27th July- Ring of Hook

Good night!,

how you doing? here??? we??? we are having a blast!!! Last Thursday was really, and plainly amazing! without having much idea about it we decided to head to the Ring of Hook, we were sure we wanted to visit the lighthouse and the Lofthus hall (a haunted house) but... we found a lot more... so much more!

The Ring goes through the Hook península, and we have several stops, we started visiting Tinter Abbey, wowww  just wooooww... the abbey, the river, the bridge and the sorroundings, it had to be a 10 min visit and it ended being an hour and a half one. (you will see it in the pictures), kids also enjoyed it because there was kind of a haunted forrest with skulls, animal prints and hidden semi-castles... simply amazing!

Then, we headed to a bay, Banginbun head, the beach was great eventhough we couldn't bath obviously because as usual, it was freezeng but the scenery, fantastic! again

After that we decided the next stop would be the lighthouse, we went to have lunch there, it was funny because it was so windy we had to take our scarfs! everything was flying.. so much fun! the lighthouse and the sorroundings were astonishing, really, you have to go! we would never forget it.

Then, the masterpiece, everybody was excited because we went and visited the Lofhus Hall, the most haunted house in Ireland, lot's of stories from Anne, the Little gosht girl that apparently still lives in the house...jeje... from the outside, you can get an idea of the terrific house, but we couldn't take any pictures from the inside . It was frightening but not as much as we were expecting.. we survived! jejej

finally, we spent some more time around, playing in a playground we found on the road home and we avoided so many other places that maybe we are going to do it again another day!

Hope you enjoy the pics and the video and you can get an idea of how nice it is everything here!

 

Bona nit!!

Com va? nosaltres? wuwaaa.. ens ho estem passant pipa!! El dijous passat va ser realment i simplement espectacular! sense tenir massa idea de com seria el plan que havíem escollit, vam tirar cap a la Ring of Hook. Estàvem segurs que volíem visitar el far i la casa encantada (Lofhus Hall) però el que vam trobar va ser molt i molt més.

És una carretera circular i vas fent parades, la 1a, la Tinter Abbey, una abadia cistercenca, buff.. brutal de xula. L'abadia, el pont, el bocs, els jardins,, tot mega ESPECTACULAR. Teníem prevista una visita de 10min i va acabar sent una visita de més d'1 hora, brutal. I els nens? van xalar, teníem un bosc encantat amb tòtems, petjades d'animals, etc... per descobrir i algun que altre castell mig derruït, s'hi haguessin quedat tot el dia. Bé, un cop feta la primera visita, vam tirar cap a la segona, a Banginbun head i la badia. La platja xulíssima encara que per suposat, no ens vam poder banyar, i les vistes impressionants, de nou, jeje

Bé, vam saltar-nos de cop algunes parades i vam tirar cap al far, el Hook lighthouse, el més antic que està en funcionament. Un cop allí, vam preparar-nos el nostre pícnic però va ser realment divertit quan ens sortia tot volant pel vent, quina ventada per favor... jajja.. pràcticament vam menjar amb bufandes, jajaja.. el lloc però era de nou impressionant, tot i el vent. El far i tots els voltants, la vista, el mar, les onades, bé... de postal, ja us ho podeu imaginar.

I finalment, la traca, vam anar a veure i visitar la Lofthus hall, la casa més encantada de tota Irlanda. Sabíem ja la història de la casa, la vam googlejar, ejje,, i alguns ja portàvem una nit sense poder dormir cagats de por. El cas és que de fora ja impressiona, buf... pinta fatal.. i un cop dins? Home,.. sols no ens hi haguéssim quedat ningú però així en grup i acompanyats, doncs no feia tanta por. Els nens ho van suportar i vam sobreviure tots, per tant... l’Anne (que és la noia fantasma que hi habita) no ens devia voler cap mal.

Espero que us agradin les fotos i el video que us hem preparat!

26th July- Tramore

Good morning family,

today has been a very quiet day, in the morning we went shopping and then in the afternoon, we tried to spent some good time in Tramore (in the beach), well... let's say at the end we had some great time but we got really frozen! jajaja, it was so windy and so rainy and so..everything but sunny.

Not the perfect day to go to the beach 😭😭

(the last 3 videos have been edited by Iol.. jeje.. I guess some of you had already suspected it!, ajaja)

 

Bon dia familia,

avui ha estat un dia tranquil·let, al matí, hem anat a comprar al súper i a la tarda, hem intentat passar una tarda agradable a Tramore (a la platja), bé... diguem que ha estat un tarda agradable però no com l'esperàvem.. jeje... ens hem congel·lat! jajja.. ha fet tan aire, tan vent i tanta pluja que ens ha fet de tot menys sol per disfrutar de la platja. No era el dia ideal per a platgeta però, al final encara n'hem tret alguna cosa de profit. 😭😭

(els últims tres vídeos els ha editat la Iol, jeje.. suposo que alguns ja ho haureu notat!)

