Note to self: the Irish swim on the LEFT side of the lane.
It feels VERY awkward to do a flip-turn in that direction! Today I swam a little at the rec center, then played around on the diving boards with a Romanian-speaking family. When I started doing one-and-a-half's on the low dive (the one trick I can do), they said, "romanianromanian-WOW!-romanianromanian" and started trying to do it, too. It was hilarious, they were belly-busting in their valiant efforts. Then I went and sat in the pool-side sauna with some old men who wanted to hear all about Nashville. A lot of Belfastians (or "Belfastards," as they are sometimes affectionately known) ask us kind of incredulously why we chose Northern Ireland (pronounced "Norn Iron").
Phrase of the day: "What about ye?" (=what's up?)
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