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Sunglasses Lost and Found -- Saying Goodbye to Ireland

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One thing we had learned on our Switzerland trip was the benefit of staying near the airport the night before the flight, so our travels on our last full day would take us from Galway back to Switzerland by train, then to an airport hotel, and then--whatever. Three of us grabbed breakfast again at Esquires, where our server--the older gentleman from our first breakfast--remembered us and was happy to share that they were fully staffed that morning! Breakfast was again delicious. Ned went back to the hotel to ensure we'd all be packed and ready to go, while Harper and I ran off in search of Hazel Mountain Chocolates in the Latin Quarter. It was right next to the kinf_olk store (of course, how did we not see it?). We were plied with chocolates by the gracious HMC staff, learned that everything was gf, and bought a bunch. Another big up for Galway, the staff in every shop we visited were super nice, welcoming, and helpful--plus they had gorgeous accents! After chocolating-up, we grabb

To the Cliffs and Cocktails

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 It looked like the weather gods were smiling on us for our trip to the Cliffs of Moher. Three of us grabbed breakfast at the hotel while one of us grabbed a bit more sleep, and we were ready when the bus stopped right out front. We were the second group on the bus, which gave us full choice of seats for a quick spin around Galway back to Eyre Square. Our next groups filled up the bus completely and included a very large, extended American family several members of which were clearly hungover and others of which seemed to have just been to Galway just months earlier (weird) and a late arriving, non-English speaking group who got loudly scolded by the driver--who was very concerned about getting back by dark. Turned out that the couple who sat behind us were very much not in the happy-go-lucky Irish spirit and seemed about ready to break up--he was overheated and motion sick; she was over him.  I thought about offering the guy behind us some of the "kwells" motion sickness med