BlogPost7Sept09
Monday morning 10.00 am
WOW! Just had my first continental breakfast in the Gulfstream Restaurant – what a treat! 4 kinds of juice, 5 kinds of fruits, porridge with raisins, scones, croissants, and 4 or 5 more kinds of sweet rolls, umpteen kinds of cold cereals (Irish and American), cheeses, salmon, salami, etc. and my own rack of toast (4 kinds of jam) and French press pot of coffee – It’s so good I’ve almost switched from my green tea to coffee all the time – especially in the evening after supper with a bit of Irish whiskey added! Thanks, Jim, for the Tullamore Dew! I don’t know if it’s the whiskey or the coffee that puts me to sleep – but it certainly doesn’t keep me awake! I’m sleeping better than ever – and most of you know I always sleep well the minute I put my head on a pillow.
Yesterday was a wonderful rainy inside day with lots of good reading – skipping from one book to the other. My favorite right now is a novel Margie lent to me “Confessions of a Pagan Nun.”
Today the sun is shining brightly – people are already out on the beach – I’m kind of waiting a bit longer for the tide to really go out so I can enjoy as much beach as will be there soon! I have a map of several walks available around the island (not really an island anymore since two causeways connect it to the mainland) and intend doing lots of walking today. My wellies will serve me well on the beach – lots of beach but many little “inlets” where water remains when the tide goes out – and lots of deep pockets of seaweed left behind also. The weather here is uncanny – reminds me of what we often say – if you don’t like the weather today, just wait till tomorrow – here just wait till afternoon or even an hour sometimes – it’s that changeable. I LOVE IT!
I had planned another “beauty treatment” at the spa today but decided to wait till Wednesday and give the Saturday treatment time to do its thing – glad I have because even now my skin still looks so much better than usual! This afternoon I’ll try the sea water pool and see what that does to me. By the way, they pump the water from the ocean into the hotel pool – it is heated.
Some of you might be interested in the hotel’s awards (I’m quoting. I presume the info booklet was printed prior to 2009.):
Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa has been awarded Ireland’s Leading Spa Resort in 2007 and 2008 at the World Travel Awards. We were also awarded a Gold Medal for Irelands Best Four Star Hotel in 2006 by the Hotel and Catering Review as well as being named in the Best Overall Hotel category at the Hospitality Ireland Awards. Our efforts in converting to renewable energy were recognized by Sustainable Energy Ireland when we won the SEI award for renewable energy.
14.30 pm. Time to get this into the air! More tomorrow.
Monday morning 10.00 am
WOW! Just had my first continental breakfast in the Gulfstream Restaurant – what a treat! 4 kinds of juice, 5 kinds of fruits, porridge with raisins, scones, croissants, and 4 or 5 more kinds of sweet rolls, umpteen kinds of cold cereals (Irish and American), cheeses, salmon, salami, etc. and my own rack of toast (4 kinds of jam) and French press pot of coffee – It’s so good I’ve almost switched from my green tea to coffee all the time – especially in the evening after supper with a bit of Irish whiskey added! Thanks, Jim, for the Tullamore Dew! I don’t know if it’s the whiskey or the coffee that puts me to sleep – but it certainly doesn’t keep me awake! I’m sleeping better than ever – and most of you know I always sleep well the minute I put my head on a pillow.
Yesterday was a wonderful rainy inside day with lots of good reading – skipping from one book to the other. My favorite right now is a novel Margie lent to me “Confessions of a Pagan Nun.”
Today the sun is shining brightly – people are already out on the beach – I’m kind of waiting a bit longer for the tide to really go out so I can enjoy as much beach as will be there soon! I have a map of several walks available around the island (not really an island anymore since two causeways connect it to the mainland) and intend doing lots of walking today. My wellies will serve me well on the beach – lots of beach but many little “inlets” where water remains when the tide goes out – and lots of deep pockets of seaweed left behind also. The weather here is uncanny – reminds me of what we often say – if you don’t like the weather today, just wait till tomorrow – here just wait till afternoon or even an hour sometimes – it’s that changeable. I LOVE IT!
I had planned another “beauty treatment” at the spa today but decided to wait till Wednesday and give the Saturday treatment time to do its thing – glad I have because even now my skin still looks so much better than usual! This afternoon I’ll try the sea water pool and see what that does to me. By the way, they pump the water from the ocean into the hotel pool – it is heated.
Some of you might be interested in the hotel’s awards (I’m quoting. I presume the info booklet was printed prior to 2009.):
Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa has been awarded Ireland’s Leading Spa Resort in 2007 and 2008 at the World Travel Awards. We were also awarded a Gold Medal for Irelands Best Four Star Hotel in 2006 by the Hotel and Catering Review as well as being named in the Best Overall Hotel category at the Hospitality Ireland Awards. Our efforts in converting to renewable energy were recognized by Sustainable Energy Ireland when we won the SEI award for renewable energy.
14.30 pm. Time to get this into the air! More tomorrow.
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