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Dublin, Glendalough, Gravestone, Ireland, landscape, Monastery, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Rain, wicklow mountains
Glendalough in the Rain
28 Monday Jan 2013
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Tag Archives: Dublin
Johnny Fox Pub
27 Sunday Jan 2013
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Dublin, Glencullen, Guinness, Ireland, Johnny Fox Pub, People, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Wicklow
Can you imagine anything better than a cosy pub, a good meal and a nice fire after a walk in the rain? I can’t! I shared a lovely meal with my colleagues after spending the day exploring wicklow.
Johnny Fox is a pub in Glencullen in Wicklow. It’s established in 1798 and they claim it is the highest pub in Ireland. I do believe I’ve seen more pubs with that sign throughout the country though so I’m not sure. Facts anyone? It played a role in Irish history when it became a meeting place for the leaders of the 1916 rebellion.
Snowy Sally Gap
26 Saturday Jan 2013
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Dublin, HDR, Ireland, landscape, Military Road, nature, outdoors, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, sally gap, Snow, wicklow mountains, Winter
People warned me that the Military Road up in Wicklow isn’t really accessible when it’s been snowing. And of course I saw the cars parked before the hill. But I’m sure you can guess what happened next: halfway up the hill I started sliding down and ended up beging stuck in the icy snow.. Big thanks to my colleague getting out, pushing my car and giving me directions on how to get out!
I’ve posted photo’s of Sally Gap before but this is the first time I got to see it covered in snow. It was absolutely amazing to be up there, I believe it’s my favourite spot in the Wicklow Mountains!
Autumn Colors
07 Wednesday Nov 2012
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Bog, Dublin, HDR, Ireland, landscape, Military Road, nature, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Polarizing filter, roadtrip, Travel, view, Water, Wicklow, wicklow mountains, Wide Angle
These pictures are taken in Wicklow Mountains. Somewhere along the Western part of the Military Road. The 3 other people in the care were lovely and patient while I kept stopping the car, jumping out or opening the window to take photo’s on the cold and windy Sunday afternoon. Thanks guys ;)
Dublin Mountains City View
06 Tuesday Nov 2012
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Glenmacnass Waterfall in Wicklow
05 Monday Nov 2012
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Dublin, Dublin Mountains, Glenmacnass, HDR, Ireland, landscape, Leinster, nature, outdoors, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Polarizing filter, River, sally gap, view, Water, Waterfall, Wicklow, wicklow mountains, Wideangle
One of the best things about living in Dublin is the distance to Wicklow mountains. It takes us 45 minutes to leave the city and be in the middle of this amazing landscape.
If you follow the military road through the Wicklow mountains, through Sally Gap you’ll find a small parking spot along the Glenmacnass river. You can leave your car and walk a few hundred meters along the river. You’ve been driving through the bogland but when the river falls down into Glenmacnass valley and you’ll have an amazing view of the valley with its sheepfarms, the mountains, forest and the beautiful waterfall. It’s one of my favorite spots in Wicklow!
Cultural Differences – Halloween in North Dublin
31 Wednesday Oct 2012
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Bonfire, Celebrate, City, Dublin, Fire, Fire Department, Flats, Halloween, Ireland, James Joyce Street, Liberty House, North Dublin, People, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Talbot Street, view
When you move to a new country you integrate. You adjust and try new things. I’m not saying I’m always as open as I would like to be but I try. I celebrate new holidays, try new food and learn some of a local language. For example, we’ve started to celebrate Halloween. It’s actually fun. And even though this is the second time I live in our apartment on this holiday, I can’t get used to our neighbors tradition… The 4 story bonfire seems odd to me. Slightly dangerous maybe? Last year I thought it was a prank gone wrong. Until I noticed the adults standing around. And the fact that no one called the fire department? Hello? The number is 112. Right?
We have some neighbors, they were standing out on the balcony wondering out loud what was going on. I welcomed them to the neighborhood ;) I haven’t fully integrated in lovely North Dublin I’m afraid.
