Journeys of self-discovery
Don’t know what you’re thinking, but I’m talking about the City of Amsterdam Coat of Arms!
Apparently the three X’s on the shield in the city’s coat of arms are Saint Andrew’s crosses.
Still, as Amsterdam is very famous for things less than saintly, one cannot help but wonder if there is any connection whatsoever [...]
When I returned from my recent trip to Germany, I was brutally reminded of one of the things I really found hard to get used to in Ireland: separate taps for hot and cold water!
A minor thing you’d say, and the Irish don’t seem to mind it at all. However, for somebody used to fine [...]
Recently been on a short trip to Germany, and I still miss the Gemütlichkeit of it all!
Germans really know how to turn cosiness into an art. Last year in Vienna it was Café Schwarzenberg I fell in love with. This year, in the more modest Kempen town, near Düsseldorf, it was Burg cafe (photo). A [...]
I found out a very interesting website today – www.entrepreneur.com
Its name (very apropriately and conveniently chosen) made me think about how good domain names are chosen.
I’ve had my share of domain name hunting, and I know that by now all english words in the dictionary are already out there with a .com tail!
Anyone who’s tried [...]
The 6th of December 2003 was a very good day for me.
Today there are exactly 4 years since.
This is just a reminder.
May many follow!
If you set foot in Ireland as anything more than a tourist, you will sooner or later (rather sooner) find out about one of the central elements in Irish life: the Post Office!
Everything happens because of the Post Office: from applying for the PPS and tax certificate, to applying for the University, receiving your bills, [...]
The 1st of December is Romania’s National Holiday (apart from being World AIDS day and Australia’s first day of summer, of course…). Below is a pretty old video, which I thought appropriate to embed on this day, showing several of the merits of Romania, which many may not know of:
The initial actual purpose of the [...]
No, I’m actually not kidding! The title is not as ironic as one might think – the truth is I was very well impressed by the Irish Revenue Commissioners Office.
The quality of service they provide makes paying tax (and especially claiming relief on it :D ) seem a bliss compared to other systems in other [...]
What about them?
Well, I just thought this is one of the things I like about Ireland. A small detail, however the car registration plates here give you a very good idea about the age of the car. Their format is [YY]-[CountyCode]-[SequenceNumber], so that for example the one-hundredth-second car registered in Dublin in 1998 would have [...]