Frohe Weihnachten to you all. Thank you for reading my blog and for all the compliments on my photos. Every little comment gave me a creative ego boost. Hope you all have a great 2008.

One of the first things we did after we moved to Ireland was to sign up with an online DVD rental service, after checking out the local rental options (gas station: 7 Euros per night per movie or in Ballina it was 5 Euros!!!) I found that Screenclick (it’s like Netflix) is the best option [...]

I just love that photo – taken in Knock , County Mayo.

Photo: Antoon Turn off the TV and step outside. David Moore of Astronomy Ireland, says the Geminid meteor shower this weekend will put on an most eye-catching display of shooting stars. ’Everyone in Ireland can see the Geminids and you don’t need any telescopes or binoculars just normal eyesight.’ says Mr Moore. Source and more [...]

Doesn’t that first picture look like it’s from the sixties? The Moore Street Market is a long-established Dublin tradition, and the stalls sell everything from electrical gear to fresh fruit, vegetable and fish. Mondays and Saturdays are probably your best bet for fresh items. There is no more authentic fruit and vegetable market in the [...]

Since I went to the Knock Shrine for the first time I put it on the must see for our visitors. So I have been back there pretty often. It kind of grows on me. Here some more pictures of that to me at least bizarre spot in Ireland. I piece of the original where [...]

Don’t get swept away this weekend in case you are on the west coast. In the next couple of days, there are 14m waves predicted. Cool! Have to go out and snap some pictures. More info here: RTE News Shopping Tip: Everything 1 Dollar / 1 Euro

The Wii is now out for over a year and you would think that Nintendo managed to feed the demand on the Wii. Well it looks like there is a shortage again, especially if you are in Ireland. Last year I wrote about how to get a Wii for if you are in Ireland. And [...]

After a long hiking break we decided to do an other hike before it gets really cold here. This time we decided to hike the impressive Benbulben near Sligo. You climb up via Pinnacle Gully which you can see on the image above. Very Steep and somewhat dangerous. Tons of these little mushrooms on the [...]

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