We are settle down slowly in our New Home :)

We are settle down slowly in our new home:
It will be one month tomorrow that we moved out from Limerick city center to a very nice village called Annaccotty. The house is very nice, but as a new house, we had to experiment a lot of issues and we still have some problems, but slowly it is getting better. For instance, during the first week of our moving, we were without any heating and it was very cold. The system did not work, even if the builders were coming every day to find the problem with this heating system. It took a week for them to be able to fixe it. Then we had this issue with the fireplace and we still have it. The builders are not very reliable and it takes them ages to find a solution...It is a bit unfair for us, but hopefully it will be fixed by the end of the month. But the best part has been with our backgarden wall :) The builders were working on the house behind us which still on construction site and they saw a little crac on the wall and without informing us, they decided to broke the wall and rebuild it again...It was a very big surprise when we came to the kitchen and saw our backgarden wall on the ground and all the grass and plants in our garden completely spoilt...They finaly rebuild the wall after a week and next week the landscape company will replaced the grass, the plants and flowers. So apparently the garden should be nicer than before :)

Nous nous installons doucement dans notre nouvelle maison:
Cela fera un mois demain que nous avons quitte notre appartement du centre de ville de Limerick pour ce petit village du nom d'Annaccotty. La maison est vraiment tres sympa et nous apprecions de vivre a la campagne. Le probleme est que d'emmenager dans une maison neuve n'est pas toujours la meilleure solution. Les constructeurs nous ont donne queleques sueurs froides. Tout a commence avec le chauffage qui ne fonctionnait pas. Nous sommes restes une semaine sans chauffage et je vous avoue que vivre sans chauffage quand il fait entre -1 et 5 degres a l'exterieur n'est pas tres encourageant...Mais bon apres une semaine les builders ont reussis a reparer le systeme de chauffage. Mais nous rencontrons toujours des soucis avec la cheminee. Ils semblent ne pas etre tres presses pour la reparer...Et le pire je crois a ete le mur de notre jardin...Les builders qui bossaient sur le construction de la maison de derriere, ont vu une fente dans le mur mitoyen de celui du fond du jardin et ont decide sans nous prevenir de le casse et de le reconstruire. Quelle fut notre surprise en revenant a la maison? Ils ont egalement detruits les plantations de notre jardin. Heureusement ils vont repare les degats et nous devrions avoir un joli jardin :)

Some news :)

Dean and Ludy are getting married :

It has been a long time that I did not update our blog. I just wanted to inform everybody that Dean and I will get married in France on the 05th September 2009 :)

I am very happy to have the possibility to get married in Quibron (Brittany).

Dean et Ludy se marient:

Cela a fait un petit moment que je n'ai pas update notre blog. Mais je tenais a mentioner que Dean et moi allons nous marrier en France a Quiberon (Bretagne), le 05 Septembre 2009 :)

Some more pictures

Even more :)

More pictures

Some picture of the cruise.

Our holidays on cruise at the Navigator of the Sea :)

It was a wonderful holidays on board at the navigator of the sea. We met nice people from all over the world, but also discover South of France, Italy and Spain and accommodated on the boat. We started our adventure from Barcelona where we visited Gaudy Parc, then we took the boat at the harbour of Barcelona and sail until Cannes :) We did a walking tour of Cannes. I have to say South of France is gorgeous and we stopped at some market to buy some nice fruits as we are missing it in Ireland :) We took the sea again to Florence/Pisa and then to Rome. We did different sightseeing such as Cinque Terre and as visited the Italian Countryside by a taste of wine :) We were really lucky as from a standard cabin, they upgrated us to a balcony cabin where we could have breakfast every morning and have a fantastic view on the sea. So my advise if you have time and a bit saving to do a trip go on cruise :)

La croisiere a bord du Navigator of the Sea etait genial. Nous avons rencontre des gens de toutes horizons et sympatise avec un couple Portugais et Americain :) Nous avons commence ce voyage par Barcelone ou nous avons visite Gaudy Parc :) Puis embarque sur la mer a destination de Cannes, Florence/Pisa et Rome. Chanceux nous etions, d'une cabine simple, il nous on offert une cabine avec balcon ou nous apprecions notre petit dejeuner avec vu sur la mer chaque matin :) Petit conseil, si vous avec un peu de temps et quelques economise a mettre dans les vacances, la croisiere est une tres bonne option :)

Week end to Paris

I spend the week end (25th-28th April) with my family and some friends. It was so nice. Friday went to the pancake restaurant with Damien, Sabrina, Severine, Christelle and the little baby Chloe and my princesse Juju :) Then on Saturday, some friends, Gilles and Annick from Brittany came to spend the day with us. Lovely food and nice walk was on the programme. Sunday after have been visiting my Made and Jeannot and have lunch had to go to the airport. Always too short :) But I had a great time :)

Je suis revenu en France passer le week end. J'etais heureuse de passer du temps avec Damien mon cousin et sa famille ainsi que mes parents, niece et soeur et quelques amis. Les passages en france sont tojours trop courts, mais cela fais du bien de rentrer chez soi :)

My birthday on the 9th of April - Mon anniversaire

Last Wednesday it was my birthday. Dean made me a nice suprise and also my team from work. By the way, I am not under contract anymore :) Last Saturday, it was nice. We went out for dinner with few friends from Limerick (Jacky, Luisa and Fabienne). Well, one year older. Don't ask me my age. I am still in my twenties, but can feel that I can feel I getting older :)

Mercredi dernier c'etait mon anniversaire. Dean et mon equipe du boulot m'ont gate. Au fait, j'ai enfin un cdi :) Samedi dernier nous sommes sortis pour feter mon anniv avec des amis de Limerick. International dinner (Jacky, Francais; Luisa, Portugaise; Fabienne, Suisse et Dean, Australien) et puis moi, Francaise :) C'etait sympa, meme si je me suis prise un an de plus :)

My friend Alisa from Japan

This is my friend Alisa from Japan. We used to study nearly 8 years ago in Dublin. How time is flying...but nice to still in touch. Hopefully I will have a chance to visit Japan in this coming few years as I have other Japanese friends that I did not meet for years...

