Yes we are alive!

Hello All.

It is hot and sunny here in Galway and contrary to all advice received before we left the country( and since we have landed in Ireland) it has only rained twice and only once in Galway.

We are still in the hostel which is eating up some Euros but hope to find a place to live later this week. Last week we found out what we didn't want and also that you need to get in fast. The local adds go online the day before they appear in the paper so we will be a day ahead in the hunt this week.

Aimee found work in no time and currently at her second afternoon at Little Red Hen in charge of a huge crowd of 3 year olds ( six of them in total). I ( Emmett) have been a little down in the dumps as all I had received was polite responses that I would be put on to Agencies databases but have had no actual person to person interviews. BUT today the City Council got back to me and I have a job interview on Friday afternoon for Clerical work. Wish me luck.

We haven't been partying much as the Euro have not been rolling in but have found out that Guinness does taste better here (it is really quite sour in NZ), that boys drink cider here, that all grog comes in 500ml cans and that you can buy it and drink it on the rivers edge along with hundreds of student and hippy types.

Well hope all is well but a little cold in NZ.

Emmett