25th July- Dunmore East

Good afternoon family and friends,

today it's Tuesday and since everybody is telling us is going to be a nice day we have decided to spend it in the beach. So, first hour in the morning, we have prepared our picnic and drove towards Dunmore East. Once there, we went to the beach but....... no, we couldn't bath... not at all, even the good weather, the water was freezing! so, we spent the morning building sand castles and enjoying the views.

The best, our picnic lunch, we were sitting in a park in front of the sea... wonderful scenery, something we will never forget! enjoy the pics!!

 

 

Bona tarda a tots, amics i família,

avui és dimarts i com què tot el món ens diu que farà bon temps, hem decidit anar a la platja. Així que, desprès de preparar el pícnic i la bossa de platja, ens n'hem anat a Dunmore East. Una vegada allí, hem anat a la platja PERÒ....no, no, no ens hem banyat pas, res de res, inclús dient-nos i sabent que avui feia molt bo, l'aigua congelada i passava una fresqueta que déu ni do! o sigui que res, castells de sorra i poca cosa més.

El millor, el pícnic que ens hem muntat a un parc davant del mar... una imatge preciosa, algo que segur mai oblidarem.  Disfruteu de les fotos!

 

 

 

 

24th July- Party Irish+Catalans

Hei,

Today? in the morning, we have done nothing special but prepare the big party we were going to held in the evening! Yes, a party!! so, we invited our friends from Ireland (Linda, Trevor and Deirdree) and we also invited our friends from Catalonia (Mar and Alba, Marta, David and their kids) and we also welcomed a friend from Madrid (Bea) and all together we spent a lovely evening having a typical Catalan dinner!! take a look at the pics

 

Heii,

avui? al matí no em fet res especial més que preparar la gran festa de germanor que teníem per la tarda! Sí!, una festa!!, hem convidat els nostres amics Irlandesos i els nostres amics Catalans i tots junts ens hem assegut a taula a compartir un gran sopar a la catalana. Hi havia el Trevor i la Linda (de Kilkenny), la Deirdree (the Waterford), l'Alba (de Girona), la Mar (de Reus), la Marta i el David amb el nens de Lleida i la Bea de Madrid. La vetllada no podia anar millor! ens ho hem passat genial ahhh i no ha faltat ni menjar català ni un Roobabh cake ni els Irish coffees.. (nyyammmiiii)

 

23rd July- Irish National Heritage Museum (Wexford)

Eoooo

here we are again, today is Sunday and you know what? we are going to pick up our girls from Enniscorthy, they really want to come back.. .jaja...so, we said goodbye to Evi and Judith and we headed to Enniscorthy in the morning. Once there, we picked up the girls and we decided to visit Wexford city but...Pere (while driving) saw a sign of the National Heritage Museum and we decided to stop and pay it a visit. OMG! it was amazing, really interesting. We took the guided tour (eventhough you can do it by yourself), the guide was really good, he was interacting with us all the time, we discovered how Stone aged people lived, how were the houses of the early Christian times, etc... it is really beautiful and we find challenges for kids as well so they get amused! we tried archery and we stopped for a little playing in a parc so, we couldn't have asked for anything else, that's how we spent our Sunday, hope you enjoy the pics and the video!

 

Eooo,

Aquí estem de nou, avui és diumenge i sabeu què? anem a buscar les nostres 'tates' a Enniscorthy, ja tenen ganetes de tornar amb nosaltres, .. jaja.. així que vam dir adéu a l'Evi i la Judith i vam arrencar el cotxe cap a Enniscorthy pel matí. Una vegada allí, les vam recollir i vam decidir visitar Wexford, la ciutat però mentre anàvem conduint el Pere va veure una senyal del National Heritage Museum i vam fer una paradeta per saber què tal era. OMG! quina passada de museu, és a l'aire lliure i molt interessant. Vam agafar el tur guiat, tot i que el pots visitar pel teu compte, i vam descobrir com vivien els homes de l'edat de pedra, els vikings i fins i tot, durant els primers anys del Cristianisme, etc... és realment molt interessant i súper bonic, els paisatges, etc... també vam trobar proves per fer amb el nens de manera que els teníem entretinguts! vam provar el tir amb arc i vam fer parada a un parc amb atraccions per tant, no podíem demanar res més a un dia tan rodó! Disfruteu del vídeo i les fotos que us pengem

(que la Mireia no surti a les fotos no és perquè no li hem volgut fer.. però.. avui no s'ha deixat. jeje)

Byeeessss 

22nd July- aunties Evi and Judith + horse riding+ kilkenny

Ohhh my God!

What a lovely Saturday we have had!!!, Saturday morning we waited for Evi and Judith (from Dublín) to come and visit us, we were a little bit excited to see them, once they arrived, we spent such a great time with them! they are really GREAT!!

we had lunch and then, we headed to Four Lake Stables, near Tramore, where we had a class of horse riding, we (parents) had no idea how It was, we though it was an indoor class with a teacher (the same way Ian had it in Wales) but not, and with surprising eyes we saw how Ian and Pere got up in a horse (really huge horses) and went away (ALONE!), Pere was so excited, he couldn't hide it! everybody was laughing at him, it was great to see him like this.

