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    CAMPING? IT’S DIFFERENT IN IRELAND, TO BE SURE, TO BE SURE

    Feb 11, 2022 3 minutes
    Words Alan Valkenburg

    Shortly after my wife, Catherine, graduated from uni with her accounting degree, we headed over to Ireland to start married life together. She needed to complete her articles, something that would take roughly three years. During this time, would-be accountants earn a pittance, and so our logic was that sheʼd earn said pittance in euros rather than in rands, and at least that way pay off her student debt a bit faster.

    Everyone knows the Irish to be friendly and welcoming – – the land of a hundred thousand welcomes and all that. So what better place to make our fortune and some lifelong friends? Well, turns out youʼll struggle with the latter if youʼre not a big pub person and youʼll struggle with the former if you are.

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