I missed the DART I'd planned to take as the bathroom was occupied at the worst possible moment (grrrr..), so I also missed the 9am bus to Galway, hmph..
I got a train to Dundalk, which didn't stop at every station, and there was an announcement before Pearse, to change there for the DART.. There was no info anywhere to be seen, whether it was going to stop at Tara Street or not (=very poor service, btw!!), so I didn't want to risk it NOT stopping there, and decided to wait for the next DART - which was like 15 minutes away, FFS! Had I not been planning to walk A Lot in Galway, I'd have walked from Pearse to Busáras..
I probably hadn't even been to Busáras in at least ten years or so, but it seemed to be the same old.. (The toilets were Horrible, though!!)
I bought a return ticket to Galway (€19), and then killed time buying something to eat and drink on the bus, something to read, etc..
It was a grey morning, which was promising rain for later, but I was actually enjoying it just as it was.. Just a few quick snaps somewhere before Athlone;
Nostalgic.. My first trip to Galway since I moved away from there in March '99..
I was going to an extras casting, and obviously it would have made sense to go there first while I was still looking half decent.. But I wanted to walk to Salthill and back, and take some pictures of my old neighbourhood, so I decided to do that first while there was still plenty of daylight. And trust Galway, I'd barely made it to the other end of Eyre Square when it started raining - quite a lot.. I packed my camera away (wrapped in plastic!) and walked on, taking mainly mobile snaps on the way.. I got totally soaked, but I was loving it!
I'm glad I'd actually checked out Google street view of Galway as it is today, or I might have gotten lost on my old route.. LOL.. Honestly, so many new buildings, here and there! :O
This house has always pulled me like a magnet.. Still does! I'm kicking myself for not squatting there, all those years ago.. I really, really love that house, for some reason! :o
O'Connor's was my local, but that modern monstrosity didn't exist back then.. I found that Salthill post office is now next to that modern building (left from this picture), and has been there for 11 years!
It's sad to see Hotel Sacre Coeur looking all derelict.. I remember having tea there, once.
Here's where I used to live, above the shop =)
Here's that magnetic house again...
I did some shopping, later on.. Two pocket size Moleskines, for 2012 (Eason only had smaller ones, so I got a handbag size, and then found a bigger Peanuts themed Moleskine at Dubray Books, so that'll be my diary.) I also bought one Christmas present, some gel pens, etc.
I didn't buy anything at Eyre Square shopping centre..
The extras casting was at Harbour Hotel, and none of us seemed to know what it was for! LOL.. It turned out to be for Jack Taylor films. To be honest, it would probably cost me more to go to Galway and spend two nights in a hostel, than what I'd get paid for it, if I was to get some work on it, but if they want me I'll probably still do it as it'd be cool to do something in Galway, for a change.
After casting, I noticed that I'd only about five minutes to make it to the 4:30pm bus, which was just not going to happen.. So, I went back to Eyre Square shopping centre, thinking I'd eat something there.
I went uber-gourmet at Burger King.. *cough*..
I'd packed some overnight necessities, should I decide to stay and come home the next day, but on my way to Galway, I ended up getting an extra day on The Savage Eye for the following day, so I had to make it a short trip. However, I got everything done that I wanted to do - to see my old home and go to that casting =)
It's funny, I only lived there just over two years, and I've since lived in Bray for nearly 13 years, but when I went to Galway, I somehow felt as if I'd gone home.. I kind of want to go back to the west, I think. The air smells nicer in there, and all. Everything is just nicer. And I don't feel out of place when I say Hiya =D
The same bus driver, there and back! =D
These last snaps were around that video, which I already blogged, earlier on..
I got soaked in the rain once more, on the way home from Bray DART station! LOL.. I was back home around 10:30pm..
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