So, there they went, 50min away from their parents on a horse, riding in the woods, I couldn't believe it! When they came back, they were trotting! (OMG, I couldn't believe it) Pere was trotting, laughing and enjoying it a lot, he was not a little bit scared, the scary thing was that once they arrived, they didn't want it to finish and wanted another ride! jajaajja

Anyway, we could convice him by telling him we were going to do it another day, and we could head to Kilkenny were Marta and David were waiting for us. We spent the afternoon and everning there, in the castle playing with the kids. After too much playing, we went to have dinner in Supermack's and we finished our Saturday with a smile and some beers in the sofa while chatting with Judith and Evi, it was a really nice Saturday!

Ohhhh Déu meu!,

Quin dissabte més fantàstic hem tingut!, el dissabte pel matí estàvem esperant que arribèssin l' Evi i la Judith de Dublín, estàvem molt emocionats i ens costava l'espera, una vegada van arribar, la resta del temps amb elles, súper fantàstic, són GENIALS!

Vam dinar i un cop dinats, a corre-cuita, vam anar cap als Four Lake Stables, prop de Tramore, on ens esperava una classe de hípica. No teníem ni idea de com seria, ens pensàvem que seria el mateix que va fer l'Ian a Wales fa un parell d'anys, una classe a l'interior amb un professor. Però no, la cara de sorpresa se'ns va quedar quan els van pujar a dos cavalls, (grans, gegants de fet) i se'ls van emportar (sols) a donar una volta pel bosc, una volta de 50min sense pares, els dos muntant un parell de cavalls que feien co 4 com ells de grans. No ho podíem creure!, quan van tornar, estaven trotant, venient trotant amb una rialla d'orella a orella, el Pere casi ni es veia damunt del cavallot! jajaja, ni pisca de por, de fet la por va venir quan els van dir que havien de baixar que ja s'havia acabat, no volia baixar de cap de les maneres!, el vam convencer dient-li que hi tornàvem un altre dia... imagina't! la careta del Pere damunt del cavall fent 'yijaaaa' no l'oblidarem mai.. .jajaja
Bé, desprès de l'experiència de riding a horse, vam anar cap a Kilkenny on ens esperaven la Marta i el David amb el nens, vam passar la tarda pels jardins del castell, jugant al parc i fent xuts. Quan ja tancaven, vam anar cap al Supermack's (restaurant perfecte per kids tot i que és fast food... ejemm), vam sopar i cap a casa a fer unes cervesetes amb l'Evi i la Judith mentres fèiem xerradeta... no us he dit que va ser GENIAL? DONCS.. GENÍALISSIMMMMM 

17th-21st other things a part from soccer

Ei...
of couse soccer is not everything! jajaja.. although some people in my family haven't got the same opinión!
but during this week we have also done some other excursions (around the cottage), we have discovered a haunted castle (uooouuu), we have played games with our neighbourgs and we have visited some stables and activity centres with Pere.


See if you can get an idea with the pictures below!

Ei...
per suposat que hi ha vida més enllà del futbol, tot i que a casa hi ha gent que això no ho veu clar, jeej, però durant aquesta setmana també hem fet alguna que altra excursió (pels voltants de la casa), hem descobert un Castell encantat (ens hem cagat de por), hem jugat a jocs amb els veïnes i hem visitat alguns estables, també hem anat a jugar a un centre recreatiu amb el Pere.
A veure si us en podeu fer una idea amb les fotos que us mostrem... (amb aquesta entrada, no video)
Ahhhhh i mega important!! el dijous van arribar la Marta i el David amb el Quim, la Berta i l'Arnau, guauuu..va ser mega emocionant veure'ls per Waterford.

17th-21st July - Soccer Week

Hi everybody,

so sorry, we haven't updated this blog since one week ago. In fact, this has been the most productive week as far as learning English is concerned! Ian started his soccer camp on the 17th July, he wa SOOOO EXCITED! he went there, he didn't know anyone and despite everything he enjoyed so much that he wanted to find another camp to go another week more. Unfortunately, the camps we found were really far away and it was impossible for us to drive him there everyday so, he is a little bit sad for it!. He made a lot of friends, he played a lot of soccer, what else he can ask for? jajaa

Meanwhile, the girls (Aleida and Mireia) were in Enniscorthy, county Wexford. Again, improving their English and making new friends. And the youngest one? Pere? well, we have spent the week looking for horses to ride! jajaaj

we went and visited some stables, and by Saturday, there was a surprise!!! (keep on reading to discover it) 😉
During the week, we've met different people, Lily (our neighbourg) and her cousins, we have been playing Hide and Seek and a Water Fight with them.

