Happy Friday, happy weekend, and happy almost Fourth of July! And while we’re at it, how on earth is it July already? After a very long delay (by our standards, we usually have our summer flights booked by April), we have finally booked our flights to America for this coming Monday. We waited longer than we typically do because we were trying our hardest to by a house before we left. And we have nearly done it! Or so we think. Of course, everything could fall apart at the last minute (we’ve heard such horror stories!), so we’re not in the clear until we have keys in our hands. But for now, we’ve signed every last piece of paper in sight and we’re hopping on a plane on Monday. We are really looking forward to spending time with family and friends before my sister gets married in August.
This is the first time in seven years of living in Dublin that we’ve stayed into July and it has been such a treat. Of course, the recent heatwave has been a huge bonus! But we’ve been loving the long evenings in the sunshine. I’ve been heading out for lots of evening cliff runs (that image above is from one!) and wearing bare legs, which still feels so strange in this country!
But how about you? Did you have a nice week? Any excitement? If you’re in Ireland, I have a feature in the Irish Independent about cafe owners around the country and you might enjoy it for a little weekend reading!
See you back here on Monday, and thank you for spending the week here with me. Wishing you some beautiful sunsets and even a few fireworks!
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Sorry to miss you in Ireland! We are arriving Friday from Maine! Thanks for your tips and knowledge about Ireland. 🙂
Hello Emily, I came across your site today. What a great blog. Myself and my husband, both born and breed in Dubln, have started to come into the city on weekends and walk around our lovely city. Places we have never being and place we knew quite well many years ago but have changed so much over the years. We love to pop into cafes for tea and cake on our way. We moved to Malahide from the south nearly 30 years ago. I think I am going to get great ideas from your blog. We love travelling to the U.S, we have a house in Tipperary that we house swap so get to parts of US that most tourists don’t go to. We are heading to New Hope in Philly and Boston in September. If you have any info etc on that part of US I would greatly appreciate your advice.