Aran Islands

Today we jumped on a bus that took us to the ferry at Rossveal. We boarded and took off for the Aran Islands. We rented bikes when we got there and spent the day riding all over the island. It was great! The sun was shining, there weren't too many hills, and it was a great rise through the countryside. We stopped for lunch at a tiny little restaurant on the edge of a cove. They didn't have much available since it was the off-season but the owner made us toasted tomato & cheese sandwiches and Jennie & I wolfed down 2 each. We sat on the beach for a little while and just basked in the sun. It's so strange...we expected it to rain or at least be cloudy the whole time and yet it has been sunny every day. There's been haze on a few days but I'm actually getting a little sunburned on my face.
Biking back to the ferry was a whole different story that our morning bike ride. Basically my butt muscles went into full protest over being forced to sit on a bicycle seat that had very little padding for another two hours. I ended up swallowing my pride and taking my fleece off, bundling it around the seat, and spent the rest of the day riding on my makeshift cushion. Ouch! I'm pretty sure I have bruises.
We had dinner at a place in Galway were there was supposed to be pizza & set-dancing...we found the pizza but the set-dancing had been canceled in favor of the football game between Chelsea & Arsenal. It's amazing watching some of those guys play! In addition, the tv commercials in Ireland are hysterical...I'm not sure if they're always that way or if it was because I'm so tired. Well, more news to report on next time. We're off to the Connemara region tomorrow.