Galway and cliffs of Moher

Yesterday, after the tour of the city I figured I'll go on an adventure in the country side. It would be a shame to come all the way to Ireland and only see Dublin. I signed up with an all day tour that would take me to the country side, through the rolling hills and the grasslands of western Ireland, all the way to the majestic Cliffs of Moher. I woke up early to meet up with our tour guide. When I got to the meeting point I ran in to couple of people I met earlier during the pub crawl and the city tour. None of them however ended up being on my tour. That was fine though, this was a great opportunity to meet more new people.

Caroline appeared from one of the adjacent streets. She was our tour organizer. She approached us with a vibrant yellow jacket that could be spotted form a mile away and a small binder with all of our names on it. She got us organized and we were all on the bus heading out west to Galway. Caroline and her cousin John run MacCoole Tours that offers an authentic Irish experience. It is very well organized, informative and all around a great experience. The plan was to meet up with John at the family farm close to the "Burren mountains". On the three hour ride out west I met two fellow Canadians from Ottawa who were on their last leg of an extensive European journey.

Brittany and Lindsey had been backpacking through Europe for the past month. They stood out from the rest of the crowd cause of their gigantic backpacks. They were planning on staying the night at Galway. Brittany had graduated recently, studying marketing and broadcasting. She had done some work for CBC as an intern. Ever since I took on organizing a radio show, I have been fascinated with people who're in that line of work. I think she was somewhat worried about the prospects of getting a job when she gets back, I tried to be reassuring, but then again, I have no authority on the subject so I didn't push it much. Lindsey worked for a youth help centre and had met Brittany while they were both working as waitresses in a restaurant.

I found their dynamic somewhat interesting. I got the sense that their personalities were somewhat different and I wouldn't have guessed them for really good friends. When people form relationships, now be it between friends, co-workers, lovers or etc they tend to have their own corkey way of communicating. However some themes sometimes run more common than others. One thing I've noticed is how interesting interactions become when people are unsure about how "strong" their relationship is. Again these are all based on my own personal experiences and I have no formal education on human interaction or psychology to comment on this. But from my own experiences, these observations have proven to be true for the most part.

Between Lindsay and Brittany, when they were talking about what they would do next and how they were planning on organizing it, they both overly focused on how they were agreeing on the same things. "It's so funny how you and I think so much a like!", "I like how we're planning things, cause you tell me exactly what you like!" I find, when two people reaffirm agreements verbally over and over again, what they're actually saying is "We are agreeing! so our relationship is strong, right?" When someone says "You and I are so good at doing things" they're actually unsure about how good they are at doing things and for reassurance they're indirectly asking "Hey, I think we're good, you think so too? right?"

(rest was deleted cause of google blogger fiasco, too lazy to rewrite it, Cliffs of Mohr are awesome)