Galway Gossip

Hey everyone!
Of course the weather is gross again, but that's OK because yesterday was beautiful! My friend Anne came in to visit on Sunday from around St. Louis (different Anne, obviously) and she had 2 beautiful days in Galway. Kate works a ton of hours and is usually exhausted by the time she gets home which stinks, it'll be good money but I think she is going to start taking less hours. Work for me is good, I finally feel like I really work there because I am wearing the store's clothes! The past 2 weeks I had to dress all in black so I kind of stood out.

So in Galway there is this comedian named Tommy Tiernan who is supposed to be really good. I was going to go see him one night in one of the clubs but then I couldn't justify PAYING for Irish humor...Anyhow, this weekend he is trying to set a world record for longest stand up comedy act, he will go for 36 hours! He wants to donate all the money that is raised from tickets to an organization here in Galway that helps homeless youth. This is big news right now in Galway: the higher ups in the organization are refusing to accept the money because Tommy's set runs from Good Friday until dawn on Easter Sunday. They said Good Friday is the most solemn day of the year and they can't accept money raised from a comedy act on Good Friday. It's pretty unbelievable to me, but the radio DJs are having a field day, they are urging everyone to come out and support it and buy tickets because apparently Tommy Tiernan is still hell bent on getting the money to the org. I realize the significance of Good Friday but this is really hard for me to understand. Anyhow, just thought I'd let you in on some of the Galway gossip :)

Last night we went to The Quays and there was a pretty good band playing. This woman from Belgium grabbed Kate to dance and later she was talking to me very intently. Apparently her son is studying in Galway so she demanded my phone number but asked me to please not fall in love with him. She said I would be a lovely daughter in law, but America is just too far away. When I asked if she spoke French or Flemish she made a face like she just smelled rotting eggs and waved her hand at the thought of the Flemish haha

Travel plans are still up in the air; no matter what we're going to go to Spain for one week and are really hoping to make it to Scotland. If we stay as long as we possibly can then we'll be taking a train through Spain, then to Milan, Zurich, Munich, Vienna, and finally meeting up Aunt, Uncle, Julie, Charlie, Jill, and Mike in Salzburg! That would be amazing, but right now we're waiting to hear when we have to be home in order to keep our summer jobs, which Chase Bank knows we need! That's about it from us I think, I am going to take a much needed nap!
Hasta pronto!
-Erin