At the end of the summer we still hadn't made it up to County Kerry to visit our friends, Helen and Eoin and their kids. Helen and Eoin were friends from Dublin when we lived there 10 years ago. Helen was pregnant with their first child at the same time as Henda. After the babies were born, Mari made her first friend ever - Tommy. All through the summer, and before even in the Azores, we had been talking about visiting. For one reason or another we still hadn't got up to them and with only a few weeks left before Henda and the kids were to fly to South Africa we finally did that.
When we arrived, Helen and the kids were waiting for us on the dock. But we were going on anchor, so we arranged to meet them in a little while at their house. A long while later we finally got there and Tommy told us we were late. "When did you expect us?" we asked - "In May!!" he said...
We had a great time with them, even going for a sail and a scenic trip into the Kerry countryside. The girls got along so well with Helen and Eoin's boys. Especially Mari and Tommy were like two peas in a pod. Rauri and Killian also played nicely with Hanlie and the little baby, Liam was unbelievably cute (almost made me broody!). The boys were also Lego fanatics and had the most amazing collection. Mari and Hanlie were in Lego paradise. It was so nice to be there that we decided to stay an extra week. Since this didn't give us time to get back to Oldcourt before the flight to SA, we all caught the train to Dublin instead.
