Learning to love Ireland

the long version

In 2007 Althea and her husband Larry left Zimbabwe, a country where the skies are cornflower blue, where the sun shines most of the time and where every longed-for thunderstorm brings welcome rain. They left behind a successful business, a beautiful home, their friends and their animals. They also left behind chaos, misery, starvation, hopelessness and a dictator who has no concern for the welfare of his people. They have come to live in Ireland, where the sky is often leaden grey and the rain relentless. But Ireland is a country blessed by the presence of The Celtic Tiger - a h.