At home abroad: Jan 15, 2010

January 15, 2010

trying to be patient :)

I have been waiting for this Friday. A very good friend will come to spend the weekend and I wanted things to be perfect.

It will be an interesting weekend; no sign of any water and it seems no masterplan in place yet. To add to the craig the electricity is now flaky as well (as in there was none all morning :)).

I don't want this to become the blog of the biggest whiner in Ireland so I wish everyone a happy early weekend as I have a FREE day and am really looking forward to 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.