Archive for January, 2008
Dublin Weather
You might have heard of the Irish weather. The Irish themselves are complaining about it a lot. Which is funny enough, given that if they’re born here, they had a lifetime to get used to it… :)
Anyway, getting back to the point, I thought I should preserve something for posterity here (me and hundreds of [...]
Babel on the Dublin Bus
Dublin is a very cosmopolite city. You don’t have to take my word for it. Just ride the 46A bus into town on a Saturday morning…
Choose the middle back seat on the lower floor of the double decker, sit back and listen.
Chances are that a scenario very similar to the following will occur: On [...]
4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days at the IFI
This week the IFI Cinema in Dublin is showing “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days“, a Cannes acclaimed film by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu.
I saw the film myself, and while I liked it a lot, I can definitely say it is not for the faint hearted.
Not sure as well how much of the [...]
My Cyprus Experience
I wanted to write something about Cyprus for a while now. Actually, when I started this blog I thought it would be a collection of both my memories of life as an expat over there, as well as my new life in Ireland. Turned out it’s not that simple. If I really wanted to go [...]
One year ago…
On this day, Bulgaria and Romania were officially joininig the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish became official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
I was celebrating New Year in Vienna, going up the Kahlenberg, taking the attached photo, and one day later experiencing my first Segway ride :)
Happy New Year!