Ahhh and we cannot forget it! we went and visited Linda and Trevor on Wednesday (my host family from last year, we also met with Mar and Alba... we spent the afternoon and part of the evening with them!, they met my family and it was such a lovely evening! they are really great!!)

Hola a tothom,

Disculpes mil per no haver actualitzat aquest blog en una setmana. De fet, aquesta setmana ha estat la més productiva en quan a l'aprenentatge de l'Anglès. L'Ian va començar el seu campus de futbol el dilluns 17, estava TANT EMOCIONAT! hi va anar, va jugar i va fer amics i tot sense saber massa anglès però ei.. ho ha disfrutat tant que si volia quedar. El campus va acabar el divendres i vam estar mirant de portar-lo en un altre, no n'hem trobat cap suficientment a prop com per a portar-lo cada dia i anar-lo a buscar així que està una mica trist. Per sort, amb el regal de la pilota i l'equipatge ho vam compensar!. Les girls? l'Aleida i la Mireia han passat tota la setmana a Enniscorthy, practicant el seu anglès i millorant-lo, descobrint el county de Wexford també. I el Pere Jr? doncs ens hem passat la setmana buscant cavalls per muntar! jaja

Vam visitar alguns estables i el dissabte, jeje, sorpresa! (haureu de continuar llegint per descobrir-ho!) 😉
També hem conegut gent nova per la caseta, la Lili i les seves cosines (és la nostra veïna), amb elles hem jugat a amagar, al pilla-pilla i hem fet una guerra d'aigua!

Ahhh i el dimecres vam anar a visitar la meva família irlandesa (la que me va acollir l'any passat, la Linda i el Trevor) també vam coincidir amb la Mar i l'Alba..vam passar-nos la tarda allà, van conèixer la meva família i va ser tan genial! són tan i tan macos!!!! 

16th July- Bye Bye tates

Ei...

Today is Sunday and we have to say bye to our wonderful 'tates' for a week. Yes! they are going to Enniscorthy, to Ger's house for a week of English immersion. Hope they enjoy it and take advantadge of this time to improve their English and learn a lot of new things!

We drove them to Enniscorthy in the morning, it took us some time to find the house but at the end, we arrived. Ger was really nice, she is going to be a great tutor, for sure! the house is another cottage, next to an organic farm in the middle of the fields.

Once we left them, we drove back to Kilkenny, there we wanted to visit an open market where you could buy some ancient tools. In between, we made a stop because we found a beautiful village, there were some nice pics and a children's park where we spent some time playing. Take a look at the photos and video we have prepared.! We finished our day in the market and my Pere was really happy when he could buy some 'new' tools for La Granja Pifarré! ❤❤❤

Holaaaa...

Avui és diumenge i hem de dir adéu a les nostre 'tates', marxen durant una setmana, sí!, se'n van a Ennyscorthy, a casa de la Ger durant una setmana a fer un intensiu d'anglès. Esperem que ho disfrutin i aprenguin moltíssimes coses. 

Les hem portat fins a Enniscorthy de bon matí, ens ha costat una miqueta trobar la casa però al final, ens n'hem sortit. La Ger es veu molt amable i simpàtica, serà una gran tutora per les noies durant aquesta setmana! la casa és també un cottage al mig del camp, al costat d'una granja orgànica amb animals. Una vegada les hem deixat allà, nosaltres ens hem dirigit a Kilkenny, volíem visitar un mercat a l'aire lliure que fan d'antiguitats. A mig camí però, em fet una parada a un poblet molt bonic, tenia unes fotos molt xules i també un parc per nens, ens hi hem passat una bona estoneta jugant. 

Hem acabat el dia al mercat i el meu home súper content ja que ha comprat unes 'joguinetes' per la Granja Pifarré! ❤❤❤

Fins la propera!!!

muakis

14th July- Part II- Glendalough

And here we are again,
On Friday, it was such a complete day that when we left the Greenan Maze we wanted to pay a visit to Glendalough. I had heard about this celtic village when I was in Kilkenny last year and I wanted to visit it. Children decided to stay in the car but Pere and me went around it and discovered beautiful sites and amazing information, it was built around the s.VIII century!. You can get an idea of the place by taking a look at the video we've done!
Enjoy!!!

I aquí estem de nou, 
el divendres va donar tant de sí que vam completar el dia visitant Glendalough. Havia sentit a parlar de lloc l'any passat durant la meva estada a Kilkenny i sempre l'havia volgut visitar. Els nens (i les nenes) vam decidir quedar-se al cotxe però el Pere i una servidora vam anar-hi a donar una volta. Vam descobrir informació molt interessant i imatges molt boniques. Algunes de les construccions daten del segle VIII. Podeu fer-vos una idea de com és mirant el vídeo. Disfruteu!

14th July- Greenan Maze

Hi everybody,

wowwwww.... what a wonderful day we have spent. Today big big excursion. We have woken up motivated, we have prepared a big picnic lunch and we drove to the county of Wicklow where there is an amazing place called the Greenan Maze (it has a rhyme.. jejeje).

