On Monday, a holiday in the US, found us hiking to Maynooth for an excursion, while Flor stayed with Alex. We ended up on our feet for 2 hours in town in addition to the 40 minute each way hike in to town. Needless to say we were quite bushed when we got back to the house. We did tour the town a bit and did some grocery shopping. Seems we can't plan too far ahead and need to go to store almost daily.
Unfortunately for me, we purchased couple of bottles of wine, 5 pounds of flour, half gallon of milk and few other goodies that ended up weighing in at quite a sum. They encourage bringing your own bags by not providing you any, so we had brought a small version, not expecting to get so carried away. Needless to say it made the 40 minute walk back to the house a long one with the added weight. The Fit For You Gym was much easier.
The highlight of every evening for Alex is the street sweeper that comes through cleaning up the mud that the construction vehicles leave behind. This area will be a very nice residential place when the houses are finished. In the meantime, mud is the word.
I did find out today that the golf course charges 75 Euro to 115 Euro during the week and 135 Euro on weekends and because of the heavy rains, no wheeled golf carts are allowed on the course, so they pull carts.
Today we heard that the crate from Oregon is to arrive with all the other goodies. Alex is really in need of some more toys.
We took Alex and some bread crumbs down to the water to feed ducks and swans today. I went on into town to pick up couple of things for dinner that we didn't buy yesterday.
Guess that's all for now.
Joe
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Who needs a gym when you need to walk everywhere? I remember that you always needed to bring your own carry bag when shopping -- worth investing in one of those string bags.
Sounds like you are in a brand new and growing development. Are Carrie and family the first occupants of the house? Have you made contact with any other kids yet?
Hope you get back to Dublin several more times, as it is a wonderfully entertaining city. Trinity College has (or had when we were there) an active music department, and we took in a great concert of fiddle etc, all done by students. Of course, Irish music is high on our list of things to take in, but maybe not yours.
Love the blog!
Our best to all,
P&L
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