The Aquarium

Today was fish day! At least it seemed like that because of the visit of the Galway Atlantaquarium where we saw some of the most common fish here in Ireland as well as other parts of the world like from the Amazon river.
Among These were pikes and piranhas but also shellfish and other sea animals such as lobsters and anemones (also know as the Spongebob TV Programme).

Furthermore we had the chance of actually feeding and touching some of the animals like starfish and crabs.

 

After the visit of the Atlantaquarium we made a stop at the beach where the range of activities reached from collecting shells and mussels to go swimming in the sea or just enjoying the fantastic view across Galway’s coastline and the Atlantic Ocean.

Later on we had our Irish-music evening where we listened to live-music in several pubs around shop street and Eyre-Square.

But that wasn’t the only available source of music near this place. Most of the day you could hear lots of street-musicians performing on the street. Their repertoire also was quite extensive. They covered many different styles of music, like traditional Irish or oldschool-rock music.

But still that wasn’t all that could be seen on a trip through the heart of Galway. Traditional Irish dancing also was very popular with the pedestrians.

Only two days left until we have to say goodbye to this great country. Culture and living may be a bit different here but certainly not in a bad way.

We were not the first students to come here and not the last ones for sure, but still our stay here in Galway will stay in our memories for a long time.

by Lukas Koller and David Pacher