Jaquie at Dromberg (Domberg?) Circle - Bronze Age
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-Atlantic Ocean in backgroundBlogPostSat5Sept09 Two postings today.
9.00 am. Well, I didn’t make it till 9:30 for music in the pub last night. The day was just too big and full of fun and I was asleep by then! I’ll reschedule a bit today so I get to the music tonight if I can. But next on the agenda is my tropical ritual at 10.00. After that, who knows! I’m sitting here now in my Inchydoney Island Spa robe and slippers anticipating!
Last night was spectacular – the full moon rose in full view from my room! The view of the tide coming in and the moon rising was spellbinding! In the pub I had a nice sirloin open sandwich on delicious brown bread with lots of greens (including watercress which brought back memories of Huntsville where we had a stream on the back of our property where watercress grew – my escape place when the boys were napping.
The Lodge is truly upscale – reminds me a bit of Charleston Place, Luke, and some aspects of the Buckhead Ritz Carlton. There is original art in EVERY room! Local artists abound and this particular one does seascapes that are very special. There is woodwork in the lobby by another local artist – and so it goes. The walls of my balcony are clear glass or Plexiglas – so they tend to disappear so that the view is nearly uninterrupted. Jim: If I’d known then what I know now I’d have insisted that we come for that Sunday lunch we talked about! I’m sorry you are missing this place.
More later.
BlogPost6Sep09 – Both yesterday’s and today’s are new ones which I’ll post as one.
11.30 am. Woke at 9.00 this morning after a marvelous sleep. The bed is absolutely the best I’ve ever slept in. Not only is it comfortable, it is dressed in all white – even the duvet cover is white! How luxurious can you get!
Delightful dinner in the pub of smoked salmon, prawns in a lovely sauce, the ubiquitous greens and brown bread and butter. And a FULL glass of pinot grigio. One delight of this place is that everything gets charged to my room so I have no concern at all about money! Just enough to leave gratuities – totally at my discretion – according to the information booklet.
It is raining relatively hard this morning and I’m glad. I wanted a day inside to catch up on meditation time and reading – so much I want to know about the Irish people and their culture. Margie and the Anglican priest have both provided me with fascinating material! I do know this – the Irish are a very friendly sort and exceptionally helpful.
The tourist business is suffering – so much so they are about to offer a 50 euros coupon to citizens to get them into the act. In a way, that’s fortunate for me because there has been almost no waiting for anything! And no crowds. School has started just a couple of days ago. It was fun watching from my window in Kinsale as the kids walked down the streets in their uniforms – spotted at least three different school uniforms. It seems typical for the girls to wear short skirts and black tights and the boys – even very young ones – to wear gray slacks collared shirts and v-neck sweaters – even neckties I spotted on a few!
Didn’t get downstairs to post yesterday – after my spa tropical treatment I was so relaxed. I couldn’t make myself do anything except keep on relaxing!
I’m attempting to learn to use the laptop mouse so I don’t have to carry the other one around with me. Just call me GrandmaTechie!
Anyway, just had lunch in the Gulfstream Restaurant – the posh one here. Delightful seat high up in the building overlooking the sea on the other side of the building – good surf today, very grey. The hostess said something about what a terrible day it is and I replied – “I think it’s beautiful!” I’m sure they all think I’m nuts by now or maybe they are beginning to recognize the “Happiness Specialist.” Lunch was sweet potato and carrot soup with some miraculous flavors – I’ll learn to make this one – accompanied by a tiny biscuit with seaweed on top! Followed by roast lamb au jus (and some other unintelligible words) with two kinds of potatoes, a bowl of mixed veggies,4 kinds of bread, and the best, yellowest butter I’ve seen since Mama made it! I’m getting some kind of serious security warning. So, I’ll stop, send this, and let it rest a while.
Love – Peace – Joy to everyone!
9.00 am. Well, I didn’t make it till 9:30 for music in the pub last night. The day was just too big and full of fun and I was asleep by then! I’ll reschedule a bit today so I get to the music tonight if I can. But next on the agenda is my tropical ritual at 10.00. After that, who knows! I’m sitting here now in my Inchydoney Island Spa robe and slippers anticipating!
