Despite the chilly windy gales and the occasional splashes of rain you can't help but being happy that the spring has finally come to Dublin. There are daffodils everywhere, the cherry trees are blossoming and when the sun is out (which still is faaaar too seldom) it is really pleasant to sit outside.
Had a rather normal weekend, had issues with my neck causing nasty head aches last week so didn't go out on Friday, but drove home directly after work instead. Managed to puncture one of the front tyres, fortunately had one of those emergency kits and could get it home without too much hastle. Saturday was nice and the weather was amazing in the morning. Got up rather early to get my car to the garage, only to find out that I needed some special "key" to get my alloys off, which I hadn't gotten when I bought my car. Drove to a Ford dealership in Swords only to be told that nobody was working in their service team on Saturdays. So, had to drive back home again...Diarmuid took it back this morning, and hopefully it all got sorted in the end, key and all.
Met up with a friend from back home in the afternoon, Anna Hård af Segerstad, who was over in Dub for a few days with some people from the Moderate Party in Sweden. Had a few pints, talked about Ireland vs. Sweden and tried to tell them that it isn't the easiest to find a nice restaurant in city center...That's Dublin for you, all the best places are in the suburbs and you have to take a taxi out or the DART. Dubliners seldom go out in the city center, but stay in their neighbourhood where they usually have a "local", i.e. the pub you always go to that is on crawling distance to your home. Only the tourists go out in the city center...
Anyway, we had James & Deirdre and Pat & Sinead over for dinner which was really nice. First time they saw our new flat and as P&S are moving out to Cavan we won't see eachother as often anymore I guess.
Am off to Abisko in the very north of Sweden next week for a "business planning trip" (see the map...). After Sweden I am off to Brno for a week, sooooo need some time off.
On the below links you can find some pictures from the trip to Switzerland...
http://picasaweb.google.com/rafeslattery/SwitzerlandFeb07
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/paula.cullen.baumann/JohnAndAnitasWedding
Had a rather normal weekend, had issues with my neck causing nasty head aches last week so didn't go out on Friday, but drove home directly after work instead. Managed to puncture one of the front tyres, fortunately had one of those emergency kits and could get it home without too much hastle. Saturday was nice and the weather was amazing in the morning. Got up rather early to get my car to the garage, only to find out that I needed some special "key" to get my alloys off, which I hadn't gotten when I bought my car. Drove to a Ford dealership in Swords only to be told that nobody was working in their service team on Saturdays. So, had to drive back home again...Diarmuid took it back this morning, and hopefully it all got sorted in the end, key and all.
Met up with a friend from back home in the afternoon, Anna Hård af Segerstad, who was over in Dub for a few days with some people from the Moderate Party in Sweden. Had a few pints, talked about Ireland vs. Sweden and tried to tell them that it isn't the easiest to find a nice restaurant in city center...That's Dublin for you, all the best places are in the suburbs and you have to take a taxi out or the DART. Dubliners seldom go out in the city center, but stay in their neighbourhood where they usually have a "local", i.e. the pub you always go to that is on crawling distance to your home. Only the tourists go out in the city center...
Anyway, we had James & Deirdre and Pat & Sinead over for dinner which was really nice. First time they saw our new flat and as P&S are moving out to Cavan we won't see eachother as often anymore I guess.
Am off to Abisko in the very north of Sweden next week for a "business planning trip" (see the map...). After Sweden I am off to Brno for a week, sooooo need some time off.
On the below links you can find some pictures from the trip to Switzerland...
http://picasaweb.google.com/rafeslattery/SwitzerlandFeb07
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/paula.cullen.baumann/JohnAndAnitasWedding
