Galle Fort

 On Friday we went to Galle to visit the Galle Fort for the day. It's not too far away so we got a public bus again. Galle is a very touristy spot and inside the fort are lots of shops and places to eat. Outside the fort is Sri Lanka's international cricket stadium where games are often televised.  The fort was built in 1588 by the Portuguese but was then taken over and refurbished by the Dutch and is most commonly referred to as being a 16th century Dutch fort. It was quite bizarre to walk around as it looked nothing like anywhere else in Sri Lanka I have visited so far. The shops were excellent - definitely the best place to go back to to buy any souvenirs from! For lunch we went to a place called Crepe-ology which was beyond amazing! Had the best tuna wrap of my life and then traditional crepe with lemon juice and sugar. Yummy! We went a wee walk around some of the fort walls and it reminded me somewhat of a larger Fort George at home, until you turned around and saw the very colonial Dutch looking buildings!