Sunshine!

BlogPost7Aug09:8:20
At 10:00 I will be at my first yoga class here. Visitor’s Center told me about a Yoga Center yesterday and I found it – 5 minute walk from my apartment. Didn’t make it to the circus yesterday. Finally got around to figuring out how to run the TV and got absorbed in an Irish movie with Stewart Granger starring – my favorite movie star when I was a teen!
People tend to speak very rapidly so having trouble understanding the speech. Decided I needed some more listening to the Irish and got absorbed in listening to the BBC news and then the local news all about the bad economic conditions here and the need for eliminating 20 police (garda) stations around the country (many of which are abandoned buildings according to the media) plus pharmacists strikes over reduction of their government subsidy, not all of which I totally got, but suffice it to say – there’s deep economic trouble here. Tourists are much fewer (especially from England) so the crowds are small. As a matter of fact, there are no crowds anywhere I’ve been – even in the 50% sale shops.
It seems that everyone is enjoying the sunshine. There are lots of people in the parks and all over the village sitting on benches in the sun. Fascinating to see all the women with low-cut tops and pink necks, arms, and chests from being in the sun. The weather has been absolutely beautiful – rained only the first day I was here which was great for sleeping and getting over the long flight. Hearing and watching the rain on the skylights is VERY restful! This morning I woke to birds flying over in the beautiful sunlight.