My dad likes to build things. He likes to know how things work, how they fit together, how to fix them. To make a living he works as a mechanical engineer back in South Africa. When he came to visit us in Cork for a few days on his way home from a Norwegian business trip, […]
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The Paps of Anu
Anu (or Danu) is known as the ancient mother goddess of Ireland. The Paps themselves are kind of boob-shaped and each summit has a large, prehistoric stone cairn on it -hence the name: The Paps of Anu. Connecting the two cairns is a line of stones that was perhaps once a processional route. Last year around […]
A Trip to Kinsale
We recently went for a little outing to Kinsale harbour and enjoyed a good fish supper from Dino’s (it was really tasty). We drove there from Cork city, it took about half an hour and there was a free parking lot that had a few spaces available. I think there is paid parking as well. […]
Sheep’s Head Peninsula, Ireland
On a fairly rainless day we drove out to the end of Sheep’s Head Peninsula will take you about two hours of south west travel by car from Cork city. The way we went included a stop-over in Bantry, so that took a bit longer. If you’re planning on visiting Bantry House keep in mind that it’s closed in […]
You’ll be Okay in Cork
Honestly, I was a bit worried about moving to Cork. Dublin’s where it’s all happening, isn’t it (everyone else who lives in parts of Ireland that aren’t Dublin, cringe here)? People say some un-encouraging things about Cork sometimes (they say it’s small, they say there’s not much going on and they question it’s claim to […]
Winter in Amsterdam
During our stay in Amsterdam, we walked around the city as much as we could. Here are a few pictures from those walks. We saw the Stedelijk Museum, Het Rembrandt Museum, Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Nieuwendijk, took a walk to the Amstel, through the Vondelpark and then saw Zevenlandenhuizen (Houses of Seven Countries) and returned to Centraal Station to catch the tram back […]
Exploring Cork City
Just over a week ago, we landed in Cork (Corcaigh in Irish, meaning “marsh”), right in the middle of Storm Barney. All flights out of Cork afterwards were immediately cancelled with wind-speeds further north reaching over 120 kilometres per hour. It was a rough landing in a small plane, but we made it! The immigration officer was nice enough, […]
Staying in Amsterdam East
Well, here’s some exciting news: We’re on our way to Ireland to live there for a bit! My husband, will be starting a new job there. En route we decided to stop at a Schengen country because our visas for that area are still valid. It was either Paris or Amsterdam (it felt like we didn’t have […]