Peafield is grand! We've been getting along just dandy here. We are officially the weeding twins and should become immune to nettles any day now. The past few days have been pretty nice. We worked hard last week and then had the weekend off. We've become big time Euro Cup fans and have watched the games 4 nights in a row and it's turned out to be quite entertaining!
Yesterday we walked around a mile and a half, right outside kenmare town, to the "sea" which I think is just a river maybe? It's hard to tell but was very beautiful nonetheless. There was a small beach with tons of rocks and seaweed and also some big rocks to lounge on. We spent a while there laying in the sun and gazing out towards the dock. There was a really large sculpture of three human like figures carved out of rock that held instruments like the accordion and violin. It was super neat and we could see it from an opening on the beach. After a while of peaceful rock restin' we noticed that Damien and Fabrice, the other two wwoofers staying here where fishing on the beach. It was surprising and funny so we went over for a chat. It's always great talking to them because only Fabrice knows a bit of English, so it allows for some creative connection. He asked if we wanted to go to town with them later to watch Italy vs England and being the good fans we are we surely accepted. He also told us about a lovely park that was on the way home so we trucked on over that way and found the entrance. It was really beautiful and have a bunch of slimy swamps and marshes and a whole section of international trees. They had an awesome collection and it was fun to read what they were and where they were from. Apparently giant rhubarb is a huge problem for the park- so said the signs- and once we saw it we knew why. It truly is giant! It has the biggest leaves of not only weeds I've seen but plants as well! We continued our walk out and onto the golf course which led us to the road home. Sweet day!
Later that night the boys came home and made some soup and shortly after we walked to town and stopped in the wander inn pub. This is where they usually watch the games and it was much different then our normal Ryan's pub experience. It was much busier and that night was completely divided between two rooms, Italy and England fans. The Italian side was much darker lighting and had big comfy chairs ha! We got our ciders and the game began!
The game was almost ridiculous. If the goal was about 15 feet higher Italy would have scored about 10 goals. It was mostly in their possession but it was very back and forth. They ended up going into 2 extras and it was still 0-0. In between extras we went outside and met an awesome Italian man who now lives in Kerry and had some bright, colorful, fast-pasted conversation with him. He guessed we were Swiss at first because I apparently am his Swiss friends' identical twin sister, who woulda guessed? Talking to him made us want to visit Italy even more! Eventually the game came down to a shoot out and ITALY WON! woooot. It was very exciting and dramatic! We were pleased and our friend from earlier even more so. He came by, got down on his knee and said "we did it!" naturally i patted his shoulder and said "oh yeah!" which made him super excited so he hugged and kissed my neck hahah. Those Italians are wild. So we walked on home and saw crescent moony which was lovely and a perfect close to the night.
Today was pretty normal. We weeded the garlic and then the raspberry plants for about 5 hours, broken up by planting some pumpkins in the polytunnel and then planted some more peas for Peafield! We also weaved our other peas in the fence that the guys put up and they liked that. Now Mimi is banging on the guitar and I want an ice cream cone even though it's pretty cold out!
Oh yeah, I forgot to include in the post about Valentia that we were included in the photoshoot for whats her name's festival ad that may or may not be in the paper. It would be pretty hilarious if it was! Everyone was all dolled up and looking modely and we just get in there-regular every day clothes, no make up, had paint all over me for making the signs for the shoot. Pure ridiculousness and so it went on Valentia. Just thought I should include for some laughs!
Hope ya'll feelin' fine :)
-chelsey
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