Love Locks on Ha’Penny Bridge
28 Sunday Oct 2012
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bridge, City, Dublin, Ha'Penny Bridge, Ireland, lock, love, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, River
The Ha’Penny bridge is a lovely spot in Dublin city center Usually I’m too busy looking at the view over the water, looking at the people or just in a rush to get to where I’m going but a while back I noticed that more and more of these locks are appearing on the bridge.
Lady Gaga Concert Dublin
24 Wednesday Oct 2012
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15-09-2012, arts, Aviva Stadium, Concert, crowd, dancers, Dublin, Ireland, Lady Gaga, Music, People, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, portrait
Ok, it’s a while ago but I still wanted to share these photo’s of . I have to admit, I wasn’t a big fan and just accompanied a friend who had a spare ticket but the show was amazing. And a little weird. But good! I love the outfits, the decor, the dancers and not to forget the crowd.
Robbie Williams Concert
16 Sunday Sep 2012
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14 September 2012, Angels, Candy, Close up, Concert, Dublin, entertainment, Ireland, Let me entertain you, Live, Music, People, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, portrait, Robbie Williams, robbie williams concert, Singing, snapseed, Take the crown, The O2
Finally I made it to a Robbie Williams concert. It took a few years and well, Robbie, you’re not the same as you once were. Then again, no one in the audience was ;)
A bit older but still lovely! In about 2 seconds after appearing on stage the entire O2 was singing/ screaming along to ‘Let me entertain you’. Even after he left the stage everyone in the audience kept on singing (less screaming at this point) ‘Angels’. The night was amazing if only for the atmosphere in the audience. And face it, almost every song came with some good memories from amazing times over the last 10 years. One of my friends starting the night with a comment: ”I’m not a big fan, I don’t really listen to his music that much”. Every time I looked to my right she was singing along word to word though ;)
Apart from all the well known songs we heard two songs from the new album, ‘Take the Crown’. I have to admit I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first song, ‘Candy’ but I did like ‘Losers’.
Great concert and a great night!
Setlist:
Let Me Entertain You
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (The Clash cover)
Let Love Be Your Energy
Lazy Days
Karma Killer
Old Before I Die
Monsoon
Rock DJ
Freedom
The Road to Mandalay
Eternity
Come Undone
She’s the One
Feel
Hot Fudge
Candy
Kids
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Life Thru a Lens
Angels
Losers
Dublin Tall Ships by Night
06 Thursday Sep 2012
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City, Convention Center, Docklands, Dublin, Dublin Tall Ship Race, HDR, Ireland, Liffey, Light, Night Photography, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, River, Samuel Beckett Bridge, Ships, view, Water
Two weeks ago the the Liffey was crowded with tall ships. They started a month ago in Portugal and eventually ended up here in Dublin. I’ve said before that this area around the Convention Center and the Samuel Beckett Bridge is one of my favorite parts of Dublin. The city seems clean, spacious and modern around here! Having said that, I love the older, authentic streets too actually..
About the photo, I intended to go out and take some photo’s by daylight. I didn’t manage to do that in time so I found myself between a lot of people blocking my view and without a tripod. I know I should carry one but luckily I usually find an alternative. In this case it was the steering wheel of my bike, worked for me!
Anyways, the big ships and the festivities were a good opportunity to take some more photo’s. I’ll share the photo’s of two guys doing a fire show soon as well.
Our View
18 Saturday Aug 2012
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Wind at Bulls Head
17 Friday Aug 2012
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Beach, Bulls Head, Dublin, Gale, Howth, Ireland, Kite, Kite Surf, landscape, Nature Surf, Ocean, People, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, storm, view, Water, Wind Waves
I love how the weather changes around here so quickly. If you want to go out to snap some pictures there is never a dull sky for long :)
Yesterday I posted pictures of angry waves and an angry sky over Howth. About an hour before that, we were at Bulls Head. The weather looked completely different on this side of the hill. There was a lot of wind over here as well but it came with blue skies, a lovely rainbow and a handful of people who actually dared to go kitesurfing.
