Following on from my description of Dublin as if it were Hoth from last week, I write this post today with a calm Spring-like air over Dublin. It’s a bit chilly, but not cold or freezing by any standards. The snow has gone and the roads are back to operational standards. However, since the snow [...]
I haven’t talked about it here on the blog before but I thought I would take this opportunity provided by the bad Irish weather, and the even worse ability of Irish people to adapt to said weather to discuss my project. The opportunity provided, by the way, is that an exam scheduled for today has [...]
Dublin is in a nice part of the world. We don’t gain or loose much with global warming. Nothing extreme about our weather – our variance is just different levels of wetness for the most part. However since mid-December we’ve had a bit of a cold snap, but avoided the same snowy tundra of other [...]
Yes, it’s that time of year… again. It’s amazing how this happens every year, right on time. This year, me and the ladyfriend decided to trek around Dublin checking out the various (two) Christmas markets, where lots of people set up stalls to offer their fun wares, from jam to mulled wine and from scarves [...]
So myself and the ladyfriend went off to spend the day doing stuff in Dublin. It was pretty interesting, and good enough fodder for a blog post – so enjoy it with me as I badly recollect the events. It starts early, as she has a morning meeting. As a show of support she drags [...]
