Ireland #11

Tuesday Sept 24
Yesterday we had a relaxing day walking about, poking around the shops, sitting in the sunroom then walking to Adare Manor to check out how long that would take plus where we were having dinner. There is a shortcut from town as long as you know the gate code. Makes a nice walk. Dinner was at the golf club and it was good to see the familiar faces from three years ago. Eg Vicki and Nigel from London and Christine and Robin from Edinburgh. Met an interesting fellow from the US who used to be FBI and reported directly to Reagan. Very sensible man and I liked his thoughts on politics.
Today Don went off early to attend lectures while I relaxed for two more hours. Then it was time for the fashion show. This lady has two shops, both high end but one a "little" more casual then the other. There were more choices than it seemed as there was only one item of each design on the racks. The model was gorgeous and tall which made the clothes look very good. I actually loved one dress and bought it. She gets her clothes from London, France and Germany. I found out why there are so many high end shops in Adare (population 1500) -- ladies come here from miles around. No mens wear though! Have to drive to Limerick 20 miles away. Interesting watching these well to do women not buy anything because they have nowhere to wear them now that husbands are retired. Only Christine bought something besides me.
I had a quick lunch downtown then spent the early part of the afternoon geocaching. It was interesting as I had to go to 6 different spots and get info off signs, plaques, etc. in order to get the next co-ordinates. I eventually got to the end and found the box. Thank goodness (!!) as I wanted to leave my new Canadian travel bug here. Will be interesting to see where it travels. Tomorrow I hope to find one more and leave a travel bug I picked up in BC and need to move on. It's owner wants it to go to Australia! It will have to take the long way around.
Tonite we had dinner at a local restaurant. We weren't hungry so had two interesting appetizers each. Cheaper plus less food.
We are enjoying being close to the town (2 blocks) rather than out at the Manor. It's so much easier to go for a walk, get an ice cream, etc. Our B&B has a sunroom and a little living room with tea and biscuits. The sunroom was perfect today as it was cloudy. Have met some interesting people -- from Ireland, Slovenia (4 college girl friends) and the US so far.
Samara tell me that the TV show being filmed is Game of Thrones. Hope I got that right this time. Needless to say, I've never watched it.