At home abroad: You almost guessed it - Looking for water day 3

January 12, 2010

You almost guessed it - Looking for water day 3

The situation is not getting much better. The beautiful winter wonderland has vanished and instead we have wind and storm. The floods haven't quite reached Dublin yet, but there are rumours that they are already roaming elsewhere in the country.

The water situation however has not improved. There is no water to be had and our county has now officially switched off supplies 'til 4 am (so far it was only running on so low pressure that it sadly never reached the flat), but there is more to life than taking a hot shower right? It's really fine. I think it's a good thing to be reminded again of how many commodities we take for granted every day.

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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.