Hiroshima was still asleep when we left the hotel early in the morning on our way to Nagasaki. It was interesting seeing such a big and busy city empty. Besides two of us dragging our luggage behind our back we saw only two ladies returning home from last night’s parties. They seemed a bit under…
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Ston Cake raising charity funds in Ireland (with recipe)
Ireland is big on charities. I had no idea about it before moving here, but you don’t need more than a week to figure it out. I’ve searched more information, for the purposes of this article, and found that there is an official body that regulates all the charities, and that currently, in 2016 there…
Things you should see in Ireland: County Sligo and Benbulbin
It’s been quite some time since we travelled anywhere for more than a few miles away from Dublin. We decided to use the August bank holiday to finally go somewhere we’ve never been so far, and to check how our new travel crew member handles these activities. We still had family visiting that morning, so…
Perseid Meteor Shower 2016 from South Dublin and Enniskerry
You might have heard that 2016 Perseid Meteor Shower was supposed to be special and very rich with visible meteors. Knowing that I decided to go out and make a couple of great photos. Even though clouds didn’t look too friendly I persisted and drove to the top of Ticknock Hill. In pitch dark, I…
Things you should see in Ireland: Powerscourt Estate, gardens, and waterfall
One of our favourite spots in Ireland, Powerscourt estate, is located in county Wicklow just south of Dublin. It’s quite a short ride from where we live now, or 40 minutes ride with a bus 44 from city centre to Enniskerry. It’s in fact an old castle that was ruined and burned, then later renovated…
Summer in Dublin (May 2016)
This year I’ve learned that there are two types of “summer” in Ireland, regular summer and “good Irish summer”. Summer is a period of the year that starts at May day, and ends up somewhere at the end of July. Yes, the old Irish considered that summer starts in May and that is kept till…
The hot springs “Hells” of Beppu in Japan are the “coolest” hot springs in the world!
During our planning phase, when we (mostly Dina) were searching for things to see in Japan we found a photo of a dark orange bubbly hot spring somewhere in Japan that is called “Hells of Beppu”. As soon as I saw the photo I asked if we can fit it somehow into our schedule without…
Taking a cooking class while traveling Japan wasn’t a bad idea at all
Before our trip to Japan we tried to find a cooking school with Japanese or other Asian specialities. We even booked one potential course, but it never happened. So, when we had all set for Japan, it was just a matter of place where we’ll attend a cooking school. Dina found Cooking Sun somewhere on-line,…
Things you should see in Ireland: Wonderfull Howth
Howth is a small fishing village and most north eastern Dublin’s suburb. Accidentally, it’s the best place in town to buy fresh fish. Just a couple of days after our move to Ireland (so, some 2.5 years ago) I was on the mission to find fish and prepare a nice dinner. Since it was less…
Happy and sweet Valentine’s day
Just a couple of days back I’ve shared one cool animated gif on my personal FB, where “big boned” rhino is running on a treadmill watching the poster of a stallion built like a unicorn on the wall. In a comment, I’ve made a joke that my life looks exactly like that, and that I’m…
16 Reasons You Should ALWAYS Ask For The Window Seat :)
In the past three days my social network feeds served me several similar articles with the above title. The only difference was the leading number, which changed from ten to twenty seven. I forgot to count all my flights so far, but I convinced Dina that it’s cool to know the exact number, so at…
Bitter Sweet Taste Of Barcelona
It’s been 19 years since my first and last visit to Barcelona. Teenager back then and in a large group, I was less interested in architecture and more in having a good time. We were on a single day trip to Barcelona from Lloret de Mar where we were for a week. It was a…
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