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Today the girls and I are talking about the difference between houses. The funny thing is that our house in Minnesota is about 50 years older than our house in Dublin.

Difference in the House

• The cookies/biscuits come in a tin here.
• The house in Dublin doesn’t have an attic. The rooms upstairs have slanted ceilings that match the roof. This is particularly noticeable in Lily’s room.
• No basement in Ireland but there is a storage area attached to the side of the house.
• You have to turn on the immersion heater about 30 minutes before you take a bath – if you want a hot bath. (The shower you can turn on immediately – it was added a couple of years ago.)
• The plug-ins are different here.
• In Minnesota there are door knobs; in Ireland there are door handles. Also you can lock every room in Ireland. We removed the lock on the bathroom in Minnesota after an Aine incident.
• The light switched are slightly different here – flatter than back home.
• We unplug certain things at night – such as the TV – as a fire precaution.

Outdoor differences

• In Ireland we don’t have a garage or an alley.
• There is a big hedge in from of everyone’s house. At home there are no (well, few) fences or bushes separating front yards, which does make it easier to play with the neighbors.
• We always lock the door in Ireland. In fact at night we put about 5 locks on the door.
• We dry clothes on the line here – a task we will definitely NOT be bringing back to Minnesota.

I really enjoyed reading about the differences in the Ireland homes vs the houses in St. Paul. How about heat? Do you have a fireplace and/or a furnace. If there is no basement perhaps no furnace? How about the outside? Is it stucco? Did Patrick grow up in this house? I love the blog…xx00ms

Comment by mary sue October 19, 2007 @ 2:45 pm

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What do you think of the differences in the schools? No Boys? How is that??

Comment by Kathleen October 22, 2007 @ 5:36 pm

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Hi Lilly, Kate, Aine, Is it fun staying in Dublin? What is it like? I wish I could go too! We are learning lots of new things in school. Cursive, spelling and math. What are you learning?
–Eleanor

Comment by Eleanor Howard November 23, 2007 @ 4:59 pm

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