Well I guess it’s weather and we’re in Ireland but it’s certainly not Irish Weather as we know it! This heat wave we are experiencing in Ireland has us all hot and bothered. And our guests on Vacation in Ireland even more so, even though many are used to much hotter temperatures than those we have been experiencing this summer in Ireland so far. Let me explain…
This can really be done in two words – Air Conditioning! Or lack thereof…
As temperatures in Ireland rarely go above 70 this is normally not an issue – maybe we suffer one weekend of discomfort in the year but as we Irish are all rushing about trying to squeeze a whole summers worth of activities into one weekend we don’t have much time to notice. And we daren’t complain as it may bring back the ever present Irish rain (or mist, fog, drizzle, well you get the picture) and then where would we be? This year however the one obligatory weekend has now stretched to weeks and the novelty is beginning to wear off. Irish Hardware Stores are sold out of fans, water reservoirs are running low (unheard of in rainy Ireland) and we are even daring to start to complain!
We Irish love our bit of sun and most of us travel abroad to get our annual fix as it’s normally the only way we’re guaranteed more than a weekend of continuous sunshine. Spain, Portugal, France and the Canaries top the favorite holiday spots for the typical Irish sun seeker. However I have come to realize while we love the sun we also love returning to the lovely Air Conditioned apartments and Hotel rooms and getting a good nights sleep.
Which leads me to the point of this little entry…
If you are traveling in Ireland this year do be prepared for the fact that most Irish Hotels do not have air conditioning. Some do but it’s definitely something you need to request if it’s important to you. And while prior to this month I would have advised it as being a non-issue I am having to eat my words and suggest that it may be worth requesting if traveling to Ireland in July or August. No doubt by September we will be back to our usual typical Irish Weather and it will be another 20 years before we see a summer like this one! But at least we can go back to complaining about the rain and normality will be restored.
