Kathy Arrives

BlogPostMon14Sept09
10.30 am. Monday. Kathy is here – arrived right on time about 14.30 yesterday afternoon. She’s now upstairs getting a shower. We had a nice walk through the village and down along the harbor yesterday stopping by SuperValu for a few essentials – potatoes, bananas, milk, tea, that kind of stuff – to go with the roasted chicken breasts and salad – my first cooked meal at home! Always before I’ve just picked up something from one of the delis and reheated it. I hadn’t realized before that the liquor/wine store would be open on Sunday afternoon! I guess that may be typical of Europe? If I live long enough I’ll know what is typical in many more places!!! That’s what is lovely about this long stay – I have time to learn what is typical of the culture – at least a few things.
Last evening we had a pint of stout – in the Tap Tavern (next to St. Multose church.) This is my first visit to a Kinsale pub – although I spent a lot of time in the Dunes Pub & Bistro at Inchydoney. Food and drink much less expensive there than in the Gulfstream Restaurant. I didn’t really think about that until I left, but of course it is so.
If the sunny weather holds, tomorrow we’ll go to Garrettstown Beach (Jim, remember that – we went there and took photos on the wall) with Margie and her 2-year-old charge – child minders they call them here – not baby sitters. Today hasn’t yet been defined. After breakfast and a bit more chatting about possibilities, we’ll hit the street.