County Cork

Well, we said goodbye to New York City for at least another 10 years and headed over to County Cork, Ireland. We had a 5 hour overnight flight from NY to Heathrow, then a one hour flight from Heathrow to Cork... Not bad, considering it takes about that long for us to drive from Sydney to Tamworth. We got to Cork a little bit worse for wear but still alive and kicking.. Unfortunately Scott's golf bag didn't arrive - you can imagine his despair (I wouldn't like to admit it to Scott but it was kind of funny!!).

We got to Sonya and Fergus's cool little pad in Middleton, Cork. They've just recently moved into this renovated grainhouse, so still has part of the original architecture - its funky .. It's lovely and cosy with their backyard a little bay. Its only a 15 min walk down to the main street of Middleton which is really quaint, cute coloured shops that look like homes. They all use that font for the names of shops .. that Old Fashion font... we walked into a few shops looking for some bread and basics and came home with 4 bottles of wine and 5 tomatoes..... that tells you a lot about us!!

Sonya and Fergus's home in Middleton, Cork

Main Street, Middleton

Today we spent the day sleeping in and chilling out. Yay for Scott, his golf bag arrived, but his driver.. the one with the big head, was snapped... needless to say he wasn't very impressed...

We're heading over to Kenmare for the weekend, together with Son and Ferg, and meeting up with Joel and Yenni who are flying in from the Channel Islands.. Looking forward to a bit of R'n R.. Then we head off to a place called Dingle and Kerry. We'll then split from the group and take whatever road takes us to the golf courses.... It'll be a nice drive around the west of South Ireland..