Paris to Ireland

28 August 2013

When we awoke this morning, we were in Paris.  After a Metro, a train and a shuttle, we left Charles DeGaullle Airport and ended up in Dublin, Ireland by mid-day.  A couple hours later, we were in what seems as far from the city bustle as this couple could get.  

A good friend Becky, (who is in love with Ireland), so graciously gave us what is immediately turning out to be excellent guidance.  

We're at the Lawcus Farm Guest House in Kilkenny (Cill Chainnigh), Ireland. Mark & Ann Marie have owned the property for about 13 years.  As Mark shared, as a team they have totally renovated this 200 year old guest house, bringing the guest house from what we would call a "tear down" to the magical place it has become.  The B&B is not only a special place for guests, but also home to their chickens, sheep, horses, and pigs. Joey enjoyed visiting Mark's big workshop. Breakfast was delicious and served in the Greenhouse. 

Enjoy the pictures...

Lawcus Farm Guesthouse - Kilkenny, Ireland

The glass ceiling of the Greenhouse/Breakfast Room

And the wonderful couple who owns and hosts the guests at the B&B

Mark & Ann Marie

The workshop

Pictures from the balcony outside of our room (The Overlook Room)

Chica knitting after breakfast on our porch

Then a walk to the King's River just down the hill...

Peering through a spider web at historical stones

More walking around...

27 August 2013

We've been walking around  and learning about the area some more.   We're having a great time with everything - even some of our challenges speaking and understanding the language.  In an attempt to help ourselves, we had our first French Language lesson with a tutor yesterday afternoon.  So far, so good.

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More pics from the day...

Little did we know that this market, this morning, was about 100 meters from our front door.

From the market this morning

Took these pics while we were waiting for the Metro

Kind of cool...  For this Metro, one can walk from one car to the next, the entire length of the train.

Norte Dame de Paris

The Louvre Museum. (We plan to tour inside another time)

Hi everybody!

Dinner with our new friends

26 August 2013

We had dinner with our new friends we met through Marios & Steve this evening. Wow!  What a wonderful time...

Martine & Joey

Dominique & Chica

Jean Chrisophe & Joey

Fred & Chica

Learning new things about the neighborhood

24 August 2013

Checking out the neighborhood. 

We walked a lot today...  Of several things we've found, a couple notables are a good wine store and a Nespresso Boutique. The long and the short of it is that, even if we don't eat, we can have great wine and great coffee. (Don't worry, we're eating - and pretty well at that)

Good wine...  And quite inexpensive

Hi everybody!

This is a picture of "Coffee Heaven"

The Paris Metro & the Eiffel Tower

23 August 2013

We had a nice day out...

We used the Paris Metro today...

And went to the Eiffel Tower

Arrived in Paris

22 August 2013

Bonjour!

Yes, we've arrived in Paris and are already having a fabulous time.  Marios & Steve's apartment is great and in a perfect location for getting around. 

The weather is spectacular and we spent our first day walking around enjoying the sights, watching street performers and eating at a nice sidewalk cafe.

Outside of the apartment

View of the "walk up" staircase to the apartment from above

Lunch at the Pizza Pino Cafe

Norte Dame

Nothing like a little wine, French bread and cheese...