Stormy Howth
16 Thursday Aug 2012
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15th August, angry skies, Dublin, Gale, Harbor, Howth, Ireland, landscape, nature, Ocean, outdoors, People, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Spray, storm, Travel, view, Water, Wave, weather, Wind
They promised us ‘Charlie like hurricane weather’. It wasn’t that bad, at least not here around Dublin. There was still a warning not to go near the coast, cliffs or the likes. So you can guess what my colleague and I did? Right. We went to the harbor in Howth..
The weather changed incredibly fast, in the few hours we were driving around the area we saw sunny blue skies and the angry skies on the pictures in this post. We were soaking wet after about half an our out there but it was absolutely beautiful!
Madonna concert: MDNA
25 Wednesday Jul 2012
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Aviva, Concert, Dublin, Ireland, Madonna, MDNA, Music, People, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, portrait, Rain, Stadium, Tour, Tuesday 24 July
The ticket said no professional camera’s and no detachable lenses. Uhoh.. I decided to take my chances and hide my camera in a scarf and raincoat (much needed..) While wearing my compact camera as a decoy around my neck, miling at the lady who was searching my bag: ”There is really no alcohol in there.” At least I didn’t lie.
The show looked and sounded amazing, I was a little disappointed by the fact that almost all of it were songs from the new album. I did hope for a bit more older songs. During the first song out in the rain we heard a snappy command for a raincoat but luckily she ignored the pouring rain later on.
There were plenty of costume changes, the lighting and the video’s shown in the back ground were amazing.
Even though I have a terrible cold and my jacket is still drying, I love the way the rain shows up in the pictures!
MDNA Tour: Dublin, Aviva Stadium Tuesday 24 July.
On the Wall
16 Monday Jul 2012
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Bar, Dublin, Ireland, macro, Message, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Postaday, snapseed, Story, Toilet, Wall, Writing
Yes, I found myself semi-drunk on a toilet in a certain venue around Dublin on a Saturday night and I happened to carry my camera when I noticed the walls of the toilet stall.
As a kid we all learn that it is a bad thing to write on walls that are not yours (including your mom’s walls I believe) but these women decided to keep a diary on the wall here. I’m really not sure why?
Concert: Paul Simon
14 Saturday Jul 2012
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Anniversary Concert, Black and White, Concert, Diamons on the sole of her shoes, Dublin, Graceland, Ireland, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Music, Paul Simon, Photo, photography, Picture, portrait, Postaday, Still Crazy, Thandiswa Mazwai, Tour
On Friday night we went to see Paul Simon in the O2 here in Dublin. It took a little persuading from my side to get my boyfriend to join me. Have to admit, we certainly lowered the average age in the venue for the night.
Even though it was a very (maybe a little bit too much) calm night, audience and performance I enjoyed the concert. Below some photo’s and two video’s I took. They aren’t my best, but they are the best I could manage from way up the tribune with a zoom lens and a very high iso.
I guessed that zooming this much would make the handheld video’s a bit wobbly and it did but the sound is pretty good so I uploaded them anyway! The video was shot with my Canon EOS 500D.
Below the setlist as I found it on setlist.fm:
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(Jimmy Cliff cover)
- Graceland set
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(with Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
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(Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
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(Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
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(with Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
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(Thandiswa Mazwai)
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(with Thandiswa Mazwai)
- Encore:
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(Simon & Garfunkel song)
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(Simon & Garfunkel song)
- Encore 2:
Forty Foot – Bathing Place
06 Wednesday Jun 2012
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Dublin, dun laoghaire, Ireland, Ocean, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Postaday, snapseed, Water
There is this lovely spot South of Dublin in Dun Laoghaire, Forty Foot Bathing Place. I only made it there once before on a gorgeous january sunday, but this time there were some more swimmers. Indeed, MORE, implying that there was indeed someone brave enough to swim here in the middle of winter!
People have been swimming on this spot for some 250 years. It used to be a male only nude bathing spot until a group of female equal rights activists decided it was time to change and took a dive there.
