Thursday, 10 June 2010

Thursday 10th June – Day 6

Jessica slept through the night (well just one wake up) so sleeping patterns are starting to get back to normal.  Seemingly for babies it takes one day for ever hour difference to get over jet-lag so that theory appears to be working for us.  

Another beautiful day here, about 18 degrees and nice and sunny.  Again all focused on getting a home so visited more estate agents today.  The setup in Ireland is very different to the states as each agency can only show houses that they represent so you need to work with all of them all to see all available houses.  In Kinsale there are eight agencies so that's a lot of realtors to keep track of.

Dinner was local (NY) strip steaks with new potatoes from Wexford that we bought from a guy on the side of a road, peas, mushrooms and onions.  Again everyone devoured everything which must be something in this sea air that is making us all hungry.   After dinner we walked up to the Speckled Door pub for a couple of pints (Murphy’s or course), 7ups with straws for Anna and Sarah and a baby white for Jessica.   Irish readers will know what a “baby white” is!  Amazingly the owners of the Speckled Door remembered Gwen from when she used to stay across the road from it as a little girl with her family.

The interesting observation from today is that we stopped by the Ballinspittle grotto this evening on way back from town and the statue of our lady did not move for us!

Jessica enjoying an Ice Cream


The Ballinspittle Grotto

Remove your valuables as these two might take them.



This is where we get our water every day!
Nice pint!
Palm Tree and a hourse at the Specked Door

Gwen enjoying a nice pint too!




Gwen and Sarah outside the Speckled Door Pub