Buzzies Across the Pond: Exploring Cork City...and settling in

It's sort of a lazy Sunday in Clontakilty today...we're all drinking tea and trying to keep warm. It's 15/60 degrees, but the wind makes it feel a lot colder. Brrrr.

Rigel and I went to Cork City this past weekend, a beautiful place an hours bus ride from where we are full of rivers, bridges, steeples, and plenty of Irish accents. The city centre itself is actually an island! It was voted the kindest city in the world a few years back, and is the second biggest port in the world. It's also our new favorite city in the world. Basically, it's fabulous.

We stayed at a hostel, and did plenty of exploring. Unfortunately we found a store called Penney's which is basically the cheaper, European version of Forever 21...that's no good for my bank account--steering clear of that general area in the future. We went to a cafe for breakfast, walked down the skinny streets, explored some of the gigantic churches that are squeezed oddly between both old and modern buildings, and took way too many pictures. Then we broke down and got subway because apparently nowhere else outside of city centre sells warm food...and it's cold here! We've made the decision from here on in to avoid chain restaurants from the US...sorry subway.

City slang: langers=drunkards

Anyways, we're getting used to the schedule here:

8:00: stumble out of bed, take care of the chickens, eat breakfast, help edie find a mismatched outfit
9:00...well....we try: Take Edie and Noah to School and go to the "tunnels" to pick flowers or weed and do maintenance

Lydia's roses

1:00: FOOD! Bring buckets of flowers inside and make lots of sandwiches. Play with Edie. Shower (maybe). Hoover...or vacuum. Read. Get a rugby lesson from Noah. Pick tomatoes and peppers from the garden outside. Do laundry...basically whatever.
4:00: the daily walk! Everyone (except for me) power walks to who knows where for a good 45 minutes and comes back and stretches. Edie and I have a good time being bums and watching Dora!
7:00: Make dinner, which usually includes potatoes in some form. Yum!
8:00: Eat together, talking about anything from Becc's tardiness to Edie's excessive chatting habit.
9:00: Watch tv by the fire with Cougar and tea