Greetings from Galway

Hey all,
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> I am in Galway currently. Yesterday I spent my last night in the
> breathtakingly scenic Dingle and topped off my evening with the
> self-directed "Pub Crawl of Destiny". Pretty much Dingle has the highest per
> captia of pubs to population. It's a small place around 1000 I think? But
> there are 50 Pubs. We wandered around the streets trying to find pubs that
> played traditional folk music so we got to sing along to loud choruses of
> "What shall we do with a drunken sailor" and "Tell my ma". It was a ton of
> fun and it was funny to watch people get totally tipsy. I also came to the
> conclusion that people like to pretend that they are more drunk than they
> really are. People kept on buying me drinks so I had 3 before I knew what
> was happenning. It just happens to quickly here and I never get the chance
> to drink when I am at home so it is a bit different. Anyway, today we drove
> to Galway which is known to be a big party town since there are a lot of
> local uni students. There is also an outbreak of tryptospiridium (sp?) so we
> can drink or even brush our teeth with the water. We can wash our hands but
> we need hand sanitizer after and it's o.k to take showers in the water but
> you have to be careful. It is worse than Hong Kong! Anyway, I will be using
> a lot of bottled water the next couple of days. Tonight I am going to take
> it easy. A ton of people are sick on the tour and it has been really rainy
> and gloomy the last couple of days so people have not been feeling well.
> Tomorrow we have a concert for a local music school in attempt to fundraise
> for their new grand piano so that should be interesting. I am just glad to
> be in a city again since it's nice to have a M&S nearby and the clothing
> museum that is the Brown Thomas. Dingle was cute and all but I think I would
> go crazy living in a community that tiny.
>
> Ttyl!
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