Aimee and Brad: March 2010

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Giants Causeway

Hello everyone. Brad and I just got home from a trip up north this weekend. We left on Saturday and headed up to Belfast which nowadays is a nice short journey. We stayed in a nice hotel near Queens university on Saturday night and did a little shopping in the city while we were there. Today we went up to see the Giants Causeway. The causeway is about an hour from the city and is on the northern coastline. It is a part of the coastline made of volcanic rock which formed of 60 million years ago from volcanic eruptions under water into mostly hexagonal shapes. Its pretty cool looking! It is called the Giants Causeway because in Irish legends it was supposedly formed by an Irish Giant who wanted to fight a Scottish giant (from the coastline of Northern Ireland you can see Scotland). Brad, however, has an altogether different theory. He believes that it was formed by Aliens because it looks too man-made! Anyway we took a lovely drive down the coast road on the way back and the sun was shining so we had a lovely day and just got back home now!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Our new home.

Well we have lots of news this week. Brad and I went to view an apartment last week and we liked it so much we decided to rent it. We moved in on St. Patrick's day and we have made ourselves quite comfortable! It's a one bedroom apartment in Chapelizod which for those who don't know is slightly west and south of the city. It's near the large park (Phoenix park). We have a lovely sitting room and a good size bedroom, a large bathroom and a small galley kitchen. We will put up photos once we take them but we have to find the camera first! We have moved nearly everything over and now we are trying to find places for everything. Still we won't complain because its nice to have our own space. Brad also got some good news in that he will be moving to a different store for work and he will be getting more hours so we're both pretty happy at the moment!