Blogs from County Carlow, Ireland, Europe - page 2

So the young lad finally grew a hair today...Yep, Arturs is now a man at 18 years old...OH how long ago was that for me? Yes, well we will not go there. He is a great lad and friend. But I know that now he can make it into the pubs its all down hill from here. There will be the wild nights on top of bars, coming home in the morning with numbers from who? And the praying to the porcelain god will become part of a weekend ritual for the next 2 years. No I do not miss these times. However, I did get the princess a Birthday card that I had a few students that know him sign. Other than that, now that he is 18....just like all of the fathers out there ... read more

We are going to London in Thursday so I am very excited! It has been pretty warm for the last couple of days so I am not worried about snow this time! It actually hasn't rained in a while either! We have been lucky to have such nice weather! We had our windows open in our apartment all day today! I went to Dublin last Saturday and I love the city! There is a lot to do and see. We went to see The Book of Kells at Trinity College but it was not on display. We were walking to the tourist office and saw Peterson of Dublin store. I knew I had to go in and realized it is a cigar shop. I told them my last name is Peterson and they gave me bags ... read more

This last weekend was nice and cool, I am still waiting for spring to get here, end the cold and snow already will ya. I went for a walkabout today, around town, threw town. Yep that did not take long at all. I did stop by the farmers market for a 50 cent muffin, was worth every bit. Homemade can take over the world. The real reason for getting out, other than I feel as I am getting fat. Is today in town the old folks home is up for closing. The house needs upgrades on a few areas, there are only 30 or so people still there and well we are dealing with political leaders of the community. The one thing that I have never understood is how we (society) place such a hype on ... read more

On Wednesdays I do not have class. My original plan for these days is to travel and relax a bit. But with waiting for my money to hit the bank I thought it better to sit low for this past month. Artur and I had talked about meeting some time to go swimming. What I wanted to do was sit in the hot tub. He was able to get directions to the pool from his mother and sugested that we go today. With typical Irish weather (sun and mild) we decided to go swimming. Just one problem, I do not have swimware. So we set out to buy some. The second store we hit pay dirt. The store is, how about this, a sports store,,,Go figure... I found mine at 8€ and swim cap for 3€, ... read more

So today, the day that America becomes free of a political idiot. This one will be going down in the history books. Lets see not one but two wars, over seas, in Muslim areas, we are Christians...so where are the Jews in this? That's right they used to work in the banking industry. I think they are on holiday or went to Canada. Well, lets not get me started. I skipped class this morning, well an excused skip anyway. History stood still today so that I could make history. I went to Kilkenny this morning with Kelsy, just a bit south of here, for a radio interview. The teacher I have for Media Studies has a morning talk show, as well teaches us the finner points of interviewing.. I went, had fun and was heard buy ... read more