The Aran Islands

I took a ferry today over to the largest of the three Aran Islands, Inis Mor. I wasn't originally planning to visit the Aran Islands, but when I found out that they were called the "Erin" Islands, I had to go. It was 24 euros for the roundtrip bus and ferry ticket to go to the Aran Islands, but definitely worth it. I was on the 10:30 ferry there and the 4:00 ferry home, so I had five hours to explore the island, and I'm pretty sure I saw all there was to see.

Inis Mor has a total of 800 people still living there and are one of the very few areas left in Ireland where people still speak Irish as their first language. The island is only 9 km long so its very easy to explore by bike. In addition, as soon as you exit the ferry, there are at least 50 different tour guides waiting to drive you around the island, which makes it very interesting that my tour guide who grew up on the island just happened to have a brother that lived in Park Ridge!

One of the main attractions to the islands is Dun Aonghasa, an ancient fort located along the Atlantic Coast side of the island. I also visited a seal colony and was able to catch out multiple old thatch cottages. The visit was a lot of fun!

I made it back to Galway about 5:30, just in time to meet up with one of my friends from London, Sana Jamie!

Next stop: USA!