Yes, it’s true. They truly have an Oktoberfest over here.
It’s a little smaller and shorter than the original, but trust me: The combination of the ability of the Irish to hold one’s drink and a strong Bavarian wheat beer plus several kinds of traditional folklore shows are worth a view.
Talking to one of the German [...]
My flatmate Tricia turned 25 a couple of days ago, and so we went to the nearby hot spot Ocean Bar (which, as the papers have stated recently, is struggling financially big time), where Paul would state that we “have the coolest apartment” / “live in the coolest area” / “are the coolest lads” over [...]
Sometimes, when you turn on the TV in Ireland (and the UK as well, I think), you come across these weird advertisements. A full-grown gorilla sits in front of a drum kit, apparently listening to one of those long-time-not-heard 80’s songs (Phil Collins and Bonnie Tyler, I think) – and at the song’s peak, piling into it and battering the hell out of those drums…