New Years
January 31, 2009
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Rugby: Terenure College v Lansdowne
January 28, 2009The biggest home competition in rugby, the AIB All Ireland League has just got under way and this Saturday Terenure travel to Lansdowne Road. The 1999/2000 season has some interesting new innovations, including a bonus points system and prize money totaling IEP128,500. Neither team is tipped for the top at this early stage, but both will be chasing those all-too-precious four points to avoid relegation talk, now that there is a promotion/relegation system. With two Dublin teams playing at the International Grounds, this match should be a big draw.
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grand canyon
January 23, 2009
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Driving around
January 22, 2009We were impressed at how easy and enjoyable driving cars in Poland was. The roads are generally straight and relatively uncrowded. Petrol stations have sprung up everywhere, even in the far east of the country. Virtually all seem to offer a range of unleaded petrol and many are open 24 hours. Polish signposting on main roads at least is amongst the best and clearest I’ve seen in Europe – and in contrast to Germany through traffic is enabled to move through quickly and easily. It is true that there are few motorways or other dual carriageways, but travelling relatively long distances was generally pleasant and unstressful.
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Getting the word out while in Russia
January 18, 2009In most cases its easy to telephone from the telegraph office. Phoning from the telegraph office in Omsh isn’t to be recommended, we spent an unsuccessful afternoon there. We gave up and tried to fax England and were told it was US$20 per page (whereas in Kurgan it had only been US$3 per page). We expected similar problems in Novosibirsk but it proved relatively easy to contact England from the telegraph office (cost US$1.50 for one minute).
Posting parcels can take a long time. Don’t wrap parcels, there is a counter at the post office for wrapping. Moscow is the most difficult place to send parcels from as they can only be sent from the international post office. The process involves firstly buying custom declaration forms, then going to the customs office, then going to the wrapping counter and then going to the weighing and paying counter. In smaller towns there is less bureaucracy.
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Barbra Streisand
January 11, 2009Sure it’s a stadium – though an intimate one – and sure, the top tickets are over a thousand bucks a pop. But we’re talking about a legend here and the legend herself is talking about these being her last performances. With the gay community snatching up tickets faster than a lizard drinking, the recently added second date has been a godsend. Settle back and become at one with the universe while you listen to one of the purest voices that ever caressed a song.
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La Pedrera By Night
January 10, 2009No visit to Barcelona during the summer is complete without a visit to the night time café on the roof of Antoni Gaudí’s masterpiece, La Pedrera. The roof is a tiled fantasyland of slopes, passage ways and cream puff chimneys, with spectacular 360-degree views of the city, stretched out and shimmering before you. During August, the Flamenco group, Levante performs, while in September, the jazz orchestra, La Bohème will keep things cool and relaxed.
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Midnight Berlin
January 9, 2009Although Berlin has grabbed more headlines in the world’s press than most other capitals in the last decade, German photographer Klaus Schiedt maintains that there are vast tracts of the city which are largely unknown. So he spent the past two decades snapping those quiet corners in the witching hour, revealing both the eerie sobriety and the immense beauty of the city’s architecture. Berlin has long been famed for the dazzling diversity of its nightlife but this exhibition offers an alternative glimpse of its nocturnal character.
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Millennium Bridge
January 1, 2009
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