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History Repeating

I’ve always been interested in modern history, and especially that of places I live(d) in. To me, history is nothing you can only read about, but ideally a feeling triggered by pictures or music, by experiencing places and breathing a scent of history. Therefore, I was delighted to find pictures from Dublin as it looked like [...]

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Ripoff Republic

I know I already have been complaining a lot about local prices. But this one I want to share. When I visited Cork last fall, I came across this shop in neon blue lights, filled with all kinds of cheap goods – some might say: rubbish – for cheap prices. Those shops are popular across Europe [...]

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• Nothing really happening in here, I have to admit. Hopefully I'll find the time to write some updates soon. In the meantime, see Spiegel Online's great summary of life in Dublin these days. » Read on...
• Following up to my previous post "Not There Yet": There seems to have been what you could call a power struggle of two non-functioning public transport systems within one city: The Luas and a Bus have collided in Dublin today, at the heart of O'Connell street, injuring more than 20 people, three of them severely. Luckily, nobody got killed. Photos of the incident can be seen at Ireland.com. Unfortunately, this accident will foreseeably not lead to the abolishment of neither of them. » Read on...
• Are you a German student and ever thought about studying abroad for 6 months or a year? Spiegel Online has an interesting (in my opinion, quite over-enthusiastic) article about living and learning in Dublin, especially at Trinity College. » Read on...
• To whom it may concern: Here is the recently published article from Financial Times Deutschland about young professional Germans fleeing the emerald isle these days. » Read on...
• Remember English chocolate manufacturer Cadbury's famous Gorilla ad? They've come up with something weird again. Of course, no relation to the product advertised for, as usual: » Read on...