When the opportunity came up to move my career from Malaga to Dublin, I knew I had to take it. It was a difficult decision in some respects – I had a job that I enjoyed in Malaga, and I did make a few jokes about moving from “Spain to the rain”. However, I alsoContinue reading “Living the European Dream – in Dublin and beyond”
Category Archives: Dublin
The Garden Cottage
Having had the pleasure to live about 2 years at the picturesque Courtyard in Clonsilla, it is time to reflect and being grateful. Renting and living is not just about having a bed, freezer and a sofa for your disposal. It is about feeling where your heart is. The Courtyard is a nice location andContinue reading “The Garden Cottage”
Dublin – meine Perle
Wenn Du Dir einen Gefallen in Deinem Leben tun willst, komm nach Dublin. Dublin, Irland. Es ist kompliziert. Es war nicht immer einfach mit Dir. Besonders nicht, wenn sich der Weg zu meinem Haus mal wieder in einen See verwandelte – als Folge des wochenlangen Regens im November. Nein, wir hatten keinen einfachen Start undContinue reading “Dublin – meine Perle”
Food
Great food to kill your #newyearsresolution at once. http://instagram.com/p/x0_p_dABMn/ View on Path
Get shi**t done – a review
Get Sh*t Done!: From Spare Room To Boardroom In 1,000 Days by Niall Harbison My rating: 3 of 5 stars After finishing this book I am not quite sure what I have read. Is it a guide for future entrepreneurs or will I be promoted to the boards room within 1000 days (like the titleContinue reading “Get shi**t done – a review”
Songwriting in Dublin
Recently my friend and bandmate Frank Zapple stayed for some days in my house in Dublin. He proposed to write a song about the overdose of using hashtags in todays social media life. It took me a night and half a bottle of redwine to write the lyrics. We used my 5 years old macbook,Continue reading “Songwriting in Dublin”
Best coffee in town?
The Bald Barista in Dublin’s Aungier street has been voted for the best coffee in town. It’s an alternative style hostel as well as a cafe. They have a large variety of coffee and pastry for reasonable prizes. There many students around from DIT, Dublin Institute of Technology. Posted from the real world somewhere outside
go to the church – for a beer – Dublin places
Are you religious? Well, you don’t have to be for visiting this church. It’s a nice venue in the middle of Dublin. The cool thing about it, it is an original former church where you now can have your beer, lunch, dinner, cocktail It’s a night club as and they regularly run live concerts asContinue reading “go to the church – for a beer – Dublin places”
Dublin places
If you are in Dublin for a spring weekend, just go and do a combined visit to Glasnevin cemetery and the botanical gardens. Enjoy a carrot cake and a cup of tea afterwards. It is really nice there. Posted from the real world somewhere outside
James Joyce, Dubliners.
Dubliners by James Joyce My rating: 4 of 5 stars Haven’t I met this guy yesterday in Grafton Street? Is the plum cake still as good as in the 1920ies at Brown Thomas? Do the kids play still the same games at Grand Canal? James Joyce is painting an amazing picture of Dublin in theContinue reading “James Joyce, Dubliners.”