We are totally crazy!
I think that we should make it official news by now: We are absolute nuts!! Once again it's been a mad couple of days!! On Wednesday I flew to Holland to catch up with the family and friends! I don't know how but I managed to have breakfast at Enid's place in Amsterdam, have coffee at my parent's and dinner at Sara & Jort's in Tilburg before heading to the pub to watch to Holland vs Argentina game. It was my first match (and apperantly also the last one) that I watched this World Cup! We had an absolute ball and it was great to see Frank and Lonneke. Thanks again for making such an effort guys! Your hospitality was amazing and will be remembered!
On the Thursday I went down to the famous Efteling to meet Frances and Peter from Sydney. They're in Europe at the moment seeing some old friends so rather than flying all the way down under, it was just as easy to meet them in the Efteling. Oh, the Efteling? What is it? Well, let me quote Frances in one of her emails:
It's a theme park, I suppose, but nothing like the tacky Disneyland I expected it to be - we've just spent the last seven hours wandering acres and acres of simply beautiful fairytale forests filled with elvish villages, picturesque castles, rivers, rides and animatronic displays really imaginatively done. All the well-known fairy stories are brought rather wonderfully to life and for me the theme-park rides really were a sideshow, with the incredibly detailed worlds created within the elaborate buildings around the park being the main attractions. The gardens are just exquisite as well and my eyes are still full of leafy green and overflowing blossoms.
So yes, we had an absolute fantastic day in the Efteling and I'm already looking forward to next time; don't know when or how, but it will happen again!
On the Friday I gave the Ozzies a quick guided-tour around beloved Amsterdam before flying back in an over-pressurized A320 cabin that made several people sick, thankfully not including myself. Apparently the man himself, Mr. Wacko Jacko Michael Jackson had been on that plane flying into Cork a few hours earlier. It's all gone mad!!
Saturday was a day of utter madness! We went to see David Gray in concert at the Marquee; it was only alright. We've seen him years ago in Killarney, but this time it was just blend, no real effort, a bit out of shape. Still he has a fantastic voice, good enough songs, it just didn't gel, he couldn't entertain.
The gig finished around 22.45 and now you may think that that is a good time to go for a quick pint or just to go to bed, we got back to the car and drove to Newcastle West for Tom's 30th birthday party. We arrived at 00.55 and finally we were able to have a few pints. Well, a few pints? There was plenty of drink! We arrived in the middle of the sing song, and the party lasted pretty much until it got bright; We danced some Irish Sets in the kitchen (The Kerry-set actually and yes I danced it too!) and had a great old laugh!
Well, the Sunday was quite a short day I must say; waking up around 12.30 does not leave you with much of the day, but we made the most out of it anyway. We went to Castleconnell to see Sophie's new house and had a lovely day! Thanks again for the lasagne and salad! Yummie!!
So yeah, we arrived back home around 22.00 last night, even missing the last few minutes of the Holland game - well, as far as I've read the media, I didn't miss much anyway.... it was a mad old few days, by God, we're crazy!
On the Thursday I went down to the famous Efteling to meet Frances and Peter from Sydney. They're in Europe at the moment seeing some old friends so rather than flying all the way down under, it was just as easy to meet them in the Efteling. Oh, the Efteling? What is it? Well, let me quote Frances in one of her emails:
It's a theme park, I suppose, but nothing like the tacky Disneyland I expected it to be - we've just spent the last seven hours wandering acres and acres of simply beautiful fairytale forests filled with elvish villages, picturesque castles, rivers, rides and animatronic displays really imaginatively done. All the well-known fairy stories are brought rather wonderfully to life and for me the theme-park rides really were a sideshow, with the incredibly detailed worlds created within the elaborate buildings around the park being the main attractions. The gardens are just exquisite as well and my eyes are still full of leafy green and overflowing blossoms.
So yes, we had an absolute fantastic day in the Efteling and I'm already looking forward to next time; don't know when or how, but it will happen again!
On the Friday I gave the Ozzies a quick guided-tour around beloved Amsterdam before flying back in an over-pressurized A320 cabin that made several people sick, thankfully not including myself. Apparently the man himself, Mr. Wacko Jacko Michael Jackson had been on that plane flying into Cork a few hours earlier. It's all gone mad!!
Saturday was a day of utter madness! We went to see David Gray in concert at the Marquee; it was only alright. We've seen him years ago in Killarney, but this time it was just blend, no real effort, a bit out of shape. Still he has a fantastic voice, good enough songs, it just didn't gel, he couldn't entertain.
The gig finished around 22.45 and now you may think that that is a good time to go for a quick pint or just to go to bed, we got back to the car and drove to Newcastle West for Tom's 30th birthday party. We arrived at 00.55 and finally we were able to have a few pints. Well, a few pints? There was plenty of drink! We arrived in the middle of the sing song, and the party lasted pretty much until it got bright; We danced some Irish Sets in the kitchen (The Kerry-set actually and yes I danced it too!) and had a great old laugh!
Well, the Sunday was quite a short day I must say; waking up around 12.30 does not leave you with much of the day, but we made the most out of it anyway. We went to Castleconnell to see Sophie's new house and had a lovely day! Thanks again for the lasagne and salad! Yummie!!
So yeah, we arrived back home around 22.00 last night, even missing the last few minutes of the Holland game - well, as far as I've read the media, I didn't miss much anyway.... it was a mad old few days, by God, we're crazy!
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