Our new home

Hello!

We're on the road again, at least we were, but now we're settled again... This time in Ireland. We had a great trip from Canada to England with wedding blessing in Cambridge followed by 'Justin Grounds' tour while visiting with friends along the way. We then drove through Wales spending the day napping in sheep fields and popping into small towns on our way to the ferry terminal at Fishguard to get onto a 2:45am boat last Friday morning.

We awoke 3 hours later to the captain on the intercom telling everyone to get back into their cars and off we went. It was Just's first time to Ireland and the mist over the rolling hills did the trick, he's hooked.

We were meant to come straight to our winter hide away but were told that builders would be working until Sunday morning, and since it's a house-sit, and not costing us more than a few electrical bills, we didn't complain... instead we took the opportunity to visit with my friends Denise and Gary south of Dublin, who I met in Australia and have just had a baby and moved house. We stayed there 2 nights and then made our way here, after giving the bug a tune-up and via visiting an old friend of Just's who now lives in Roscrae and makes Irish pipes (beautiful!) when he's not working as a paramedic, to Inchydoney.

Inchydoney is a tiny village of sorts with no shops but a massive expanse of beach and dunes. Clonakilty is our nearest town, a mere 5 min drive away where you can find all the modern conveniences and pubs, pubs, pubs.

We have spent the last 2 days foraging & munching on blackberries & sea lettuce (way to go Will & Lucy on the book! we've used it to both feed ourselves and avoid death by poison) and swimming in the ocean (wetsuits are a must).

I also had the pleasure of visiting the local guarda (police) station to register to stay more than a month, since i'm married to an EU-er. There was no line, no wait and no forms. Et voila! I can stay a year and work anywhere I please. It was a joy, a credit to the Irish lack-of-red-tape establishment.

So what's next? We've been on the trail for what's to come and it's looking like it will be a great winter, with friendly neighbours and lots of prospects for good work.

Ok, all this from a hotel parking lot located conveniently down the road with WiFi... internet to be setup once the first bill arrives!

Much love to you all and hope this finds you well!
xx A&J