Blogs from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

So... having travelled through eastern europe, we decided to recouperate at casa quickfall, in the gloriously splendid and exotic west wycombe (if you don't get the joke, you should use google maps). Andy and Lorna were perfect hosts, and we lounged around for several days, taking it easy, watching TV etc. They cooked a couple of good meals and it was great to have some quiet catch up time with them and get to know them both again... or something. Spent a lovely anniversary dinner at Christine and Paul's... newly doomed cousin Ken made a showing after battling the flood-afflicted train system... for those that wander aimlessly through the days without a care in the world (that would be Dave, Ian, Nate, and a few others perhaps), this was our SECOND anniversary! We have been married ... read more

Hurling, sushi and surf. Europe » Ireland » Limerick By AlbertPMJuly 6th 2007 Hi Friends!! A long time without news.... There are some photos of the two last weeks. As you will see I'm having fun here in Limerick. Gary is carrying me everywhere as if I was his girlfriend ( there is no sex, yet...) First you have some pictures of a very important match of Hurling, one of the Irish sports that are surviving from the times of Celtics. You can also see some photos or a Japanese party. They are friends of mine at the English school. The food was delicious. Hanako and Taichi were two of the cookers. Congratulations!! At the end you can see images of the last weekend we spend close to the B... read more

Monday 11th June Tonight Em was functioning at none other than Kensington Palace, former home of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. She got her makeup done for her and then finished her off with a big red lobster stuck on her hat. Hey, it's the latest fashion here in London, soon everyone will be walking down the road with some type of sea creature sitting upon their scone. Friday 15th June Today after work I was one of about 200 other Muse fanatics who took over Trafalgar Square for a bit of a sing along to some of Muse's most popular tunes. This was to raise money for Cancer Research and was timed to be the day before the mammoth Wembley Stadium gigs over the weekend. After a bit of stuffing around, we gathered around Nelson's ... read more

The only reason I came to limerick and have I heard one?? NO!! haha kidding, I havent heard one but its not the only reason I came... Its another stop on my Irish adventure... Limerick is the 4th biggest city/town here in Ireland after Dublin, Galway and Cork and it has that bigger city feel to it.. Must admit Ive enjoyed the smaller towns better so far, like Kilkenny and Kilarney, just the small town feel.. I dont know what it is... Well here in Limerick I took enough day trip and went to Bunratty Castle, the Cliffs of Moher, the Burren and Galway Bay... Bunratty castle, not bad for a castle but ABC..... Cliffs of Moher, stunning! WOrds and photos cannot describe nor do this place justice.. It is just beautiful.. The wind here was ... read more

Well, I've been here long enough that my own thoughts are in an Irish accent. That is to say, about 12 hours. I arrived this morning after a sleepless flight, and checked in at our hotel - the Clarion Limerick. Hard to miss, really. We saw it from miles away and just headed in the general direction of the modernist tower over the Shannon. I don't think the Irish breakfast agreed with me. I'm a bit sick today. I must say, their bacon is phenomenal. It's like thick-cut ham. I filled up on the breakfast buffet so that I wouldn't have to worry about lunch. After breakfast, I took a short nap and then cleaned up and headed out into Limerick. Luckily there are handy brown signs directing the aimless tourist like myself to the various ... read more