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Moving Day, Again {Our New Bungalow}

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Well, it's been a few weeks now, and we're starting to get all settled in at our new Bungalow here in Dublin.  As I mentioned in my last post , this was our 4th move in the last 12 months.  We hope it's our last here in Ireland. We moved a whopping 1/2 mile down the road.  It took 6 hours and 4.5 trips in the trusty Little Green Machine - and then 1 last trip with our bikes.  That should give you an idea of how much stuff we own over here.  We literally started packing, moved and unpacked everything in 6 hours, stopping for lunch in the middle.  There she is, the Little Green Machine Believe it or not, this is actually the second yellow stucco place I've lived in.  My first apartment in college was also yellow, stucco and cute. This was the last trip It's definitely taken a little time to settled in and fix up a few outstanding issues, but I think we're really going to like this place.  The kitchen is the biggest we've ever had to...

New Digs

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Moving day (or should I say night) was Saturday at 6pm.  We had all intentions of making 3 trips on the train to move all our belongings.  I mean, everything was packed in duffels and suitcases just 3 weeks earlier, how tough could it be? Well, we made it as far as the outside of the temporary apartment on trip 1 before Brian declared it wasn’t going to work.  And, he was right.  I couldn’t even carry my load 2 feet without everything toppling over.  So while he waited for a Taxi Van, I headed on the train to meet the landlord with 1 suitcase and 1 duffle – which was 1 suitcase and 2 duffels less than I was originally attempting.  And now, here we are.  Living in Ranelagh.  The apartment has is quirks, but overall it's great and the neighborhood couldn’t be better.  I know what you’re thinking – it’s really white.  The photos really accentuate the white, it’s really not sterile, it’s nice.  And I didn...