1h and 30 journey, the roads amazing as always we were driving through the countryside of Ireland. When you arrive there, you have to pay an entry (as usual.....), it cost around 40 euros in total but today it was worth it to pay it. In the Greenan Maze, once you arrive they give you (well... to your children... a treasure hunt). In it, you have the first clue and you need to look for the next one (the first clue indicates you where can you find the next one... so, in this way you visit all the different places that you can visit in this area). There is a BIG AND HUGE MAZE (amazing!), we got so lost! jajja... me (mainly..jajaja). We made two teams (boys and girls) and we started to run, at the end, everybody was going alone (buf... Pere Jr wanted to go alone as well... we couldn't find him... he kept on hiding everywhere ..jajajjaa). The absolut winner was Ian (of course... he's got a talent for these things) and the absolute loser was me (of course..jjaja.. i've got a talent for this too..jaaja). 

In the middle of the maze, there was the second clue. We won't tell you where to find the other just in case you plan to go there some time. But, then we took the fairy path, a path where you had to keep an eye on the clues fo the treasure hunt but also on the fairy houses you had to find, everytime you spotted one, you had to circle the name of the house in your treasure hunt paper. The path lead us to a farm where there was a museum (Joan Pifarré you absolutely would have loved it!!, everybody was thinking about you!), there was a farm museum (a typical farm house as in ancient times) and there were some animals such as: ducks, horses, pigs, geese, hens, donkies, etc..), there was a tea room as well where you could buy some handmade cookies and cakes. And finally, following the path again you went inside a beautiful forrest where you had some more clues and some more fairy houses to find as well as amazing views (ponds, trees, butterflies, etc..). It IS A PLACE defenitely worth to see with your kids!!

Hola a tothom,

wooowww.. quin dia em passat avui! Hem fet un súper excursió. Ens hem llevat súper motivats i hem preparat un súper pícnic per dinar, un cop fets els preparatius, hem agafat el cotxe i hem conduït fins al comptat de Wicklow on hi ha un lloc espectacular anomenat Greenan Maze (amb català, no rima, ajjaj)

1h i 30min de camí, les carreteres súper xules com sempre, hem estat conduint pels camps d'Irlanda. Quan arribes, has de pagar entrada (per variar..jeje), ens ha costat més o menys uns 40euros en total, 6 persones però avui valia la pena pagar-ho. Al Greenan Maze, un cop entres et donen un treasure hunt per fer (una espècie de mapa del tresor amb pistes). En ell, hi tens la primera pista i et diu on podràs trobar la següent, en aquest cas la pista número 2 està al mig del Maze (el laberint). És un laberint espectacular, fet d'herba altíssima i complicadíssim d'acabar. Hem fet 2 equips, nens contra nenes, i ja ens tens tots corrent per a poder guanyar. Al final anàvem tots perduts, entre nosaltres també ens hem perdut i el més complicat ha estat atrapar i trobar al Perete, buf... volia corre sol i el tio se'ns amagava per tot arreu (jo ja hem pensava que no el tornaríem a veure...jajajja). El guanyador absolut de la prova ha estat...L'IAN.. como no, té un talent innat per aquestes coses! i la perdedora absoluta de la prova ha estat... la IOLANDA! .. jajja.. como no, també tinc un talent per a perdre sempre en aquestes proves! jajja. 

A part del Maze també hi ha un caminet de fades, et porta a més pistes que has d'anar trobant i també has de buscar en ell diferents casetes de fades, quan en trobes una, has d'anotar el seu nom al teu treasure hunt. El caminet et porta fins una granja amb animals (ruquets, cavalls, gallines, porquets, ànecs, oques, etc...) i també a un parell de museus (el de la casa típica de grangers i el d'eines de treball). TOTHOM estàvem pensant amb el Joan Pifarré, jajja... hagués flipat i segur que encara hi seria inspeccionant-ho tot.. hi havia milers d'eines!

També hi ha una Tea Room on pots comprar pastissets i galetes fetes a casa, boníssimes! bé, un cop feta la visita a la granja, continues el caminet i et porta per un bosc espectacular: amb rierols, basses, animals, arbredes, etc... foto, foto, foto, foto..jajjaja).

Hem passat un dia genial, val la pena visitar-ho si esteu per la zona!!! 

13th July- Splashworld

Hi fellas,

I know, I know.. so many days without publishing ... sorryyyy... we've been really busy and haven't got the time. Today we are trying to update the missing entries.

On Thursday, 13th we were woken up but another rainny day, it was very cloudy so we decided to spend our morning in the indoor swimming-pool. It's in Tramore (where everybody goes to the beach) and the swimming-pool has got some slides- the tube ones like in aquapark-, a waves pool and other games for children. 

