Home, sports and rasing our drinks to a new year!

we have made our appartment a home, which was much needed. we cleaned everything, got candles, burned essential oils, hung up posters and of course cooked. cooking for me brings everything into focus, here we are in another country, living by ourselves thousands of miles from home for the first time, cooking and somehow its all worked out. We are alive and well (besides allies slight cold), eating fantastic food, including oreos,and having so much fun.

Surfing-

Now I am not a surfer, I have never been on a surf board and didnt think untill recenly, that i ever would. We learned the basics, how to’s and how dont’s and then we were let free on to the unsuspecting  ocean. not that the ocean minded that much. you have never been beaten untill you have been beaten by the ocean again and again and again.  If being hit by a giant salt-watery wave isnt enough to enflick pain, you have a giant board there with you. I have some wonderfully colored brusing from my new friend Surf board. eventually we will all get a hang of it, it was fun in the end and will continue to be i suspect. 

 

Rock Climbing-

this one I have done and enjoyed plenty more then the activities of the before mentioned sport. we hope to continue with rock climing not just at the centre but out in the surounding mountains. we also hope to do some rope courses here as well.

Kayaking-

 Kayaking was a blast, each day seams to get better and better in fun value. we kayaked on a loch which i know is simply a lake but it seems so much more fun, cultural and timely to call them lochs. sometimes i feel as if im in a different time with words such as, Ye for all of you, trolley, loch ect. I love the language usage here.

So we have come to the end of our first week. so far all has gone decently minus mold and allies head cold. Ireland is proving to be as beautiful as imagined and the towns folk are absolutly wonderful.as we enter this weekend we stumble apon my birthday, which just gives every Irish person I know yet another exuse to drink, but heyits the culture, cheers!

much love to all back home and all of those who have stumbled on our blog, thanks. and thanks to all for the comments its nice to know someone out there is reading.

love

~ by allieandelizabethinireland on September 26, 2008.