St. Patrick’s day this year fell on a Wednesday and my wife and I decided to take the Thursday and Friday off to make a mini-break; Especially since we still took our daughter Maeve to the creche on the Thursday and Friday. Like most couple with young children its hard to get time to yourself either individually or as a couple and thus fix any issues with your relationship or just spending time together when your are not tired or children are vying for your attention.

I am glad we did it. We went to the movies on Thursday to see “The Green Zone” an enjoyable adventure romp followed on Friday with a half-day in the Dunboyne Castle Health Spa. The spa is the best I have been too in a long while. The pool had lots of different power jet features such as a bench you lie on in pool and then water jets from below massage gentle you aching body; Also there are dry and wet hot rooms, a cold room, a “beach room” and some heated benches near the pool to lie on – I am sighing and relaxing now just on the memories. After a couple of the hours of this we had a “mud bath” where we covered ourselves in mud and listened to relaxing music for half-an-hour followed by a head-and-shoulders massage. We had a great time and recommend the spa to anyone.