Last night was spectacular – the full moon rose in full view from my room! The view of the tide coming in and the moon rising was spellbinding! In the pub I had a nice sirloin open sandwich on delicious brown bread with lots of greens (including watercress which brought back memories of Huntsville where we had a stream on the back of our property where watercress grew – my escape place when the boys were napping.
The Lodge is truly upscale – reminds me a bit of Charleston Place, Luke, and some aspects of the Buckhead Ritz Carlton. There is original art in EVERY room! Local artists abound and this particular one does seascapes that are very special. There is woodwork in the lobby by another local artist – and so it goes. The walls of my balcony are clear glass or Plexiglas – so they tend to disappear so that the view is nearly uninterrupted. Jim: If I’d known then what I know now I’d have insisted that we come for that Sunday lunch we talked about! I’m sorry you are missing this place.
More later.
BlogPost6Sep09 – Both yesterday’s and today’s are new ones which I’ll post as one.
11.30 am. Woke at 9.00 this morning after a marvelous sleep. The bed is absolutely the best I’ve ever slept in. Not only is it comfortable, it is dressed in all white – even the duvet cover is white! How luxurious can you get!
Delightful dinner in the pub of smoked salmon, prawns in a lovely sauce, the ubiquitous greens and brown bread and butter. And a FULL glass of pinot grigio. One delight of this place is that everything gets charged to my room so I have no concern at all about money! Just enough to leave gratuities – totally at my discretion – according to the information booklet.
It is raining relatively hard this morning and I’m glad. I wanted a day inside to catch up on meditation time and reading – so much I want to know about the Irish people and their culture. Margie and the Anglican priest have both provided me with fascinating material! I do know this – the Irish are a very friendly sort and exceptionally helpful.
The tourist business is suffering – so much so they are about to offer a 50 euros coupon to citizens to get them into the act. In a way, that’s fortunate for me because there has been almost no waiting for anything! And no crowds. School has started just a couple of days ago. It was fun watching from my window in Kinsale as the kids walked down the streets in their uniforms – spotted at least three different school uniforms. It seems typical for the girls to wear short skirts and black tights and the boys – even very young ones – to wear gray slacks collared shirts and v-neck sweaters – even neckties I spotted on a few!
Didn’t get downstairs to post yesterday – after my spa tropical treatment I was so relaxed. I couldn’t make myself do anything except keep on relaxing!
I’m attempting to learn to use the laptop mouse so I don’t have to carry the other one around with me. Just call me GrandmaTechie!
Anyway, just had lunch in the Gulfstream Restaurant – the posh one here. Delightful seat high up in the building overlooking the sea on the other side of the building – good surf today, very grey. The hostess said something about what a terrible day it is and I replied – “I think it’s beautiful!” I’m sure they all think I’m nuts by now or maybe they are beginning to recognize the “Happiness Specialist.” Lunch was sweet potato and carrot soup with some miraculous flavors – I’ll learn to make this one – accompanied by a tiny biscuit with seaweed on top! Followed by roast lamb au jus (and some other unintelligible words) with two kinds of potatoes, a bowl of mixed veggies,4 kinds of bread, and the best, yellowest butter I’ve seen since Mama made it! I’m getting some kind of serious security warning. So, I’ll stop, send this, and let it rest a while.
Love – Peace – Joy to everyone!
I like where you say that you don't have to worry about money because it's all charged to your room... it made me envision a rich room that paid all the bills!!! that WOULD be nice... somehow I don't think it's going to work that way...
ReplyDeleteAnd when it comes to tips, I never know what is appropriate to tip here at home... figuring out how to tip in another country, in different money, would stress me out a lot more than just paying for what I ate as I went along and having the restaurant or spa decide how much to pay the server. I could always take my business elsewhere if I didn't like the total experience.
They give you a ticket to sign and add your room no. Then, it's easy to figure 10% which is the expected tip and I add another 5% just to keep them happy! THEY LOVE MY EXTRAVAGANCE!
ReplyDeleteAnd, ordinarily the tip is so small I can use 1 and 2 euro coins rather than paper money - which makes it seem much smaller!!!
Jaquie
how much is a euro in US dollars now?
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