At home abroad: Looking for water

January 10, 2010

Looking for water

RTE news warned to preserve water. At a visit to Tesco I noticed that the shelf with drinking water was empty and I was secretly amused how easily people panic when they see warnings on the news.
Back home I tried to go for a shower, but there was no water coming from the mains. Not laughing quite so hard any more...

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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.