Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone,

I have made it home for the Holidays. Who would have thought what an adventure it would be.

So here is some advice next time you are traveling internationally.

First if you think a 2 hours layover is plenty of time , wrong!!!! I had 2 hours in London Heathrow and when I went through security they take your stuff and put it in radon bins to be x-rayed. So here you loaded down with a suitcase, laptop, purse and duty free bag. You are in a hurry and you think you have collected all of your stuff. Wrong again. I left my purse at security and didn't notice until the plane was starting to board.

Thank goodness it was close as I'm running back to security to get my purse. With that crisis over I get on a bus to board the plane. Well the plane was delayed take off for about an hour and I only had just under 2 hours to get my connecting flight in Chicago.

So here I'm am 40 thousand feet in the air thinking please let my next flight be late. Wrong again.

Here I am in Chicago with less than 40 minutes before my flight leaves. So I'm running again through the airport and asking everyone to let me through security so I can try and catch my flight. I'm out of breath as I get to the gate and they tell me you checked in late and we may not let you board. Now I'm really in panic standing at the gate thinking I ran all this way just to sleep in the airport.

Well they made me wait and I was the last one on the plane.

The moral of the story. Have at least 3 hours at every airport so you can put your shoes on when you run to the gate.

I will see all of you soon and here is Cork's idea of a cross bred of Santa Claus.

Christmas shopping in Cork

Hello everyone,

Today was my day off since I will be working my first Saturday since I started so I thought I would take advantage of the weekday off and do some shopping.

I was surprised at how busy the city was for a weekday. I can just imagine how crazy it is now on the weekends. It will be like Walmart the day after Thanksgiving.

I was able to get some pictures of the City and the lights.

See everyone in 2 weeks when I come home. Crazy to think that Christmas is only a couple of weeks away again.

Enjoy the pictures and see you soon.

Teresa

Back in Ireland

Hello all,

I'm back in Ireland and I never thought I was going to miss it here that much. It does feel good to be back and getting things accomplished at work.

Bill surgery went great and he is on the mend doing great!!! It was good to be home and see everyone again at work and the family.

Thanksgiving was good as always and the best part this year was I didn't have to cook. Charlie took care of that and the turkey was ohhh so good.

It is really funny how you adjust to a different surrounding so fast. I do have a funny story to tell everyone about the toilets here in Ireland and the one at home.

I had to get up in the middle of the night and apparently the toilets here are higher than my at home. I fell in the damn thing and then tried to push the button on the tank to flush. Duh there isn't one there.

The tubs are higher here as well and when I stood in mine I felt like I was on the floor.

Well hopefully some of you got a chuckle reading how I fell in the toilet and I will be back on the 18th for the Christmas Holiday.

See everyone soon,

Teresa

My Apartment in Ireland

Hello,

I know that many of you are interested in what my apartment looks like and I finally took some pictures to show you.

It is not very big but is perfect for just me.

Hope you enjoy,

Teresa

Back in the States

Hi all,

I'm home for Thanksgiving and Bill's surgery went great. His recovery time should only be about 6 weeks instead of six months. Which is a relief.

I have to admit it was rather odd to come back to Salt Lake for a visit. Ireland for now is my other home and I do miss it.

However, it has been nice to drive again since I haven't drove in 3 months.

I will keep everyone posted on any fun and exciting things that may be going on in Ireland. My next adventure when I get back if I have time before Christmas is going to the Blarney stone.

Talk to everyone soon,

Teresa

Christmas in Cork Part Two

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Enjoy,

Teresa

Holiday Preview in Cork

Well just like everywhere else Cork is getting geared up for Christmas. One of the most popular department stores Dellmans (similar to Nordstroms here) is also getting ready for the Christmas season. They have the most splendid windows I have seen. So I couldn't resist playing tourist on my way home from work to get some pictures.

They are truly amazing what they can do with a mannequin. Sorry I could only get one picture to post.

Talk to everyone soon,

Teresa

Halloween

Hi again,

I forgot I do have a couple of Halloween pictures for work. We didn't do alot of decorating but a couple of the girls had fun with the new associate of the month.

We also had a couple of he and she devils that where willing to pose for the camera.

Teresa

Irish bus drivers

Hello all,

Sorry it has been a while since I updated my blog, but when you get into a routine things are normal day to day living and nothing exciting is happening.

I do have a funny picture to add to my blog and thought everyone would enjoy this. No one would have believed that you could high center a bus, but you can in Ireland.

So this was the bus I was trying to take to work this morning and needless to say we had to get on another one since this crazy bus driver didn't know how to turn the corner.

Hope all is well with everyone and I will see most of you at Thanksgiving since Bill is going to need surgery on his shoulder unexpectedly.

Talk to everyone soon,

Teresa

Jazz Festival

Last night was the opening night the Guinness Jazz Festival. The city was a crazy place and the music was outstanding. We had a great time and of course stayed out to late and drank a little to much but that's okay it was opening night.

They are expecting at least 40 thousand people to be in attendance over the next 3 days here in Cork. Every pub has a different Jazz band and they have booths set up all over the city to try different foods.

I did manage to take a few great pictures of the evening.

Hope everyone enjoys.

Teresa

The Cemetery in Cross Haven

This cemetery is hundreds of years old. Many of the headstones have broken and look like big rocks buried in the tall grass. There is the remains of the chapel there and amazing people still put flowers on the graves. This would be a spooky place at night since it over looks the ocean and very old.

Enjoy,

Teresa

More things to see in Ireland

Now that I have some time I can show everyone more things here in Cork. I went to a great little village called Cross Haven. It is about an hour on the bus but at least it is a pretty ride. They have a great fish place there that everything was caught that day so it is really fresh and very cheap. The village is very old and many tourist used to visit.

Enjoy,

Teresa

My first night at the pub

Well it has been 3 weeks since my first night at the local pub. I did take a few pictures of the people I work with and of course there is one of me after having a couple of Blarney Blondes.

Enjoy,