Once more -- Howth in September

Whoever said the summer is over, was wrong. I thought, after enough weekends of being at home or out of town, it was about time to return to Howth. I expected it to be windy and a little chilly, but it was warm and sunny. And it was extremely busy out there!

Instead of being covered in yellow, the mountains were violet...

Cavan --- again! September 2009

This time not on my own... Wood Warrior and Boxing Bonnie spent a lot of their time between the different saunas and the swimming pool (especially the outdoor pool). They ventured for a short trip through the forests, almost crawled back through the mud and met the cattle in the field...

Visit from Munich - August 2009

Christina came to visit me for almost a week, and as we did not have much time during the week (I had to work), we drove away over the weekend. Sligo. The weather wasn't too good, but we were extremely lazy anyway. We just managed a short trip to town, had a wonderful dinner there... And we checked out the Thermal Suite and the Razul... very relaxing!

We have IKEA in Dublin - at last!

We took the bus at Merrion Square to go shopping at the recently opened Dublin store of IKEA. Our bus journey took us through an extremely dodgy area with walled-up skyscrapers; I had to think of the movie Into the West; even horses were grazing there!



















It was quite a contrast when we finally entered the IKEA building and walked between hundreds of people (too many children!) from one showroom to the other. Just like at home. Awesome!
Of course we couldn't resist to buy some candles and Indira... The smell when walking to the check-out points through the damp remembered me of our Ikea, Praktiker and Obi; fresh wood and dust. Oh, I certainly loved putting my apartment together and I absolutely crave to do it again, for a new one!

Cavan - July 24th 2009

After 5 weeks working straight, I decided that it is time for a break and booked the Radisson Hotel & Spa in Cavan for a long weekend. The hotel is beautifully located in the Farnham Estate 3km away from the city and therefore the perfect place to relax...




I took several short and long walks through the woods and along the lake. Especially in the late evening and the early morning, nobody else was wandering around... You could only hear your steps and the wind, the rustling of the leafs, the pounding of the waves and some birds...

Visit from Munich - July 2nd until 5th 2009

We had some busy and wonderful days!
On our first night, we went for a long beach walk (I had to show-off with my private beach close to the house...). The next day (after some sightseeing for her) we met in town for dinner and watched some DVDs later. On Friday we drove to Howth to watch the seals and then we took the boat to Irelands Eye. The weather was terrific and we both got sun-burnt...






We tried to climb into the Martello tower, but... uhhh... it is quite high and difficult, especially for untrained people as we were.





We thought we could at least walk over the hills or surround them, but the grass was jungle-high so that we returned and watched the birds on the cliffs instead.






After having enjoyed the bird orchestra long enough, we returned to the small anchor point. Lying on a small rock and sunbathing, a seal watched us and... it waved to us too!!!





We returned to town for we had two tickets for the famous Abbey theatre, The Reluctant Tyrant. We had front seats... Some of the actors were so close to us that we could have easily touched them...



The very next day we went for shopping on Grafton street, enjoyed a cinnamon bun, returned to the shops, had dinner, hurried to the last shops and then headed home to watch some DVD. Needless to mention that we did not find much, or let's say we would have found a lot more, if we were millionaires...




On our last holiday, we went into town to have breakfast at Avoca's. (Pancake with berries... delicious!!!!) We even managed to walk to Waterstones checking on some books...

The weekend was over too soon!

My new house

Since June 1st I have moved to my new place in Sandymount. The place is close to the sea, a nice 4 bedroom house and I'm sharing with 3 Irish girls. It is awesome! Here you can find some views...

The street side (the yellow one in the middle) and the garden side with views of the garden...





Inside the house...




... kitchen and lower living room...




... upper living room and my room...




... and the sea view