The Meet up at Galway

 After staying at home and working from home, ever since the COVID-19 kicked in, meeting the people and putting a face on the names which have been only named per se, was indeed a welcome move. 

The journey started with a long flight from Bangalore to Dublin, via Dubai, and then followed by a 3-hour bus drive to Galway. Though the bus ride didn't look that great as compared to my earlier trip, 16 years back. Things did change, the travel time had reduced by 1.5 hours, but the travel was all bland. The earlier route, added a lot of meaning to the journey, showcasing the smaller towns and other cities, it was traveling through. 

Technically, it was Summer in Galway, but the rainy weather and the near-close-winter weather didn't really indicate so. The 12-14 deg was more of winter even for Galway residents. 

We were staying the Hotel Galmont, erstwhile Radisson. The rooms were decent, but have to admit it was a bare bones room for a 200Euro per day tariff. Didnt seem reasonable to me for the price. We werent even given the sea facing view, even though we had requested for the same during booking.  Thankfully, the conference room, where we practically lived the entire stay had a glorious view of the sea and that seems really like a relaxing one for sure.