It was fun but maybe not to come back another day because the price is a little bit expensive (8 euros per person... mmmm... for a couple of hours... we thought it wasn't worth it). We couldn't take any pictures in the pool so we've only got this pic of the main entrance. 😢

Ei amics,

Ho sé, Ho sé... massa dies sense publicar res,.... sorryyyy... hem estat molt ocupats i no hem tingut el temps per a poder fer-ho. Avui, intentarem ficar-nos al dia amb totes les entrades.

El dijous, 13 ens vam aixecar amb pluja de nou, estava molt núvol i era plujós així que vam decidir passar el nostre matí a la piscina coberta. Està a Tramore (on tothom va a banyar-se a la platja) i la piscina té tobogans (d'aquells de tubo com els del aquapark), una piscina d'onades i altres jocs per nens grans i petits. 

Va ser divertit però no per tornar-hi un altre dia ja que ho vam trobar una mica car (8 euros per persona..mmm.. per un parell d'horetes... crec que no val la pena). No vam poder fer fotos ni gravar o sigui que només tenim una foto de l'entrada del recinte, sorry... 😢 (us perdeu els nostres súper cuerpazos en bikini..jeje)

12th July- Suir Valley Railway+Mahon Falls

Hi family and friends!,

Today no more Waterfod, at least not the city. We have been exploring things outside the city but in the same county. Not far from us (20-30min max) we have discovered fairies, amazing landscapes and beautiful animals. If you are in the sorroundings and you have a mid morning or afternoon, everything we did it's worth a visit!

So, in the morning, we went to the Suir Valley Railway, a railway station and train created and maintained by volunteers. It is a small trail but with plenty of things to discover: kids have a treasure hunt to do, with fairy houses in the trees included! The views are stunning, really...you can't see any of these in Catalonia. Ohh.. by the way, on Wednesdays you can have a picnic with some cartoon characters, as well (pere and Ian were so happy with their friends!).

In the afternoon, we decided to complete our day by going to the Mahon Falls (yesterday was a lovely and sunny day). The waterfalls are not far away, 30min by car. The road trip ..buff.. how to describe it!... tunnels of trees were invading the roads, we wanted to record the feeling of driving through them but it was really difficult, maybe you can appreciate it a little bit in the video. Anyway, the Mahon Falls are very accessible for family, an easy path brings you there and between the path: goats and sheeps around welcome you. The Falls are not very impressive (we have seen bigger) but nice enough to pay them a visit. We could take some beautiful pics!! 😆

Hola família i amics,

Avui ja no hem estat per Waterford, al menys no a la ciutat encara que sí hem visitat el comptat. No molt lluny d'on estem allotjats (uns 20-30 min en cotxe màxim) hem descobert fades, paisatges increïbles i animalets. Si mai visiteu aquests voltants i teniu un mig matí o una mitja tarda lliure, tot el que hem fet avui mereix una visita!

Així que, pel matí vam anar a la Suir valley Railway, una estació de trens creada i mantinguda per voluntaris on hi ha un trenet petit però amb suficient capacitat per un grapat de persones i un via que et porta durant 45 min per paisatges que et treuen l'alè. A més a més, tot està preparat per anar amb nens i els donen un joc per fer (on han de buscar imatges amagades i fins i tot veuen les cases de les fades i els leprechauns). Les vistes són increïbles, no ho podem pas veure a Catalunya el que hem vist aquí! ahhhh i el dimecres, pots fer un pícnic amb personatges de contes! (el Pere i l'Ian s'ho han passat pipa!)

A la tarda, vam decidir completar el nostre dia (va ser un dia amb molt de sol i esplèndid) i vam anar a veure les Mahon Falls (unes cascades). Tampoc estan lluny d'on estem allotjats, uns 30min amb cotxe. El camí per arribar-hi, impressionant, els arbres fan un túnel a la carretera, només per conduir per  allí ja val la pena anar-hi. Una vegada arribes, el caminet per arribar a la cascada és molt fàcil i lleuger, i mentre el fas pots anar contemplant els paratges així com les ovelles i cabres que surten a saludar-te. La cascada en sí no és molt impressionant però tot el paisatge que l'envolta la fa espectacular! Hem fet unes fotos realment boniques!! 😆)

11th July- Waterford again

Eii hello everybody,

Today it has been boring ... no, joking! it seemed a boring day because it was raining, a lot!, but at the end, it ended being a very exciting one!
In the morning, we went and visited Bohemian's F.C, where Ian is going to train next week, we met the couch and the fields, he was really excited and wanted to play right away! 
Then, we came back to the Park, we wanted to meet with Daniel (his English friend) but cause it was raining, nobody was there. Anyway, we spent some time in the games and had a lot of fun, really! 
After that, we went and visited the library, it should have been a 10min visit but they loved it so much that we stayed there 45 min while the girls were shopping for the city. 

