Out for a spin

 Whhheeeeeeeee!

Whoooooaaaaaa......

Flying Contraptions!

 I made flying contraptions for all my little friends!  This is a hang glider!

And a hot air balloon!

Hot Chocolate

Nothing on a cold, rainy summer day like a nice HOT CHOCOLATE!

Atlantiquarium

 I love this place! I did a great camp here! And now, I live in this tank.

Luckily, this guy doesn't live in the tank with me!

Tidepooling

Mama and I love to check out the tide pools!

Just don't fall in!

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This was a great little side trip!

Full of odd little nooks and crannies. 

Ok, gotta run!

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Just riding this lovely and totally convicving horsey!

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 Inside the Cultural Center, they let me play with REAL SWORDS! [Note: they'd never allow any of this great stuff in the US.]

 The helmet was a bit big...

 A spiked ball mace seems a good thing to hand a child.  Why not?

 Look out!!

But don't try to come after me! I've got a nice, handy shield that isn't at all too big for me.

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 They let us do archery! With REAL ARROWS.

 Mom was a pro!

 We're ready to join up with Robin Hood!

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I am a semi-willing participant in this activity...

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 We went to the little medieval town of Athenry, where they let us have a sword fight!

 AAAAARRRR!

Skywhale

SKYWHALE!  (Part of the Arts Festival.)

Rain

 Just another day in Galway!

Off to "summer" camp!

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Whew! What a day! Fantastic! Now, to relax with a nice, cold lemonade!

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 We biked to the end of the road, and then went for a hike!

 Up and over the whole island!

To a 3500 year old stone fort and the edge of a giant cliff (note dad's hand keeping me away from the edge).

What a place! 

 C'mon, Dad! Let's explore!

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Dad and I got pretty far off the beaten path.  Really, where is the path??

 There were all sorts of beautiful wildflowers, like this HUGE wild garlic!

Somehow, my feet got just a bit we.  Time to dry everything out! 

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Prehistoric house! (We think...)  We were in the middle of nowhere, and there were no signs.  But there was a lovely teapot, probably left by the leprechauns. 

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 Dad wanted to go see this old monastery, but it was surprisingly cool!

Look at these great stairs to get in and out of the places!

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We took a ferry out to Inis Mór! It's a really cool, rocky island near Galway.  We rented bikes!

There are these great stone walls absolutely everywhere on the island!

 We had a fabulous ride!