Visitors!!

We were delighted to be off this week, not only to enjoy the lovely weather we have had, but also because Jason came to visit us in Ireland. He didn't come alone either! He was travelling with his friends Barbara and Katie both of whom are lovely! They arrived on Wednesday and Brad and I met them at the airport. That afternoon after they sorted out accommodation we headed to the Guinness storehouse where the girls poured their own pints and Jason drank his! While they were here we did trips to Newgrange and Knowth and we took them to the two sisters (my parents local!). We also had a nice day yesterday at Powerscourt waterfall and walking around the gardens. They left here this morning and we dropped them to the airport. It's been a busy few days and we're back to work tomorrow but it was so nice to have visitors!

They all seemed to have a really good time and enjoyed the local atmosphere, especially watching the World Cup match in the Woolshed (Aussie/NZ bar in the city) on wednesday night. They got a true taste of the "World Cup fever" i think. It was good hearing some aussie accents again too. Hopefully the nice weather keeps up and we have a good summer. As Jason, Barb and Katie found out, 18 degrees here feels a lot warmer than 18 in Australia. Must be a humidity thing.

Apartment photos

Ok, here it is finally! The photos of our new home! It is small and I didn't take photos from every angle but it will give you an idea. And just so you know our bedroom is much bigger than what you see in the photo but we still haven't unpacked everything so I didn't photograph that side of the room!!

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!

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!

Happy St Patricks Day!

Sorry I didn't put this up on the day (March 17th). Happy St. Patricks Day to everyone!

New York Photos

New York, New York!!

Hello all sorry we haven't put up a post yet but we've been so busy! Tuesday was Groundhog day and the Groundhog in New York didn't see his shadow so it's the end of Spring! Except that it snowed here last night so the groundhog may have got it wrong. We've seen Times Square, The Statue of Liberty, 42nd street and 34th street (although there was no Miracle but we still have a few more days!). It's been crazy! We went to see The Lion King last night and it was great, although I think we topped that this evening as we went to watch "The Late Show" with David Letterman! It was great being in the audience and we may even be on T.V. cool.
Tomorrow we head up the Empire State building although not King Kong style!