We had a few days off so one of my classmates (Marie) organized a trip to Galway for the Oyster Festival. We piled 7 of us into a "van" that looked more like a small car and made the 2+ hour trip to the coast. We arrived at Galway and headed to the festival which turned out to be the big event of the town that day. Apparently Oyster Shucking has an international circuit which has one of the major events in Galway. Kind of similar to the 4 majors of golf, Galway hosts one of the few majors of oyster shucking. You are graded on both time and presentation. We all picked our horses and laid out some bets. The American (from Florida) gave a valiant effort however he got dinged on his presentation. Amazingly enough the Belgium won both for time and presentation which apparently doesn't happen all that often. After the event we grabbed some oysters of our own, hung out with the Friendship Band from Northern Ireland (the picture can explain it better than I can), and then headed into the city drag.
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| Friendship Band |
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| Todd w/ Stats |
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| Robin + Marie w/ Flags |
Next Galway City and Cliffs of Moher...........
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