It has been nearly a month since I last updated. It seems as though not that much has happened but then at the same time I have been too busy to post an update. In the past three weeks I have seen the Jameson distillery, took a hike around Whiddy Island, saw more of West Cork and got to shoot the Liverpool FC reserves team as they played a friendly match with the Dunmanway team. I have also booked my flight to Moscow.
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August 22, 2009
Football, Hikes and Islands
July 25, 2009
Irish Adventure
It has been a busy week-and-a-half here. Since landing I have celebrated Cillian’s ninth birthday and Richard and Leonie’s tenth anniversary. I have seen much of West Cork and a corner of County Kerry. I have Watched Shauna maddeningly getting ready for her “debs”. Had, and mostly lost, a small cold and started on the path to being a regular at Ma Murphy’s pub.
After a few days settling in here we had a “grand” celebration on Friday for Cillian’s ninth birthday. 
This day also happens to be Richard and Leonie’s tenth anniversary. As is the case a nine-year-old’s birthday takes over the house. After the little man’s football camp (Irish football) he and I walked down to town to the toy shop and got him my present, a Power Rangers helmet and a Matchbox car. When we got back Leonie prepared a feast with hamburgers and sausages cooked on the grill and a homemade cake. Cillian’s grandparents (Richard’s Ma and Da) came to visit from Blarney which was a surprise for him because we had not told him they would.
July 14, 2009
Safe and Sound In Bantry
I finally made it to Ireland after 14 hours on planes. I missed my connection to AerLingus because US Airways decided to have us sit on the tarmac for 45 min waiting for a gate before they just brought out the stairs and unloaded us. 
After being grilled by UK immigration—which I have yet to figure out why since I was not staying there—I was booked onto the next flight to Cork.
Leonie and her kids Shauna and Cillian picked me up at the airport with creamy, sticky Starbucks in hand. A little over an hours drive through the very green CO Cork country side and we ended up in Bantry. We had a quick tour of the town before settling in at home.
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