As an expat you are confronted with many things that are outside of your comfort zone. Even though it might sound trivial, you don’t know that until things happen and you figure out that you are unprepared for it. For example, Liam got his first serious cold a few days back and when we measured…
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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…
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…
Dublin Mountains – The Great Sugar Loaf – A great way to spend a day :)
The Great Sugar Loaf is a 501 meter high mountain just south of Dublin. Because of it’s steep slopes and volcanic appearance it appears much higher than it actually is, and people consider it as an old volcano, but it’s actually not. Since it’s just on the doorsteps of our friends living on that far…
Things you should see in Ireland: Weekend trip to Kilkenny, Tramore, Waterford and Wexford
So far our weekend trips involved long rides to the west coast of Ireland, and for this one we decided to go somewhere a bit closer to Dublin. A quick check on the map, and decision was made! Let’s see Kilkenny! We skipped the breakfast, picked up the car early in the morning and headed…
Dublin Pride 2015 as a proof that #LoveWins
This year’s Dublin pride was the first one after Irish people voted Yes for marriage equality on the recent referendum. It as well came just two days after USA legalized gay marriages in all USA states and the internet went wild with #loveWins campaign. Due to those facts it was expected that this pride will…
Christ Church Cathedral – One of my favorite spots in Dublin
Those regular and careful readers might remember that I like churches, cathedrals, castles, towers, and bridges… Actually, I like big buildings in general. Still, if someone told me that one of my favourite places in Dublin will be Christchurch cathedral I would laugh. Loud. “The Church” maybe (as it’s a pub) but not the proper…
Things you should see in Ireland: Check out why we’ll visit the Ring of Kerry again! :)
One of the most famous touristy routes in Ireland is The Ring of Kerry, and it’s considered as “The Best of Ireland”. At least people we know and we met so far told us so. Our original plan was to follow the Ring route, but our host in Dingle, Julí explained us some things. Majority…
Things you should see in Ireland: County Kerry, Dingle, Dingle Peninsula and Slea Head Drive
We’ve finally organized a few days to explore Ireland. Well, we’ve seen things in 2013 and 2014 but nothing outside the Dublin area yet this year. 🙂 As a reward we got three sunny, almost summer days to explore County Kerry. County Kerry is considered as a nicest part of Ireland and when people talk…
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