At home abroad: Jun 6, 2008

June 6, 2008

Irish Summer II - A Slight Chance of Rain

It has been a crazy week. To come back to the favourite subject in Ireland - no not sports or mortgages, but the weather - this week started off sunny and almost hot (you have to remember that the highest temperature ever measured in this area of the world is 32 °C), then changed to a very rainy autumn and it ended on a high note when this beautiful rainbow greeted me this evening.

A great way to kick off the weekend!

Intro

In Ireland I was once told a story. A Spanish man travelling in Connemara asked what the Irish word for mañana would be. He was told “Oh no, we don’t have a word describing such a hurry here.”
I tried to keep this story in mind on my way from Cork into Dublin on Sunday evening.
It seemed to me like even the roads were in a hurry. Cars where changing lanes like mad and honking was the only accepted way of communication.

Ireland is a lovely country, people are friendly, the weather is mild, the countryside is gorgeous and in general not much is working in this country, but Irish people are way to relaxed to keep complaining about this too much, which is a very good skill to acquire when you move here from lets say one of the Scandinavian countries.