Dublin City Racing: Formula 1
04 Monday Jun 2012
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Bavaria, Bavariacityracing, Button, City, Dublin, Dublincityracing, Formula 1, Formula one, Ireland, Jenson, Mercedes, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, portrait, Postaday, Rain, snapseed, Vodafone, www.bavariacityracing.ie. Jenson
On Sunday June 3rd Bavaria organized a Formula 1 demonstration in Dublin city center. There were several demonstrations but the popular attraction was of course Jenson Button in a formula 1 car. I have never seen this many men turn in to extremely happy, smiling boys by one car passing by (2 seconds..)
Some of the pictures I took yesterday!
Formula one demonstration in Dublin City center
Jenson Button
Your Shadow
31 Thursday May 2012
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Dublin, Ireland, Landsdown, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Postaday, Shadow, snapseed, Sport, Tennis, Tennis Club, Tennis Court
Sometimes a plan doesn’t work out. So you’re forced to come up with a better idea!
I’ve been wanting to join my boyfriend for one of his tennis matches, figuring it could make a good bloggable subject (I believe thinking like that is a sign of addiction.) I’m saving my original idea for another time..
For now I used the perfectly sunny day and my position up on the terrace to take some pictures of the interesting shadows the players provided. I’m not sure who the man with the white shoes is. In case you recognize your own, thank you for modelling! 
More Beach
30 Wednesday May 2012
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Dublin, HDR, Ireland, Killiney, landscape, Ocean, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Postaday, snapseed
Can’t. Help. Myself. More. Beach. Photo’s….
I always wanted to live near the sea. It seemed like such a luxury to me, to be able to go out on a sunday morning and take a stroll on the beach. Enjoying the wind and the waves. You can guess how often I’ve done that since I moved to Dublin more than 9 months ago? Indeed, not often enough!
I took these pictures at Killiney beach. Killiney is a small town south of Dublin. The area is amazing to get lost (a little, as far it’s possible over there). We ‘Europeans’ had a bank holiday on Monday. Since it wasn’t a day off for the Irish we managed to find some empty spots. Officially we were heading for another place but we couldn’t resist once we spotted this gem through the trees. After a few dead ends and dodgy roads we managed to park the car close to the beach and we even took a (short and cold!) dip in the sea. It was quite windy and some dark clouds were steadily moving in on us. What do you think of the ‘dreamy’ look of the images? And which one do you like better? The horizontal of vertical perspective?
Rooftop Fun
29 Tuesday May 2012
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Architecture, City, Docklands, Dublin, HDR, Ireland, landscape, Photo, photography, Picture, pictures, Postaday, River, snapseed, Spencer Dock
As I said yesterday, I was too busy with sunbathing, beach visits and a barbecue. Dublin, and the Irish coast for that matter, absolutely transforms when the sun comes out and we reach outrageous temperatures of 23 degrees Celsius. Imagine ;)
After the beach I was invited to a barbecue on a rooftop in Spencer Dock, one of the Oracle employee infested (sorry, occupied) buildings in the city. I lived there myself for a short wile, but I was nine floors down from that particular spot. It’s not that I’m complaining about our current view, but this terrace is the best I’ve seen in this city until now. If anyone thinks they can beat it, please let me know so I can come over and take some pictures!
Tom, once again, thank you for the invite and I hope you enjoy these as a reminder when you leave the apartment!
Beachday snapshot
28 Monday May 2012
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Waterworks
30 Monday Apr 2012
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Dublin, Estate, Gardens, Ireland, Photo, photography, Postaday, Powerscourt, Shutterspeed, snapseed, Wicklow
Around Dublin there are quite a few restored mansions. Powerscourt house and estate is one of them. The house was rebuilt in 1731 and at time the gardens were remodeled as well. The second big change happened in mid 1800 when the garden was ‘updated’ according to Italian Renaissance standards.
There are a few ponds and fountains around the garden so I tried some shots with a short exposure….
I edited the images with Snapseed.
Instagram and blogs?
26 Thursday Apr 2012
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Android, Dublin, Eastpoint business park, facebook, Grand Canal Docks, instagram, iPhone, Ireland, Milltown Park, Photo, photography, Picture, Rain, sharing, social media, storm, weather, wordpress
I recently started using Instagram again, I switched from iPhone to Android a while back and the addiction is slowly returning. I love it for posting random pictures to Facebook, but I see more and more people posting their shots over here on WordPress.
