Galway and future plans!

I've spent my last day in Galway and it was very lovely. I took a bus tour to the Cliffs of Maher and it was breath taking. The simplicity in their structure to go along with the open view of the ocean created the second most spectacular natural formation I've seen only to the Grand Canyon. I was really surprised at how excited I got when I first saw them. My trigger finger is tired tonight from all of the pictures that I took. Just walking around, feeling the wind fly by me, and peering out from the cliffs gave me my first "Holy Crap I'm in Europe" moment. To top things off, our tour guide, Desmond, is possibly more of a pervet than dear old Grandmother Virginia. I know, I know, it's tough, confusing news to take but hear me out; he kept cracking jokes about how he ate plenty of oysters the night before and warned the women on our tour. He also offered to demonstrate at a stopping point how he used to "post up" on these rock formations with the ladies when he was young, if there was anyone to volunteer. Simply priceless.

I'll be heading back to the hostel tomorrow, and am actually kind of excited to get back. While Galway has been the break that I needed, I guess I miss those French bastards I work with and I'm tired of paying for stuff. I've gotten alot done yesterday and today for my future plans as well. I'm going to Madrid on the 21st of August and am going to spend a couple of days there. For a while I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to make it to Madrid, but that has obviously changed and I'm excited for that. I have been calculating expenses, because I was having a hard time finding a cheap place, or any place for that matter, in Valencia for La Tomatina. But due to my stubberness and my ability to grind things out until I'm satisfied (eww?) I've found a place outside of Valencia, closer to Bunol where Tomatina is, and for a poop-ton cheaper than I was expecting. Hell yes.

Since I will be heading back to the boonies, with not many plans on leaving too far from there, it may be a couple of days before I can write, possibly weeks. I'm going to try my hardest to make sure it isn't weeks. However I can tell you one thing now; I am going to see a hurling match before I leave Ireland. I have no idea how they score it, how long they play, or if the players just play proffesionally but I will go and watch and most likely have a beer.