service at 9am, but that's when the knock woke us from our coma.
"No thank yew" shouted Lindsay, in her best Irish accent.
In what was perhaps a carry-over from last night's movie, we opted for American Style Pancakes in exchange for Irish breakfast this morning. We walked to the City Museum for our first site of the day and witnessed the impressive political artwork of George Grosz (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTgrosz.htm). We moved on to St. Nicholas, a new cathedral that was built in the 1960's (considered ancient - or more likely torn down by now - had it been built in America). John F. Kennedy was and still is very popular here in Ireland. There is a mosaic of the president inside of St. Nicholas, and a plaque in Eyre Square commemorating his visit to Galway just months prior to his assassination (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Square).
Famished, we stepped into a French Cafe for tea and crepes. Jeremy grabbed the local sports section, which highlighted the GAA (Gaelic Football), Rugby, Cricket and Football (Soccer). Baseball does not exist in Ireland.
We've been experiencing some tension in our backs, most likely due to the strenuous walking we've been doing, so we went back to the hotel for our daily afternoon nap.
We had no idea what we wanted to do that night. Rick Steves says the greatest site near Galway's city centre are the neighboring islands, but we didn't feel we had the time to see them. So we walked somewhat aimlessly around Galway until we were approached by a comedian who was handing out fliers for his show. "5 Euros" he said to Lindsay, with a thick Galway accent. "5 year olds?" Lindsay asked in reply. In all fairness, to our Yank ears, it did sound like he said 5 year olds. We all had a good laugh, especially Jeremy. We went to the show (a parody on inspirational business lectures, quite good) and went to the neighboring noodle bar for a Japanese dinner.
One of the hottest spots for traditional Irish music in Galway is Tig Coili (http://www.tigcoili.com), an old pub in the city centre. We ordered pints of Bulmers and enjoyed the revelry. Looking forward to Ballynahinch tomorrow!
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