Certainly I use some apps for quick editing on my tablet but I think I should keep this blog for some, well, ‘real’ pictures? I took the first picture just now with my phone from my office window. I like it! But it is still an Instagram shot. How do you feel about sharing these on photo blogs?
The Neighborhood
24 Tuesday Apr 2012
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City, Dublin, Ireland, Kids, Liffey, North side, Photo, photography, pictures, roof, Tree climbing, view
On a cold sunday in March I took a walk with two of my photo-happy colleagues. We decided to explore another corner of Dublin.
The city is divided between the North- and South side by the river Liffey, I took these pictures just a little North of where I live. It’s not really the best area in town but for me all the more reason to take a look!
Lately I’m getting a little carried away with filters. I like to use for example Snapseed for iPad when I have some time on my hands. Is it too much?
I took this from the common roof terrace on our apartment building. I am so sad the weather here in Ireland doesn’t let us use it more often!
Kilmainham
11 Sunday Mar 2012
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Black and White, Dublin, Goal, History, Kilmainham, Kilmainham goal, Light, photography, Prison
StreetArt
03 Saturday Mar 2012
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Dublin, Grafton Street, Guitar, Ireland, Music, Street artists, Street Music, Streetarit, Temple Bar
I finally took my camera to the city center to look for street musicians. First attempt and this is the result.
Dublin by Night
28 Tuesday Feb 2012
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Misschien heb ik het al vaker gezegd. Dublin is geen mooie stad. Meestal niet teminste. Wanneer ik ‘s avonds langs de Liffey loop denk ik daar nog wel eens anders over..
Convention Centre
Along the Liffey
The Ferryman
Samuel Beckett Bridge
Dublin city: Docklands
12 Friday Aug 2011
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Architecture, City, Docklands, Dublin, Dublin Port, Grand Canal Square, Liffey, River, Samuel Beckett Bridge
Bij aankomst in Dublin merkte Loes op dat het gebied waar we nu wonen totaal niet past in het beeld wat ze van Dublin had. Ik zal proberen om verschillende delen van de stad hier te laten zien.
Om te beginnen eerst wat algemene informatie over Dublin. Blijkbaar is deze stad of Ierland geen belangrijk onderwerp in onze geschiedenis of topografielessen geweest.
Wikipedia info om de algemene kennis even op te frissen:
Dublin (Iers: Baile Átha Cliath) is de hoofdstad van Ierland, en de hoofdstad van county Dublin in de provincie Leinster. De stad
ligt vrijwel halverwege aan de oostkust van het eiland, aan Dublin Bay, een inham van de Ierse Zee, en wordt van oost naar west doorsneden door de rivier de Liffey.Dublin is gesticht door de Vikingen in ± 988 en is sindsdien een metropool geworden met meer dan 1 miljoen inwoners in het grootstedelijk gebied. De naam komt van ‘Dubh Linn’, hetgeen Oudiers is voor zwarte poel of zwart water, een verwijzing naar een nederzetting die volgens sommigen overeenkomt met het huidige Dublin, afkomstig van de Griekse astronoom Ptolemeus, rond het jaar 140. Hij had het over een stad die hij Eblana noemde.
Hoewel de naam Dublin zelf ook uit het Iers komt is in het Iers de gebruikelijke naam voor Dublin Baile Átha Cliath. Baile betekent “stad”, Átha is de genitief vanÁth, een doorwaadbare plaats, en Cliath is een vlechtwerk van riet waarmee men de rivierbodem bij een doorwaadbare plaats verstevigde. Het eerste deel van de naam wordt vaak weggelaten, zodat de stad ook Áth Cliath heet.
Ik begin met de ‘Docklands’ dit gebied ligt bij de haven van Dublin en hier wonen wij nu. Er is veel water, de rivier Liffey stroomt hier een paar honderd meter vandaan. Vanuit mijn balkon kijk ik uit op een kanaal en wanneer wij hier de rivier oversteken kom je op het ‘Grand Canal Square’. Dit gebied is behoorlijk gemoderniseerd. Je vindt hier moderne kantoren en appartementen, maar soms staat er opeens een oude fabriek, je stuit op een oude brug of er ligt een straat met arbeidershuisjes om de hoek.