Week end in Dublin (08-09 March 2008)

Last Saturday, I went to Dublin to visit my friends. After have been meeting Cathy and Elodie for a coffee as the old days, we head off to DaPino for dinner to meet friends from Xerox, ex Xerox or Goethe Institut :) Betty, Paul, Maurizio, Celine, Elene, Elodie, Mike, Maria, Cornelia, Florence, Adriana, Suzy, Fatima, Larissa, Katja, Ronan, Sean I, Himeko were all there. Great to catch up :) Then some us left and we end up for a drink to the next available pub. Sunday after a nice breakfast at Maria'place, we met up Elena, Mike and Adi to go hiking. At the end we end up to the Botanic Garden where I cought cold :) Thanks god Monday was off to stay in bed all day :)

Samedi dernier, apres plus de 4 mois, je suis allee a Dublin voir mes amis. Apres avoir ete a Cafe en Seine pour un cafe avec Elodie et Cathy, nous sommes alles rejoindre les autres amis au resto Italien DaPIno. Betty, Paul, Maurizio, Celine, Elene, Elodie, Mike, Maria, Cornelia, Florence, Adriana, Suzy, Fatima, Larissa, Katja, Ronan, Sean I, Himeko etaient tous la. Le dimanche apres avoir passe la nuit et un petit dejeuner tres sympa chez Maria, nous sommes alles au Jardin Botanic. J'y ai meme attrape un coup de froid. Heureusement, lundi j'avais pris ma journee et pu recuperer :)

Cassi leaving party which I missed :) (June 2007)

Message for Cassi. As I missed your leaving party, I posted a pictures that you sent me in my blog :)

On the left side of Cassi : Annabelle, Celine and Maurizio :)

Some pictures of my little princess - quelques photos de ma petite princesse

Ma petite princesse Juju est le petit bebe de la famille, ben de la famille du cote Brouet :) Elle a 5 ans et fais les bonheur de ses parents, tata :) et grands parents. Elle pourrait meme etre prise pour une petite Irlandaise. Vous ne trouvez pas?

My little Juju is my little niece from my sister side. She is 5 years old and we are all proud of her. She even looks a bit Irish. Isn't she? :)

Some friends who left Ireland a while back ago - the album :)

When I came first to Ireland, it was only for 3 months. I was student and during my studies at GEOS I met a lot of friends with whom I staying in touch. At the end, I never left Ireland...

Claudia, my friend from Milano (girl on the bridge)
Mara and Alessandra (Claudia sister and friend), I met them after my trip in Italy in 2005 and then they came to visit me in Dublin in 2006 :)
My friends Kim, Cesaer, Massami and myself in holidays in Spain (2003).

I would like to add more pictures from my friends from oversees, so don't hesitate to send me your pictures and I will add you on the album :)

Dean and Ludy

Summary of the year 2007 - Petit resume de l'annee 2007

To make a little summary of 2007, January has started for me with some issue as it was really difficult to find a permanent job in Limerick. After have been working as temp for 2 months in Banta, I found a contract role of 8 months in Shannon which have been extend and I still working there for the moment until May 2008. Then will have to see what happened...

In 2007, Dean and I have the opportunities to go several times to France and see my family. In 2008 will go to Australia.

In June 2007, I introduced Dean to my family. We spent a lovely week end in Paris.

In July 2007, we were invited to the wedding of a colleague of Dean at the Radison hotel. It was a very nice Irish wedding.

In August 2007, my cousin had a baby, a little girl called Chloe :)

In october 2007, we went to France to Quiberon (Brittany) for my mum birthday. A lot of good food and also nice walk along the cliffs...

At Xmas time we celebrated the festivity in France with my parents and for New year Dean and I move together :)

That's the summary of 2007.

L'annee 2007 a commence avec quelques difficultees niveau boulot car n'avait qu'un role temp de 2 mois. Depuis Mars je bosse das un bureau en tant qu'administratrice (ok connais pas la traduction exacte en Francais) et mon contrat a ete renouvelle jusqu'en Mai 2008. Apres cela je ne sais pas...difficile le boulot sur Limerick, je dois prendre le bus chaque jour presque'une heure de route pour aller a Shannon.

Cette annee nous sommes en France plusieurs fois, donc cette annee l'Australie :)

Quelques evenements: mon cousin a eu une petite fille tres mignonne nommee Chloee (j'ai mis sa photo sur le site) et au nouvel an Dean et moi avons emmenages ensemble.

Voici le resume de 2007

Something new - Quelque chose de nouveau

Hello there,

As you know technologie and me are not very good friends, but as a start and in order to keep you update about myself, please feel free to look into this site. I will try to post some picture too :)

So keep in touch

Ludy

Salut.

Comme vous le savez deja, la technologie et moi cela fait 2 :) Mais etant donner que parfois il est difficile de donner des news assez regulierement, je vais essayer d'update cette link de temps en temps. Je vais meme essayer d'y mettre des photos :)

A bientot

Ludy