Monthly Archives: June 2009

liverpool: river mersey

Fancy in North West England: Manchester – Liverpool – Chester

A sweet 2-Euro-Ryanair special (including fees) made it happen that I was heading over to the UK for a couple of days last week. Wednesday Already the city bus to Dublin Airport cost me more than the flight fare, €2.20! Who bothers? Then a swift … Read More

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Friends, Dublin pubs, clubs and a day trip to Glendalough

Summer’s still here and keeps on defying all speculations of clearing rain – more or less. With Annika spending a few months in Dublin’s south at the moment and Mich and Ari’s recent visit, times continued being full of  activities. My friends did their own … Read More

outside spy bar, south william st

An Irish summer bank holiday story

Are we still in Ireland? As already mentioned in a previous post we were blessed. Blessed with the awesomeness of brilliant weather! For a mere one and a half weeks we could really sense the summer and sometimes made me even wonder whether I was … Read More

dublin: bike missing tyre, bike rental scheme

Upcoming Dublin bike rental scheme, rapid NTL broadband and power outage

Dublin has got a severe traffic problem. Many of you know this and are personally affected thanks to having to cross the city on their daily commute. With only one DART (suburban railway), two LUAS (tram) and a bunch of bus lines the public transport … Read More

college park

The state I am in

Although I haven’t been posting a lot lately this doesn’t mean not much has been going on. I prefer enjoying the newly gained leisure time and I am doing a really good job in not spending too much time on my dissertation. Nevertheless the dynamic … Read More