Arrival In Ireland

Our plane ride was pretty cool, we got served dinner and breakfast which was a surprise!  Chelsey liked the tortellini and I really liked the roll.  We did get to sleep but it was mighty uncomfortable and we had to ask the girl in the aisle seat to get up about 4 times just so we could walk a bit.  When we landed, everybody clapped and that was cute, they don't seem to do that on flights in the states anymore.  It was just dark when we left NYC, and after 3-4 hours, it was light again!  We got off the plane and followed everyone else through the maze of many staircases, towards the baggage claim.  When we got to customs, the guy asked what we were doing and we said working on a farm for a month, than leaving and coming back in 2 months, as I was preparing to get the BINDER out (filled with every possible proof and outline of the entire trip)  he asked if we were working on an Organic Farm and we said yes.  He stamped both our passports and onward we went.
 HA! that was easy, we thought.  Than we waited for our bags.  They came in a short minute, and than Chelsey realized she forgot her beloved rain coat on the plane!!  We decided to go find Stiofan, and then she would go back in and inquire.  We walked out to the exit, and there was a tall, skinny, very beautiful ("dream boat", as Chelsey says) man standing there, and as I walked to the back of him to look for his braid, we were told he had, he said, "Mimi?"  and i thought so!  He gave us both a warm hug and smile, and than we walked out to his van.  He didn't have shoes on, and this was cool.  So the airline told Chelsey they found no such coat, however now that it is 3 days later, and i have had contact with the lady at the airport, she said she has it and is going to hand-deliver it to the house!   And this, is Ireland!  So we went for an amazing wild drive for about 40 mins, on tiny tiny skinny roads lined with trees and bushes, to the house.  The amount of green was absolutely amazing.  It was actually a blue sky and mixed cloudy day!  We got to the house, and we dropped of our bags and than went to pick up some Mushroom Compost, which is awesome!!  Than we went on a tour of the property and met the 6 dogs, Nico, Elliot, Tilly, Rodge & Paddy, and Shadow.  The 4 horses, Clare and her son, Hector, and Sam and Leroy.  The 7 Sheep, whos names haven't stuck in our heads yet, except Lucy, because she is a SWEETIE!  Then we had lunch with them, and got a tour of their amazing house.  it is the coolest house either of us have ever been in.  It has a 3 story cylindrical tower, and the base of the house is completely rounded, with no straight edges.  It is insulated with sheep's wool!  They have windows all along the South side with a conservatory, and it faces the rolling green hills.  Their roofs are covered with red brush and grass.  Eco-roofs!  Our log cabin we are staying in, came with a stocked fridge and pantry (all organic!).  There are two hammocks in the living room facing floor to ceiling windows which have the view of  rolling hills.  There is a sauna in our cabin also!!  When we went on a tour of the land, we also went into their super long poly-tunnel, filled with the food they are growing, and we got to try two types of delicious edible flowers, and super sweet strawberries.

This place is amazing.


Stiofan and Christine are both incredibly sweet and brilliant.  They have a tree painted in their house with faeires hidden through out it.  They have the Triscle spiral on the center of the ceiling on the 3rd floor of the tower, and when you talk in the center of the circular room, you can hear your voice ricochet around your entire body.  It is WILD!

this experience will be brilliant.
we are eternally grateful.

sorta like this:

-mimi