In the afternoon, we explored the sorroundings of the house and we discovered a rabbit's hole! but, we couldn't see any horses... that was a shame because we wanted to give them an apple and at the end, Pere ate it (of course 😤) 

Eii hola a tothom!,

Avui ha estat avorrit... no, és broma! pintava un dia avorrit perquè estava plovent (i molt!) però al final, ha acabat sent un dia molt emocionant.
Al matí, ens em llevat i la primera visita ha estat al camp de futbol dels Bohemians', on anirà a entrenar l'Ian la setmana vinent. Hem conegut a l'entrenador i ha pogut veure com seria, estava molt emocionat i ja s'hi hagués quedat!
Desprès, hem tornat al People's Park, volíem trobar-nos amb el Daniel (el nostre amiguet Irlandès) però com estava plovent, el park estava desert. Cap problema, ens hem ficat a jugar tota la family (nenes incloses) i ens ho hem passat realment bé!, (fent animalades, clarament). 
Finalment, abans de tornar a casa hem passat per la biblioteca pública, a veure si algun dia de la setmana fan l'hora del conte, ens han donat un paper amb activitats, ens volíem quedar 10min (perquè era l'hora de dinar) però els ha agradat tant que ens hi hem passat més de mitja hora! Les nenes? de compres, of course!! jajaja
Per la tarda, hem anat a explorar els voltants amb el Pere petit, volíem trobar cavalls, els portàvem una poma i tot, al final.. no n'hem vist cap però hem aprés a rastrejar conills (seguint les boletes, com diu el Pere, jeje) i hem descobert un cau de conills! Uauauu.. ha flipat!!! desprès es clar, l'hem ensenyat a tota la família... la poma del cavall? se l'ha acabat menjant el Pere Jr de tornada (per suposat... 😤)

10th July- Waterford People's park

Today,
raining day, we have had time to visit the tourist information centre and we have planned the visits for the week. To finish our morning, we have played and enjoyed in People's park, in Waterford, the kids have loved it and they've met some new friends. Ian met a boy called Daniel, they played all the time together and communicated pretty well! He is learning so fast.... 😊 and Pere, ..well... Pere... tried it! He met a girl, she was called Amber but Pere tried to communicate with her with his own English language, it was something like this: "watchwachawachachu", the girl got scared and left. Jajaja

Avui, 
dia amb plugim, ens ha donat temps d'anar a la information centre, ja hem planificat la setmana i per acabar, súper matí al People's parc de Waterford. Els nens han xal.lat un munt, fent amics i tot!!! De fet, amb un dels amics, han quedat demà a la mateixa hora per fer una pachangueta de fútbol!! Tot in English, ha estat espectacular veure parlar l'Ian!! i el Pere, bé....  bàsicament ha dit : "whatachuchutipuchi", i ha espantat a l'amigueta que havia fet (es deia Amber.. jajajaja)

(En aquests vídeo apareixen imatges d'altres nens per això està en ocult, us enviem enllaç per privat)

9th-Waterford visits

Good night everybody,

Yesterday 9th  we visited our sorroundings: Waterford city. It was surprising to know that Waterford is the most ancient city in Ireland. You can see it in the streets along the Viking circle, it also has a nice harbour and it was amazing to watch it from the car as we were arriving. You can also appreciate the wall art (graffitis) that are displayed in some of its streets. We couldn't watch them all but the ones we saw, they were really good. And the best, we came back to the cottage without being lost!, jaja... (we weren't so sure about it... 😉)

Bona nit a tothom,
Ahir i avui hem estat visitant els voltants: la ciutat de Waterford. Ens va sorprendre molt saber que és la ciutat més antiga d'Irlanda. El cas és que ho pots constatar en alguns dels carrers que es troben dins el Viking triangle (el triangle viking), també té un port molt bonic que ens va sorprendre veure mentre entràvem a la ciutat des del cotxe.
Una de les altres visites és fer una ruta pels carrers on es pot contemplar alguns graffitis, no els vam veure tots però els que vam trobar, molt xulos! el millor però..! tornar al cottage sense prendre'ns!! espectacular jajajjaja!!!! (no les teníem totes..)

7th- 8th- Ferry+ Ireland 1st day

Hi again,

well, our second day was spent between France and Ireland and in between, the huge Ferry from Brittany ferries.  (Really, it was pretty impressive! 👀)

The day started with the visit in Nantes, we had lunch in the hotel and then, we drove to Roscoff, 3h and 30 min journey and we arrived. It was quite fast so before 9 we were inside the ferry, there weren't as many cars as in the previous occation in Bilbao, that's why we didn't have to wait a lot of time to get in. 

Once inside, we located our cabins and we took advantadge of time (game room, views, and exploring in general). We had dinner and finally, we went to sleep (it was around 11-12 at night). The sailing was ok, no big waves and we could sleep well. Once in the morning, breakfast and we arrived at/in Cork around 10 am. 

Very excited we started to journey to Waterford, we were amazed for the views from the car and the roads, it's so, so green!

