Irish Back Roads

Friday afternoon we were able to visit Eoghan's cousins Ben and Charlie again. While I was in Scotland, Ben was diagnosed with legitimate swine flu so they have been in quarantine for two weeks now. It was fun to see the boys be reunited as they are so used to seeing each other a couple of times a week. That night Maren (one o the German au pairs) arranged for all the au pairs to meet up at the pub in the village. It was fun to see all of them again. I hadn't seen most of them (besides at boot camp) since my trip to Dublin.

Saturday, Maren drove several of us to Cork city to go shopping. We really got to experience Irish back roads. At one point, we hit a pothole that was so big I screamed. Maren and Elisa got out because they thought we had blown a tire- luckily we hadn't! Gillian picked me up from Cork because she was in the city anyway. On our way home we stopped in Blarney and visited 'Woolen Mills'. Its a great place to buy real Irish sweaters, blankets, etc. I'm hoping to go back and visit it before I leave- after all, its only about twenty minutes away!

Today has been gorgeous weather up until this point. Of course its starting to cloud up now though!

Gillian's friend Orla (who lives about two hours away) is now looking for an au pair for her two boys (ages 4 months and 18 months). She would need the au pair to start in January and work for a minimum of 6 months. If you know of anyone who would be interested, PLEASE let me know!! Then I could get you in touch with Orla. Also, Gillian will be looking for my replacement (kind of sad!) here pretty soon. Same deal- let me know if you are interested or know someone else who might be!