Dit gebied was erg vervallen en de verschillen zijn dus ook groot. Aan de ene kant van de straat vind je nieuwe prestigieuze appartementen maar een aantal blokken verder is het niet altijd even veilig. De verschillen zijn echter duidelijk en echt onveilig heb ik mij hier nog nooit gevoeld.
Uitzicht over de Docklands vanaf het Google dakterras
Samuel Beckett Brigde over de Liffey
In het midden ons appartementencomplex
Haven en Dublin Eye
Conventioncentre en Samuel Beckett Bridge
Grand Canal Dock
Aan de overkant; Grand Canal Square en Theatre
Arbeiderswijk om de hoek bij Google
Dublin - Docklands
Irish Pastime: Gambling at the dogtracks
12 Friday Aug 2011
Posted in Dublin, Insane Ireland, Travels
Race!
Wat doen mensen in een land waar het eigenlijk altijd grauw en regenachtig is? De Ieren wedden. Op alles! In de stad struikel je over de wedkantoren en in de buitenwijken van Dublin zijn verschillende parken voor paardenraces.
In het voorjaar ben ik al eens bij een vroege race geweest. Op zondag, netjes gekleed en met een drankje in de hand. Het was net iets minder posh dan de ‘ervaring’ met paardenraces in Bangalore, maar toch! Weer eens wat anders! Donderdag 11 augustus was het tijd voor mijn eerste dogtrack-race. Moet alleen bekennen dat ik me niet met wedden moet bemoeien. Geluk met gokken of geluk in de liefde zeggen ze? Ik waag het er maar niet op ;-)
Martin wed op 'Nikitas Scut'
Off to Dublin!
12 Friday Aug 2011
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Tijd voor een nieuw avontuur!
Een heel jaar op dezelfde plek wonen was toch weer een opgave. Heb het gehaald maar zit nu dan ook in Dublin.. Maandag start mijn nieuwe baan bij Oracle, dus vorige week ben ik met een volgeladen auto met onder andere; 1 Loes, 38 paar schoenen, 6 wijnglazen, 1 tv, 5 Ikea-tassen met heel veel rommel en nog een aantal dozen met random spulletjes hier vertrokken. Je zou denken dat die auto vol zat, zo dachten ook vrij veel toevallige voorbijgangers, maar persoonlijk vind ik het een behoorlijke prestatie wanneer je dat kunt stileren uit een huis van drie verdiepingen.
De afgelopen week was ‘vrij’ maar natuurlijk al veel gedaan. Belangrijk programmapunt was natuurlijk Loes overtuigen van Dublin’s charme. Geloof dat het gelukt is, ondanks de regen op de eerste dag! Winkelen bij een gigantische Penney’s en het schitterende uitzicht vanaf de klif in het vissersdorpje Howth hebben geholpen. Daarna een aantal praktische zaken opgelost zoals een Iers burger service nummer aanvragen en een extra kledingkast kopen.
Kledingkast ja.. Het heerlijke appartement in Spencer Dock waar we nu wonen delen we met een huisgenoot uit Ukraine en heeft niet al te veel kastruimte. Goed nieuws: Vanochtend hebben we ons nieuwe appartement al gevonden! Na uren doorgebracht te hebben op een makelaarssite was ik niet heel positief maar een afspraak gemaakt voor een apartement wat er op de foto’s nog niet heel positief uitzag maar waar ik een goed gevoel bij had. Aangekomen in James Joyce street in het stadscentrum op naar de 6e verdieping. Gevonden? Een woonkamer met een grote glazen pui, uitkijkend via ons terras over Dublin. Na een tweede afspraak samen met Martin hoefden we niet heel lang meer na te denken. Missie geslaagd!
De rest van de dag samen met middelbare schoolvrienden van Martin doorgebracht in Dublin Mountains.. Dublin is niet alleen een fijne stad maar met ongeveer een half uur rijden of treinen van huis kom je op schitterende plaatsen. Meer volgt!
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