Pere decided to stop at a pub to have some lunch, it was a great decision cause the food was great and the service excellent. After having lunch ,we played in the field and we went to a nearby supermarket. Around 4.30 pm (after having been lost for half an hour 😤) we found the cottage. (Really, it's hidden, no way we could have found it without rescue.. jeje). Once in the house, buff... unpacking (really annoying) but, anyway, now everything is settled and we can start enjoying!! 
Hope you like the video and the images we have prepared for you! 

big kiss to everybody. 

Hola de nou!,

bé, el nostre segon dia el vam passar a cavall entre França i Irlanda, la major part dins el Ferry de Britanny Ferries (realment, era molt impressionant👀, vam al·lucinar bastant).

El dia va començar amb la visita a Nantes pel matí, vam dinar a l'hotel i llavors ja vam fer camí fins a Roscoff, 3h i mitja desprès arribàvem. Va ser bastant ràpid un cop vam arribar al port, abans de les 9 ja estàvem dins el vaixell. No hi havia ni tants cotxes ni tants camions com a Bilbao, l'altre cop que vam pujar a un Ferry per això no vam tenir que esperar-nos tant. 

Un cop a l'interior del vaixell, vam localitzar les cabines (la de les noies i la nostra) i vam començar a explorar l'entorn (l'espai infantil, els bars, cafeteries, la piscina, les vistes, etc..) Vam sopar aviat i finalment, sobre les 11 ó 12 ens anàvem a dormir. El trajecte va ser plàcid amb bona mar i vam poder dormir bé i sense ensurts. Al matí, esmorzaret ràpid i parada a Cork a les 10.00 (puntualitat anglesa, jej).

Molt emocionats amb el paisatge, vam tirar cap a Waterford. El Pere va escollir el lloc del dinar i amb molt bon criteri ja que el pub era espectacular, bon menjar i millor tracte! vam dinar súper bé i tot seguit, desprès d'un improvisat partidet de fútbol a al gespa, ja vam anar al supermercat a provisionar i vam tirar cap a la casa. Buf... realment està amagada (no ens trobareu segur!) mitja horeta perduts i un rescat desprès ja estàvem instal.lats!

Esperem que us agradi el vídeo i les imatges. 

Un petó gegant per tothom!!!

6th July- France (Nantes)

Hi everybody,

This year it has been a little bit different because our ferry left to Ireland from Roscoff (France), this means we have had two days journey by car and ...well.. how to say it... kids!

It has been great but travelling with those little monsters (they are not aleida or Mireia) can be really stressing. We've managed it but we'll think about it for next time.. jeje

1 day travelling through France (Loire, Bretagne, etc..) et nous sommes arrivées a Nantes, there we slept and we did some sightseeing. We were really surprised by this city, lots of possibilities to do with kids (so, problably we'll come back some day). At the end, two options: Aleida and Mireia went sightseeing for the city and the kids and us went to the Ile des Machines, a very interesting amusement park created having Jules Verne in mind (he was born in Nantes) and Leonardo Da Vinci. A combination of both and voilà! a very funny place with machines that can be ridden (the huge elephant), very original and something you can't find anywhere else!

Hola a tothom,

Aquest any ha estat una mica diferent perquè el nostre ferry sortía  cap a Irlanda des de Roscoff (França), això significa que hem tingut dos dies de viatge en cotxe i ... bé ... com dir-ho ... nens!

Ha estat genial però viatjar amb aquets petits monstres (i no són ni l' aleida ni la Mireia, jeje) pot ser realment estressant. Ho hem aconseguit però ens ho repensarem per la propera vegada ... jeje.

1 dia viatjant per França (Loire, Bretanya, etc.) i vam arribar a Nantes. Allà vam dormir i vam fer algunes visites turístiques. Ens va sorprendre molt la ciutat. Plena de possibilitats per als nens (per tant, probablement, hi tornarem algun dia). Al final, hi van haver 2 plans: Aleida i Mireia van anar a visitar la ciutat i els nens i nosaltres vam anar a l'Ile des Machines, un parc d'atraccions molt interessant creat tenint en compte Jules Verne (va néixer a Nantes) i Leonardo Da Vinci. Una combinació d'ambdós i voilà! Un lloc molt divertit amb màquines que es poden conduir (el gran elefant) etc..., és un parc molt original i que no es pot trobar en cap altre lloc. A must see! 

i 2 anys desprès.............. ADVENTURE AGAIN!!

That's it! here we are again, ready to start a new adventure, the whole family + a very special person for us, our cousin Mireia!


After some stressful weeks, arranging everything, preparing our minds and souls, today we start again a special trip, to improve our English but also to learn about life and cultures.
This year, we are travelling to Ireland, a very special country for my husband and me: full of life, beautiful people, amazing sorroundings and wonderful opportunities.

it's going to be an exciting adventure and if you want and feel in the mood, you can always follow our steps through this blog where we are going to post daily and show you everything we discover and experience during this month!

READY? because we SURE are..................