At home abroad: Jan 13, 2010

January 13, 2010

waterless for a change - day 4

You guessed it, we are without water for a change. Funny how quickly one can adapt to the situation.

I had a warm shower at work this morning. It felt like heaven.

There is a nice article in one of the German papers about the arctic temperature crisis in Ireland. There is a lot of truth in this one :)

Otherwise it's back to wind rain, wind and more rain. Lovely! It's a great place to be in January.

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.